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Vol. 40, No. 39
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October 1, 2025
Brookfield talks ‘next generation’ Ogden Avenue improvements
LISA STEFANO
THAT’S A LOT OF RUBBER DUCKIES: The race is on to raise money for the parks foundation. See story on page 4.
Plan to make corridor more pedestrian-friendly has ‘30to 40-year focus’ By TRENT BROWN
Retro root beer truck takes to Brookfield
You can find Blue Robin in the parking lot at Tischler’s most evenings By TRENT BROWN Staff Reporter
If you swing by Tischler’s Finer Foods from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday or from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, you’ll come across a trailer that offers just one product so far: the root beer of yesteryear. Bill Moran, the owner of Blue Robin Root Beer, said the business was inspired
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by his first step into the workforce many years ago. “My very first job was at a Dog n Suds, and if you’re not familiar with that, it’s an old, ’50s-style drive-in. They were very well-known for the root beer that they sold,” he told the Landmark. “One
Brookfield’s village board gave its approval to the current direction of the first phase of its project to improve Ogden Avenue in the long term. For nearly two hours on Sept. 22, village trustees heard and discussed a presentation with the latest updates on plans drafted by Civiltech Engineering to revitalize the mile-long stretch of Ogden Avenue, from Eberly Avenue to Custer Avenue, that falls within Brookfield. Civiltech representatives sought consensus
See ROOT BEER on page 5
See OGDEN AVENUE on page 6
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