By Paul Snyder Rooftop gardens on the new Madison Central Library are seeding debate between residents lobbying for the space and city leaders unwilling to pay for it. “We never appropriated money for a rooftop garden,” said Alderman Larry Palm, ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] The criticism directed toward Madison’s selection of Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle Ltd. as Central Library designer has more to do with the process than the architect. “The product we end up with has to last most of ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Madison is sticking to its shortlist of design teams for the reconstruction of Central Library even though the project has changed and other architects have expressed interest. “Knowing now what the plan is, I think the city ...

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A funeral will be held Saturday for Gary John Meyer of Waukesha, who died Monday after falling from the top of an elevator shaft in Milwaukee’s Third Ward. Meyer, 46, was a carpenter working for HIP Inc., a subcontractor on ...

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By Paul Snyder We Energies can build the 90-turbine Glacier Hills Wind Park in Columbia County without a requirement to buy power from Chicago-based Invenergy LLC. The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin on Monday approved the We Energies’ proposal, expected ...

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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Future sales of Stephenie Meyer’s novels should be green in more ways than one. The Hachette Book Group, whose authors include Meyer and Malcolm Gladwell, is the latest publisher to ...

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By Paul Snyder A state lawmaker wants an unknown amount of leftover stimulus money for unspecified road projects in northern Wisconsin. “I just want to get the message out that there’s more to the state of Wisconsin than Milwaukee and ...

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By TODD RICHMOND Assoicated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed a bill Friday that would strip governors of their power to appoint the Department of Natural Resources secretary and give it to a citizen board instead. ...

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By Paul Snyder Mazomanie and Marshfield leaders are preparing for the fallout in their communities when hundreds of people lose their jobs at Wick Building Systems Inc. “Certainly it has an impact on this area,” said Mike Brehm, Marshfield city ...

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