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Vol. 40, No. 49
December 10, 2025
Riverside Girl Scouts host period product drive
Brookfield passes rental registration program
The effort will benefit Share Food Share Love’s Families First program
Trustees OK’d the version without inspections
By STELLA BROWN Staff Reporter
A troop of Girl Scouts from Riverside is hosting a donation drive for period products to benefit people in the region who menstruate but cannot afford to buy these products themselves. In working toward their Bronze Award, the highest achievement for Girl Scouts Juniors in the fourth and fifth grades, the girls of Troop 47220 are hosting the product drive. Collection bins have been placed around Riverside, including at the Riverside Public Library, to benefit the Share Food Share Love food See GIRL SCOUTS on page 12
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By STELLA BROWN Staff Reporter
PROVIDED BY MANDI ALTEPETER
Members of Riverside’s Girl Scout Troop 42770 are leading a donation drive for period products to benefit the Share Food Share Love food pantry in Brookfield.
A program requiring rental property owners to register each year with the village will go into effect next year in Brookfield. Exterior, common area and in-unit inspections will not take place as part of the program. Trustees on Monday, Dec. 8, unanimously approved the least stringent of three proposed versions of the program, which will require landlords See RENTAL REGISTRATION on page 10
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