“Where the coffee’s hot, the lakes are cold, and all the children are above average.” — Serving the Chain since 1897.
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 · July 14 Edition · 5 story item(s) in this section.
City Council
Last Tuesday’s meeting granted a license and deferred a stop sign to October. The evening that matters comes tonight, when eighteen lots on the old Hagen pasture meet the planning board.
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Main Street
Alderman Hagen wanted a pressure washer. Alderman Bunde wanted a monument. The council, as this newspaper advised, chose neither.
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Business
With Tuesday’s approval, the Holts turn from paperwork to plumbing. Two tanks are in, a bar is rising, and a name is still, they insist, undecided.
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Around Town
The children’s librarian is back on the Chain after her Fourth-of-July scare — recovering, forbidden to lift a returned book, and already asking about the reading numbers.
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Library
Enrollment in the library’s summer tiers has passed every previous mark, substitute and all. The animal stickers are holding. The sticker budget is not.
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