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Friday, April 26, 2024
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Musical revives and fun and frailties of the 50s By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer The classic Broadway musical of a good girl falling for the school’s bad boy – and the trials of teenage life in the 1950s – come to the Burlington High School stage starting tonight in the […]
Man dies of self-inflicted injuries following standoff By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief A 53-year-old Kansasville man is dead from what authorities describe as self-inflicted injuries following a March 15 domestic incident that evolved into a full-blown standoff and had SWAT team members descending on a Town of Burlington neighborhood. […]
But nearly twice as many still leave district as enter under state program By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer For the first time in at least 10 years, the Burlington Area School District has to do something it really doesn’t want to – limit open enrollment opportunities. With new state law […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer If you need to have a fried fish fast food fix, you won’t be able to satisfy it in Burlington for much longer. The Long John Silvers portion of the LJS/Taco Bell restaurant located at 2056 Milwaukee Avenue will be taken out, leaving just the […]
Installation of amenities lags at the Glen at Stonegate By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief In the current housing market with lot sales lagging, just when is it best for a municipality to require a developer to install final enhancements to a subdivision? That is the questions members of the […]
Local man launches drive to provide comfort to deployed soldiers By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer When Al Musilek’s son spent time serving his country in Iraq and Afghanistan, he got a hard lesson in just what the United State military provides a soldier – and what it doesn’t. “If […]
Comparison shows district delivers good value to taxpayers By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief When some Burlington Area School District residents rallied late last summer against a property tax increase proposed by school district officials, the rallying cry was that the district wasn’t doing enough to hold the line on […]
Police fire tear gas into residence during afternoon-long incident Racine County SWAT team members in full tactical gear took a man into custody at a Town of Burlington residence about 5:15 p.m. Thursday following a several-hour standoff. It is not know what condition the man was in, but it […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer After two weeks of uncertainty about who the replacement would be for Burlington Area School District Superintendent David Moyer, the district announced his likely replacement Thursday – Assistant Superintendent Peter Smet. A BASD School Board action meeting is set for Monday at 6:30 p.m. at […]
Local man launches drive to supply comfort goods for soldiers By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer When Al Musilek’s son spent time serving his country in Iraq and Afghanistan, he got a hard lesson in just what the United State military provides a soldier – and what it doesn’t. “If you’re […]
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