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Thursday
September 2010
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Police Blotter: This week's crime reports from Brookfield and Elm Grove
Police Notes: The latest local crime briefs
News & Notes: Local news briefs
Obituaries: Local death notices
Meetings: City of Brookfield government meeting schedule
Every School Every Week: What's up at local schools
School Notes: Elmbrook School District news briefs
School Board Notes: Recaps of recent board actions
Meetings: Elmbrook School District meeting schedule
What's New: Local business openings and more
Business Notes: Area businesses making the news
Community Calendar: What's
on tap around town
Things to Do: Our top picks
of upcoming events
Corrections: Corrections and clarifications to recent stories
News tips? Story ideas?
Contact us
• Town of Brookfield
• Greater Brookfield Chamber of Commerce
• Brookfield Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Elmbrook School District
• Brookfield Public Library
Visit our complete list of Brookfield Links.
Tree-clearing plans frustrate homeowners
Homeowners in the Liberty Highlands subdivision are worried that removing trees that could interfere with utility lines at some point could be a blow to property values.(2)
Call reversed: Stadium lights will stay up at Brookfield East
The Elmbrook School Board changed course and decided to not remove the light poles at Brookfield East, which means the Spartans will be able to play their home football games as regularly scheduled.
Custom shirts make a nice niche for sports store
As owner of Fan Appreciation at Brookfield Square, Brian Benecky has carved out a niche in the apparel market by being able to take photos, images, words - or a combination of all three - and make them into a custom shirt or sweat shirt.
Brookfield
Will bell toll for Hillside or Tonawanda?
It's still a long way from being decided, but closing a school is one option the Elmbrook School Board will consider as it explores the best way to eliminate a $15 million budget shortfall over the next five years.(2)
Unleashing the creative spirit
Wendy Rieves of Brookfield can come up with all kinds of imaginative fabrications, but that's a good thing. Rieves is an artist at heart.
More Headlines
- Middle schools may offer fewer electives
- Senate candidates to face the public in forum at City Hall
- Sullivan, Vukmir hitting the streets in critical state Senate race
- Students get taste of real life
- It's your paper; tell us what you think
- Mystery Photo Contest
- Standing invitation
- COMING TO TOWN
- Been married a long time? We want to hear from you
- Brookfield: After heart attack, dad 'lucky to be alive' (2)
- Light it up! Board rethinks vote on stadium poles
- Construction nearly done at East, Central high schools (4)
- Moving on up: ACT scores on the rise (1)
- Air conditioning to paving, schools sporting summer upgrades
- Octogenarian barber has pretty much seen it all
Public Investigator
Crematory suspended for operating with expired license
Church and Chapel Funeral Services, Inc., had the license for its crematory in Brookfield suspended for 25 days by the DRL for cremating 272 human remains while its license was expired, the department said Monday.(8)
Flanner's has re-opened in Brookfield
The new owners of Flanner's Home Entertainment have reopened the store on W. Blue Mound Rd. across from Brookfield Square.(37)
B&G Golf closing remaining stores, liquidating inventory
After a half-century of business, Brookfield-based B&G Golf is closing all of its stores and liquidating its inventory.(12)
Fugitive contract killer charged with ID theft in Milwaukee
A fugitive contract killer who shot the woman who hired him when she failed to pay up has been charged in Milwaukee with federal identity theft charges.(21)
Ex-teacher sentenced in sex assault of student in Brookfield
A former Waukesha County teacher who sexually assaulted one of his students in 1990 was sentenced Friday to seven months in jail as a condition of a three-year probation term.
More Headlines
- Completion of Barker Road roundabout delayed (37)
- Candy shops opening at Brookfield, Bayshore (16)
- Brookfield family entertainment center Fun World to close (15)
- Train depots pegged to historic locations (74)
- 10 municipalities plus MMSD report sewer overflows (37)
- No charges against woman who brought gun to church (125)
- Law aims to rein in bullies (24)
- Brookfield woman charged with hit-and-run of police officer (49)
- Former Brookfield pastor sentenced for theft of church funds (49)
- Half-Price Books moving this month in Brookfield (14)
Take a look back at NOW's live blogs from the current election season.
Check here each week for the latest police news, our views, restaurant reviews, real estate transactions and upcoming events.
Opinion, featuring Phil's Poison Pen
Sky's the LimitNOW sports writer Tom "Sky" Skibosh gives his take on the prep sports scene:
EBHS UnleashedThe Elmbrook Human Society shares animal tales:
Every School Every WeekLearn what's going on in Brookfield's public and private schools.
Gas WatchFind out where the cheapest gas is being sold in Brookfield.
Family WatchdogUse the interactive map to see where sex offenders live and work in Brookfield.
Presidential campaign contributionsFind out how much your neighbors are giving to the candidates.
Data Warehouse: More searchable databases
The Fur (& Feather!) Flyer
The Humane Animal Welfare Society describes its efforts:
Close to Home
Lorayne Ritt spotlights Waukesha County's nonprofit community: Spell-down for literacy (Sept. 2) | See who attended
