Old Sussex Community Hall Built 1937 Editor addition [from Facebook post Oct 7, 2015]: Courier, Sept 28, 1937 – 9th and 10th Grade girls play indoor baseball at new Sussex Community Hall. — Girls’ basketball is over also, and although we didn’t win our two games, we had a great deal of fun and all of us learned the sport…. Read more »
Teen Center at Sussex Civic Center, Old Orchard School Location edited by Michael R. Reilly Original March 7, 2015 Updated 03/08/2015 Sussex signing lease to take over Main-Orchard School, Feb 1980, photo: Fred H. Keller. Left to right: Front row seated: ?, Paul Fleishman, ?; 2nd row:S al Maglio, ?, ?, Joanne Smith, ?, Kathy Klager(?), Cheryl Wilde;… Read more »
The incorporation of the Village of Sussex, 1924 Fred H. Keller | Retrospect Posted: Living Sussex Sun, March 6, 2012 Recently, Jason Nettesheim, a Scout leader for Sussex Boy Scout Troop 95, called me up and requested that I present a program on how Sussex became a village separating from the Town of Lisbon in 1924. The program would help… Read more »
I Want To Know What happened to plans for a Sussex Y? Posted: March 29, 2010,Lake Country Reporter Like many other plans conceived during brighter economic times, a proposal to build a YMCA in Sussex is now in a bit of a holding pattern. Officials from the Waukesha Family YMCA are still committed to building a Y in Sussex, said… Read more »
Lisbon, Sussex plan joint meeting Town Board members have agreed to a face-to-face meeting with the Sussex Village Board to discuss potential shared and consolidated services. By KELLY SMITH Living Sussex Sun,Posted: Feb. 10, 2009 Town Board members have agreed to a face-to-face meeting with the Sussex Village Board to discuss potential shared and consolidated services. A date for the… Read more »
Sewer History in Waukesha County and Sussex Transcribed and edited by Michael R. Reilly December 20, 2005 Updated 12/20/2005 The Sewerage Bill Some long-eared Waukesha people have discovered , as usual, adeep-laid plan in the Assembly bill empowering villages to arrange forconstructing sewers, to enable the trustees of such villages to raise money forthe construction without a previous vote… Read more »
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 »
Brook Hotel, livery stable become Clock Tower Park By Fred Keller Sussex Sun, Posted: Oct. 1, 2008 Downtown Sussex sports a 1-acre mini park known for its clock tower, though it no longer keeps accurate time. The park has had various names Brook Park, Village Square, Clock Tower Park and variations. The village lists it as Old Brooke Park… Read more »
