http://www.connectverona.com en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:16:04 GMT Daily feed of articles http://www.connectverona.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=4203 Madonna’s Super Bowl halftime show will have a Verona native’s fingerprints all over it. Jamie King, a 1990 graduate of Verona Area High School, is directing the Feb. 5 performance by the Material Girl after a 15-year stint as her creative director. Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.connectverona.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=4208 Verona residents will get a chance to see lots of local talent showcased Feb. 11 at the Verona Area Performing Arts Center. The You’ve Got Talent Show is a community event and a fundraiser for a Kehl School of Dance troupe, made up of about 70 girls from Fitchburg, Verona, Middleton and Stoughton. Community Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.connectverona.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=4204 Following the promotion of Kami Lynch to City of Verona clerk, two new people have started working in the city’s front office. Community Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:41:00 GMT http://www.connectverona.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=4198 After limping along for a couple of years, the MAC Sport Center has a new name and outlook after it was sold last month to the developer of a similar facility in Stoughton. Tom Weigand is the principal owner of Verona Athletic Center, LLC, a small group of partners who purchased the MAC Center Dec. 21 for an undisclosed sum. Weigand, who lives in the Town of Verona, said he hopes the revamped VAC will become what the Stoughton Wellness and Athletic Center is in Stoughton – a hub for youth sports and side businesses that draws up to 85,000 visitors annually. Community Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.connectverona.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=4197 While parents and their children might argue over which television program to watch or radio station to listen to, there is one cultural icon that can be found both in their basements and on their iPods: The Beatles. And while there exists this bond, one key difference is those from more recent generations never had the opportunity their parents and even grandparents did, to see The Beatles in concert ... until now. Community Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.connectverona.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=4196 Shortly before Linda Farley died of cancer in June 2009, the retired Town of Springdale physician and longtime social justice advocate had a simple request of her husband, Gene: She wanted to be buried at home. The day his wife died, Gene asked the undertaker to hold the body and called the Town of Springdale clerk to check his options. As it turns out, Wisconsin law allowed him to bury his wife on their land. Later in 2009, acting on the wishes of his four sons, Farley and other volunteers launched what is now the Linda and Gene Farley Center for Peace, Justice and Sustainability. Community Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT