100 years ago - 1909
Arthur and his sister Frances Flanagan from Lannon graduated Menomonee Falls High School.
William Brown, 80, the last Lisbon pioneer of his family to come from England, died June 11. He came to the U.S. in 1841 and to Lisbon in 1845. He married Sarah Russell on March 28, 1852. She preceded him in death.
50 years ago - 1959
The new high school district school board elected Francis Beaudry its president. The board examined up to six sites for the new high school. Some advocated two separate highs schools for the 33-square-mile district stretching from Butler to Lisbon.
25 years ago - 1984
Hamilton fought the bussing of Milwaukee students to the suburbs.
Lannon's Olde Quarry Days was a hit.
Lisbon farmer Bob Butler and his wife, Rescella, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on their farm at Good Hope and Woodside roads.
10 years ago - 1999
M&I Bank began building a new Sussex branch on Highway 164.
Club Avalon in Sussex resisted orders to shut down, claiming a racial basis for their troubles.
Fred Bauer, an early Sussex Library volunteer, died at 60 in Arizona.
5 years ago - 2004
Twenty-nine Lisbon homeowners at the south end of Maple Avenue sued Halquist Stone Co. for alleged well damage and water contamination.
Betty Mindemann retired after 44 years in the antique business.
Lisbon officials back off their "town center" idea, but not their drive to incorporate Lisbon as a village.
Pages from the Past 07/08/09
100 years ago - 1909
The trustees of Lannon's St Johns are planning on enlarging their wood church "on the triangle." The leader of this growing church is the Rev. W.C. Albrecht.
The Lake Shore Stone Company has installed a "single line telephone service" to its quarry.
King Edward the VII has now fully replaced Queen Victoria as the King of England.
50 years ago - 1959
The Sussex Blood Bank received an even 100 pints of blood during their most recent donation day, staffed by the Sussex Lioness Club at the Sussex Community Hall.
Sussex's Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woodchick won the recent couple's bowling tournament in the Falls with a score of 1,300. Charles won the singles event with a score of 718.
25 years ago - 1984
Hamilton High will join a new athletic conference that will include Waukesha South and North, Menomonee Falls, Arrowhead, Brookfield Central and East, Kettle Moraine and Germantown.
Ken Ohrmundt is the Hamilton Athletic Director.
10 years ago - 1999
Sussex had a house fire at the Doubek place on W24320 Ivy Ave. Damage was estimated at $30,000.
Tom Schlei is the chief of the Sussex Fire Dept.
There will be three band concerts in July in the Sussex-Village Park.
The Sussex Sun had 11 pages of help wanted ads.
5 years ago - 2004
The director of the Waukesha YMCA, said a Y in Sussex is "a done deal."
The new Sussex Hamilton Fine Arts addition and remodeling is nearing completion.
Sussex's Farmers Insurance agent Cindy Vance is name Farmers Agent of the year.