100 years ago - 1908

Hills Jewelry Store in Menomonee Falls offered pocket watches with solid-nickel cases for $3.75 or with 10-year gold-fill cases for $5.50.

50 years ago - 1958

The Sussex Fire Department sent some of its firefighters to a four-day training session in West Allis: Chief Roy Evert, Assistant Chief Robert Stier, Captains Ray Podolske and Ray Schroeder and firefighters Bill Beier and Charles Zimmermann.

The Lisbon Town Board, chaired by Paul Pichler, considered passing a local zoning ordinance.

25 years ago - 1983

Sal Maglio, John Bauer, Robert O' Laughlin and Jack Nefstead competed for three open seats on the Sussex Village Board.

Sussex held a public hearing on Quad/Graphics' application for a permit to build a printing plant on 64 acres in east Sussex.

The Sussex Woman's Club staged its second annual Easter egg hunt for 250 kinds in Village Park.

10 years ago - 1998

Nine people were cited for underage drinking at Shooters Pub.

Sussex Public Works Director Robert Patenaude retired.

More than 600 people attended the annual Sussex-Lisbon Easter egg hunt in Sussex Village Park.

5 years ago - 2003

The Hamilton School District broke ground June 3 for Marcy School in Menomonee Falls and a week later, June 10, for a massive remodeling of Hamilton High School and its new Fine Arts Center.