Dump & Garbage Disposal History; Town of Lisbon by Michael R. Reilly October 22, 2005 Updated 12/18/2005 Do you have Town garbage stories to share? Ijust learned that Sussex had a dump near Locust and Main Sts. (east side) andlater an apartment complex was built on the site. Some residents had a sinkingfeeling come over them. As society… Read more »
Sewer History in Town of Lisbon / Village of Sussex Transcribed and edited by Michael R. Reilly December 22, 2005 Updated 12/23/2005 Sussex has smaller building lots, and services them withmunicipal wells and sewer lines, while Lisbon has larger lots with septic tanksand residential wells. Eventually, however, Lisbon did begin sewer service tosome subdivisions whose location and problems… Read more »
Swine Flu-1918 variety by Fred H. Keller, Village Historian Living Sussex Sun, Retrospect, Posted: Nov. 17, 2009 Several features about “swine flu” are appearing in local newspapers and on TV. This type of information has been seen before, from Asian flu, to avian flu, and back to the 1918 epidemic of the Spanish influenza. History does repeat itself. On Nov…. Read more »
Lisbon park to host live historic re-enactment; Church breakfast will kick off weekend event A timeline event – a live re-enactment of periods of time in world and American history – sponsored by the Town of Lisbon will take place this weekend at Lisbon Community Park at Oakwood and Lake Five roads. By KELLY SMITH Sussex Sun, Posted: Aug. 13,… Read more »
Lisbon Town Chairmen According to the town records, the first election was held April 5, 1842, at the stone schoolhouse in Section 35 on the north side of what is now County Trunk Highway K, just west of State Trunk Highway 74., when Samuel Dougherty waschosen Moderator, and David Bonham, and Lucius Botsford, Side Supervisors. DavidBonham was also… Read more »
Does Lisbon board ‘bickering’ matter? By Kelly Smith Living Sussex Sun,Posted: March 31, 2009 Town of Lisbon Delores Scharmer and Beverly Mudlitz are two voters who believe that preserving the town’s rural residential character and fixing its roads are among the most important issues in the April 7 municipal election. Mudlitz said she agrees with some of incumbent Chairman Michael… Read more »
Editor’s note: The following is an accumulation of Milwaukee Journal, Sussex Sun and Lake Country Reporter newspaper articles concerning the Town of Lisbon efforts to incorporate itself into a village. They are presented in publication chronological order. Articles beginning in 1981 and continue through 2009 Continued onPage 2 – Lisbon Incorporation Efforts – Page 2, Page 3 – Town of… Read more »
Editor’s note: The following is an accumulation of Milwaukee Journal, Sussex Sun and Lake Country Reporter newspaper articles concerning the Town of Lisbon efforts to incorporate itself into a village. They are presented in publication chronological order. Articles continue here beginning in 2010 Retrospect 01/13/10 Posted: Jan. 12, 2010 Since the start of the homesteading of Sussex and Lisbon… Read more »
County officials: Support Lisbon- Sussex vote Vrakas, Trawicki urge passage of consolidation referendum By Kelly Smith Posted: Lake Country Reporter, Aug. 1, 2012 Town of Lisbon – Two of Waukesha County’s most powerful elected officials pleaded Tuesday night with town residents to vote in favor of a nonbinding, advisory referendum. Voters will be asked on Aug. 14 whether or not… Read more »
