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Showing the Way to Save

Pilot program produces impressive energy-saving results By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Recent data shows Burlington businesses and residences are saving enough energy to power more than 1,400 homes for a year in comparison to a similar-size community. And the credit for the savings goes to Way to Save, Burlington!, […]

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Back from the brink

Five years after rare illness almost killed her, Sophie Branen will tell her story to Hope Walk audience By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Sometimes, it can be terrifyingly easy to lose hope. And sometimes, a simple gesture by a complete stranger can restore it. In 2008, then-14-year-old Sophie Branen was […]

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A witness to marathon tragedy

BHS grad’s triumphant day caught up in chaos By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Monday afternoon should have been a glowing moment of triumph for Burlington native Cory Harris. After all, less than four years ago, he was told by doctors that he would spend the rest of his life walking […]

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Flood concerns rise again as rain falls

City to provide sandbags for flood-impacted residents High water from the Fox River forced City of Burlington officials to close portions of Riverside Park last week. With heavy rains predicted in the period beginning at noon Wednesday through Friday this week, officials with the National Weather Service’s Sullivan office have […]

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Local man hired as Karcher principal

Nerby is currently associate principal at Sussex Hamilton By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Two years ago, when Keith Nerby was named one of the finalists for the Burlington High School principal position and lost out to Eric Burling, he knew he wanted another shot at an administrative position in the […]

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Chocolate transitions

Festival undergoes changes for 2013 By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief It’ll be out with the old and in with the new as 2013 shapes up to be a year of transition for ChocolateFest, Burlington’s marquee annual festival. The most notable change for festivalgoers this year will be the ability […]