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An inside look at the Obama visit to Madison
on 11/04/09 at 6:17 pm | "This is a culminating event for them,” Wright librarian Amy Owens said of the visit. "They followed the election last year and have been following his career. This will be something they’ll never forget. Think about what you remember from middle school." |
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Wisconsin sex ed bill sparks controversy
on 10/22/09 at 9:00 am | In Madison schools, sex education begins in the fourth and fifth grades. "Research states that information is needed, and it's needed at early ages and needs to be developmentally appropriate," says Lisa Wachtel, who oversees curriculum for the Madison Metropolitan School District. "Providing accurate, sound information in a safe environment for students is necessary for them to be able to have frank conversations about issues." |
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All washed up
on 10/02/09 at 9:00 am | As a registered nurse, Alison Warren knows how important it is for her 3-year-old son, Hector, to wash his hands properly. "The way to get rid of germs on your hands is to use soap and to apply friction," says the Madison mom, who recognizes that it can be tough to get kids to wash well. "This last week [Hector] has been a little more cooperative putting soap on his hands and rubbing, and doesn't just want to run his hands under the water." |
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Dan Nerad gets creative on Madison schools budget
on 09/24/09 at 9:00 am | It's easy to feel a bit sorry for Madison school officials as they grapple with ways to close a $12 million gap in state funding. |
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Madison schools brace for state budget
on 06/25/09 at 9:00 am | As advocates from around Wisconsin gathered at the Capitol last week to mark 10 years of work to change the state's school finance system, legislators inside were hammering out budget changes that will almost certainly set back the movement. |
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Meet the unicycling kids of east Madison
on 06/05/09 at 9:00 am | People often stare when they spot Isaiah Stefan riding home from school. The sixth-grader at O'Keeffe Middle School commutes perched on his 36-inch-wheel unicycle. "It's unique and fun to do," says Stefan, 12, of riding his unicycle. "And not too many people know how to do it." |
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Capital Chaplains program helps employees cope
on 04/23/09 at 9:00 am | Janelle Skillrud drifted from faith as an adult, as many people do. Then, about three years ago while working in sales at Pellitteri Waste Systems in Madison, she received a benefit that helped her find it again. |
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Proponents of urban farming back city zoning code changes
on 03/26/09 at 9:00 am | When Greg Rosenberg approached Madison officials in 2001 about Troy Gardens, a 31-acre urban farm on Madison's north side, he was getting into matters outside their comfort zone. "Trying to get that approved by the city was tremendously complex. It was such a weird project for them," says Rosenberg, executive director of the Madison Area Community Land Trust. "Now we see things catching up." |
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A quiet race for seat on the Madison school board
on 03/26/09 at 9:00 am | The Don Gors-Arlene Silveira race is characterized by its remarkable lack of noise -- or, for that matter, visibility. There have been no public forums or debates for voters to learn about the candidates, and no other real public airing of issues. Silveira says that, in lieu of any public debate, she's been responding to individual voters and using social media, mainly a Facebook page her daughter set up. |
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New plastic bag ban proposed for Madison
on 03/26/09 at 9:00 am | Madison recycling coordinator George Dreckmann is helping draft an ordinance to ban plastic bags from the trash stream and urge residents to recycle them at up to 50 drop spots around town. |
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City of Madison joins Twitter bandwagon
on 03/26/09 at 9:00 am | Early this year, the city of Madison began using Facebook and Twitter, joining a growing number of governments to jump on the social networking bandwagon. One blogger counts 60 pages' worth of government agencies that use Twitter. Remember pages? |
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Dueling endorsements for Konkel and Maniaci
on 03/26/09 at 9:00 am | Last week, aldermanic candidate Bridget Maniaci, who's challenging Dist. 2 Ald. Brenda Konkel, scored a mayoral endorsement hat-trick, announcing the endorsements of Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and former mayors Paul Soglin and Joe Sensenbrenner. |
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Is Sustainability Center sustainable?
on 03/05/09 at 9:00 am | Small farmers served by a university center that "keeps its feet in the dirt" worry that the resource is becoming endangered. |
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Get on the cool new bus
on 02/26/09 at 9:00 am | It's a good problem to have, says Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, reflecting on the city's need to decide quickly where to spend gobs of federal money headed its way from the economic stimulus package. |
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A referendum on Konkel?
on 02/26/09 at 9:00 am | The much-watched five-way primary for Madison's second aldermanic district is over. The two top voter getters in last week's primary were incumbent Brenda Konkel and challenger Bridget Maniaci. And already it's being pitched as a battle for the soul of the Common Council, or at least a referendum on Konkel, to both candidates' discomfort. |
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WYOU (services) for sale
on 02/26/09 at 9:00 am | Last year, when the city moved to cut funding for WYOU, interim director Guy Swansbro was pessimistic. He predicted that Madison's community access television station, on the air since 1975, could go belly-up. |
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Mistele goes green -- sort of
on 02/26/09 at 9:00 am | County Executive candidate Nancy Mistele last week unveiled her green initiatives in a press release with an agenda to "protect the environment and jobs at the same time." |
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City of Madison to buy more hybrid buses for Metro
on 02/23/09 at 5:00 pm | It's a good problem to have, says Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, reflecting on the city's need to decide quickly where to spend gobs of federal stimulus money headed its way from the federal economic stimulus package. |
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Making food, rebuilding lives
on 09/11/08 at 9:00 am | On a hot summer morning Greg Nance chops beets, celery, potatoes, red onions and scallions — much of it grown in local farm fields — in the commercial kitchen at Porchlight Inc. |
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