MARINETTE - Faced with post-retirement liabilities amounting to $19 million, the Marinette Board of Education is taking steps to whittle away that amount and aggressively search for savings in other areas.
The board met Tuesday night where action was taken to approve the issuance and sale of $8.7 million in taxable general obligation refunding bonds. The current interest rate is 5 percent but a representative from Robert W. Baird & Co. told the board it could refinance the bonds at 2.38 percent for the next seven years, the life of the loan. That would produce an estimated saving of $350,000. Thursday, May 17, 2012
Bird watchers from the Chapee Rapids Audubon Society look out over the pond on their new birding platform Saturday on Pond Road in the town of Peshtigo. The platform was built with donations of time and labor. Photo taken by Rick Gebhard (Photo reprints:www.ehextra.com)
TOWN OF PESHTIGO - Area bird watchers need not travel far to find a wonderful location to enjoy the rapidly growing recreational sport. A five-year effort initiated by Joan Campbell of the Chappee Rapids Audubon Society recently culminated in the construction of a beautiful new observation deck on Wyneger Pond overlooking Green Bay. More on this is in today's EagleHerald.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
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Bird watchers have great view
Bird watchers from the Chapee Rapids Audubon Society look out over the pond on their new birding platform Saturday on Pond Road in the town of Peshtigo. The platform was built with donations of time and labor. See the EagleHerald for more details. EagleHerald/Rick Gebhard
