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Vol. 35, No. 39
September 23, 2020
Bearing fruit Brookfielder’s new nonprofit fed hundreds this summer PAGE 7
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Demolition ushers in new era for Riverside Swim Club PAGE 3 Monsters on Mainstreet called off for 2020 PAGE 11
D102’s weekly virus testing draws interest
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ON THE BEAM Brookfield resident Carolyn Nielsen, left, holds up her daughter, Julianne Nielsen,4, to sign a steel I-beam that will become a permanent part of the village’s new library during a topping off ceremony on Sept. 19. See story, page 12.
Riverside schools mull offering saliva tests, but cost a concern By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
The vast majority of students who attend classes in person in LaGrange-Brookfield Elementary School District 102, which includes the southwestern portion of Brookfield, are spitting into a vial once a week to have their saliva tested for the presence of the novel coronavirus. And, at least one other local district, Riverside Elementary School District 96, is considering having a new District 102 lab test its students, too. The idea for the testing regimen came from District 102 board member Ed Campbell, a Brookfield resident who is a professor of microbiology and ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer
See TESTING on page 8
Riverside leaders confront future budget deficits Staff asks for 2021 ‘stop gap’ to formulate financial strategy
By BOB UPHUES Editor
Elected officials in Riverside indicated last week that they’ll perform a bit of finan-
cial juggling to balance the 2021 operating budget and give staff time to address annual budget deficits projected for years to come. At the same time the village’s property tax levy has averaged annual increases of
2.35 percent during the past decade, the village’s annual police pension obligation has directed more and more of the levy away from operations. The pension obligation is expected to con-
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tinue to outpace property tax increases in the future, with 5-percent hikes expected in each of the next five years. While village See FINANCES on page 15
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