Free music festival draws criticism
By Stephanie Castillo | Nov. 9, 2012Local music artists expressed concern with Mayor Paul Soglin’s plan to implement a free city-wide music festival in 2013 at a town hall meeting Thursday.
Local music artists expressed concern with Mayor Paul Soglin’s plan to implement a free city-wide music festival in 2013 at a town hall meeting Thursday.
Construction on the renovation of the 100 block of State Street began Thursday and is expected to be completed in the the spring of 2014, according to the Block 100 Foundation.
Beginning Monday, students using their unlimited-rides bus pass will have to show their WisCards to bus drivers when boarding Metro Transit vehicles that require the swipe of a pass to board.
City officials gave initial approval for one proposed downtown building and postponed further discussion of two other building proposals at an Urban Design Commission meeting Wednesday night.
The city of Madison issued an eviction notice to members of “Occupy Madison” living on the 800 block of East Washington Avenue Wednesday, ordering all persons to vacate the site by Nov. 9.
City officials will present recently signed amendments to Mayor Paul Soglin’s proposed 2013 city budget as a single package, meaning all amendments included in the bundle must be either approved or rejected as a whole when the Madison Common Council votes on the budgets next week.
Counterfeit bills tricked two different people last week in separate incidents that took place within a block of one another and only days apart.
Madison B-cycle and DreamBikes Madison will provide bicycle parking Monday at Peace Park, located between State and Gilman Streets, during President Barack Obama’s rally on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
The City of Madison issued more than 30,000 absentee ballots for the Nov. 6 election, most of which have already been returned to the City Clerk’s Office.
Metro Transit buses will alter its routes in the downtown area Monday morning due to President Barack Obama’s rally Monday on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Dane County Board members announced a set of initiatives Friday for the homeless that includes a temporary warming shelter and housing.
Madison police are looking for two men who allegedly knocked a University of Wisconsin-Madison student unconscious early Thursday morning on the 200 block of Langdon Street.
Downtown residents and community members met at a neighborhood meeting Thursday to discuss two proposed student-oriented apartment buildings on North Bassett Street and North Frances Street.
Local restaurant owners worried about the effect of late night food vendors on traditional businesses expressed their concerns to city officials at a meeting Wednesday.
In honor of Election Day Nov. 6, Union Cab will offer free rides to and from polling locations to encourage people in and around the Madison community to vote.
The number of ballots cast early in Madison for the Nov. 6 election will likely surpass numbers from the 2008 election, Mayor Paul Soglin said in a press conference Wednesday.
Madison Police Department Chief Noble Wray apologized Tuesday for a recent incident in which police had homeless people’s belongings removed to a city dump facility.
Madison police are investigating two separate incidents that both occurred Saturday at the same house party on the 100 block of North Breese Terrace.
Madison’s City Council unanimously approved two downtown development projects Wednesday, marking the final step before developers can begin construction.
Members of the public joined city officials Tuesday to weigh in on Mayor Paul Soglin’s proposed $266.4 million operating budget for 2013, with many urging the City Council to increase funding to the Overture Center for the Arts.