For a six-month season, Chrysalis Pops employees sell popsicles out of the Icicle Tricycle—a tricycle cooler—at local farmer’s markets and community events alongside the program’s
Month: September 2017
Media Digest, September 26th 2017
Top The Girls and Boys Club of Dance County and Fitchburg’s mayor are at odds after the city budget cut funding for nonprofits. The CEO of Dane County’s
After Oscars
Losing the Oscar Mayer plant in Madison reflected the general trend of declining manufacturing jobs. But being part of a national trend doesn’t change the
The Bus Stops Here: Reconstruction Blues
Even the best built roads have a lifetime, and many of Madison’s older streets have either been, or will soon be, reconstructed or resurfaced. The
SSFP: New Festival Foods Building Employs Revolutionary Construction Materials
This story originally appeared in the Simpsons Street Free Press. It was written by Amanda Welch, an incoming eighth grade student at Sennett Middle School. Amanda
Media Digest September 12th 2017
Top story President Donald Trump’s decision to end protections for immigrants who came as children will have a local impact. Laura Patricia Minero, a Ph.D. candidate at
Hosting Ducks, the Madison Mallards Host Family Program
“Do you want to host a couple of ducks?” It’s an odd question Diane Endres encountered about 12 years ago while delivering mail to a
Helping young readers one book at a time
In one year, 25,000 books are collected. This is an intimidating but attainable number, at least according to the folks at Madison Reading Project, a
Madison agency to host celebratory pop up dinner and art exhibition
Centro Hispano of Dane County and VEA Events will host “An Evening of Dreaming” in September, a dinner series meant to celebrate the Madison Latinx
Media Digest, September 5th 2017
Education Madison public schools are changing the process for independent schools to be declared charter schools. Windsor Elementary looks different after renovations. UW-Madison will open a new research
