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Sidewalks removed from plan for Turner reconstruction Some century-old trees, gardens would have been in the way JUSTIN LOEWEN Hub correspondent
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Della Phillips, 4, of the Town of Dunn adds black marks to her pumpkin painting during the Dunn fall event in the Town Hall shed on Saturday, Oct. 12.
Arbor Day meets Halloween rescheduled community meal featured a monarch butterfly presentation from UW Extension master gardener Gae Bergmann. Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott.delaruelle@wcinet.com.
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Thor’s Pour to benefit seniors Annual fundraiser offers wines, ales, appetizers MACKENZIE KRUMME Unified Newspaper Group
Viking Brew Pub is open an extra day next week. That’s so it can host the third annual Thor’s Pour senior center fundraiser Tuesday, Oct. 22. The local brewery, normally closed on Tuesdays, will open from 6-8 p.m., offering unlimited samples of autumn ales and wines, appetizers and desserts for $25. Money raised contributes to the Stoughton Area Senior Center’s annual $29,500 fundraising requirement from the city. The money helps to offset projects that cannot be addressed in the regular operational budget, such as recently recovering two pool tables,
If You Go What: Thor’s Pour fundraiser for the Stoughton Area Senior Center When: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22 Where: Viking Brew Pub, 211 E. Main St. Price: $25 Info: stoughtonseniorcenter.com which cost $1,200, senior center director Cindy McGlynn told the Hub in an email. McGlynn explained that the senior center services the fundraiser benefits keep seniors connected to the community. “We provide vital services to the most frail, and continuing educational and wellness activities for those that are most active,” she wrote. “We help keep older adults in the
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community vibrant and healthy.” Last year, the event had more than 50 attendees and raised roughly $1,300. Senior center food nutrition coordinator Kim Whitford will be making all the food. In years past, Whitford prepared stuffed mushroom, bacon wrapped water chestnuts, bacon wrapped pineapple, dips and cheese and crackers. Hollee Camacho, the center’s assistant director, said the Thursday lunches Whitford prepares for senior center attendees are very popular, so she expects the food to be spectacular. “It is a fun night, and a chance to support us and do something in the community,” Camacho said. The event is open to the public. Tickets can be purchased at the senior center or at the door. For information, call the senior center at 873-8585.
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Children carved pumpkins and fashioned spooky crafts d u r i n g t h e Tow n o f D u n n ’s fall event on Saturday, Oct. 12. The fall fun preceded the town’s belated Arbor Day potluck, canceled last April due to a forecast of heavy snow. The
A Stoughton neighborhood that features century-old old trees and many private gardens will not have to face the prospect of sidewalks interrupting its lush vegetation. The Common Council voted 7-4 on Oct. 8 to remove funding for the construction of sidewalks in the city’s Sarah E. Turner neighborhood from the city’s proposed capital improvement plan for next year. City policy calls for sidewalks to be added to both sides of all streets when they are reconstructed. Next year, Prospect Street, Grant Street and Sherman Avenue all are scheduled for reconstruction, and including sidewalks in the project would have required the removal of trees and gardens close to the road. Alds. Ben Heili (Dist. 4), Regina Hirsch (D-1), Greg Jenson (D-3) and Matt Bartlett (D-4) voted against the amendment to remove the funding. Council president Tom Majewski (D-3) was absent.
T h e S a r a h E . Tu r n e r neighborhood is a primarily single-family residential community located around North Page Street and features streets with either sidewalks on one side or no sidewalks at all. Eight residents from the area spoke out against having sidewalks added to the neighborhood at the council meeting, including Ald. Timothy Riley (D-1), who said he has lived in the neighborhood for over 20 years. “This is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Stoughton,” he said. “It has survived and thrived without sidewalks for 80 years or more. What this budget currently seeks to do is an assault on the very unique nature of this neighborhood and, frankly, of the constituents who live there.” R i l ey ex p l a i n e d t h a t the area attracts very little vehicular traffic and is not a common pathway for travelers. He also raised concerns over the $61,604 cost of the sidewalks, with $25,390 for Prospect Street, $22,114 for Grant Street and $14,100 for Sherman Ave n u e , h a l f o f w h i c h would be paid directly by residents of the neighborhood. Alds. Hirsch and Jenson