October 23, 2008 Early voting increases staffing needs Although the majority will cast their ballots Tuesday, Nov. 4, voters in increasingly significant numbers are finding their way to local village and city halls to cast their ballots ahead of the election date. Read More > Board rejects rezoning request The Menomonee Falls Village Board has rejected a proposal that would have allowed 10-acre residential lots on the northwest side of the village, largely because it does not want to encourage that type of development in areas with no water and sewer access. Read More > Green Halloween? Despite national predictions that Halloween will get people to open their wallets, local seasonal retailers say they are seeing sluggish sales even as the October holiday nears. Read More > Nonprofit group willing to gamble on issue United Seniors of Wisconsin, a nonprofit group that raises money by holding bingo games, wants to add video poker machines to help improve its fundraising abilities, but that may not be permissible under current ordinances. Read More > City looks at Franklin's offender policies Two sex-offender residency ordinances, one that would be part of Muskego's zoning ordinances and a nuisance ordinance that would allow the city to take police action, would be a good one-two punch in controlling sex offenders, officials say. Read More > Lakeside Reflections - Pam Stein When I was a kid there weren't as many choices in Halloween costumes as there seems to be today; clowns, witches, ghosts, cowboys and princesses seemed to be the norm. We wore a flammable nylon costume with a sharp-edged plastic mask held on our faces by a giant rubber band that could also double as a sling shot. Read Blog > Connect to your community for all of your local news! Bayside Bayview Brookfield Cudahy Elm Grove Fox Point Franklin Germantown Glendale Greendale Greenfield Hales Corners Mequon/Thiensville Menomonee Falls Muskego New Berlin Oak Creek River Hills Shorewood South Milwaukee St. Francis Waukesha Wauwatosa West Allis/West Milwaukee Whitefish Bay About this e-mail You are being sent this e-mail newsletter because our records indicate you selected to receive it through one of the Journal Interactive Network web sites. To unsubscribe click here. To change your e-mail address, please log in and update your profile page %%Member_Busname%% . %%Member_Addr%% . %%Member_City%%, %%Member_State%% %%Member_PostalCode%% %%Member_Country%% Copyright 2008 Journal Sentinel Inc. All rights reserved. Produced & Designed by Journal Interactive.