By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With candidates drawing lots for the Burlington Area School District School Board election Monday night, it might have been fitting that a hot-button topic jam-packed the room at the district office. With news that opposition planned to use the residents’ speaking time at the beginning of […]
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BASD, police looking into food service funds
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The Burlington Area School District is looking into what it is calling an “irregularity” involving its food service fund, with the help of the City of Burlington police department. On Friday, BASD Superintendent Peter Smet sent out a letter to parents of students within the district. […]
ARAMARK deposits under investigation in BASD
The Burlington Area School District alerted parents Friday of a police investigation into the BASD food service fund following a “bank deposit irregularity” in December. Superintendent Peter Smet said that a complete audit of the food service fund is underway by the City of Burlington Police Deparment, and that ARAMARK […]
School Board race features full slate
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor In keeping with a recent trend, the Burlington Area School District Board of Education election in April will feature a full slate of candidates. Six candidates have filled for three open spots by Tuesday’s deadline, one short of the number needed to force a primary election. […]
Local woman arrested in burglaries
Sheriff’s officials recover ‘large amount’ of stolen property The Racine County Sheriff’s Department has arrested a 30-year-old Burlington woman in connected with a residential burglary that occurred in the Town of Burlington Thursday. In the course of the investigation, sheriff’s officials said in a press release issued Friday evening, they […]
Grater Tater restaurant closes
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Grater Tater owner Micki Gebel found herself in a Catch-22 situation. She had to find a full-time job to pay the bills. But in order to take a full time job, she had to cut back hours at the restaurant – a potato bar that also […]
How we coped with the cold
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor About the only people in Burlington happy Monday and Tuesday this week were the students. With base temperatures at a high of about -10 Monday and about zero Tuesday – and wind chills dipping into the -40 to -50 range – Burlington Area School District called […]
Top stories of 2014 – Nos. 1-10
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Change is rarely easy. That is something Burlington has discovered over the past few years, as not only the political landscape has changed, but the physical as well. The year of 2013 was no different in the city and Town of Burlington, but in many ways, […]
2013 in review: Stories 11-20
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor These are the top 11-20 stories of 2013, voted on by Standard Press staff: No. 11 – BASD citizen reps come under fire In the fall of 2012, citizen representatives on committees for the Burlington Area School District first came under scrutiny when the wives of […]
Burlington schools closed again Tuesday
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The Burlington Area School District sent out its automated phone call to residents shortly before 2 p.m. Monday, cancelling school for the second straight day due to dangerous wind chills. Superintendent Peter Smet said in the message that the National Weather Service was predicting dangerously cold […]
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