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Letters To The Editor

by Geneva Shore Report | Sep 3, 2020 | Letters | 1 |

Letters to the Editor As a former long-time resident of the Village of Williams Bay since the day...

Surprising Stuff, June 24, 2020

by Geneva Shore Report | Jun 24, 2020 | Surprising Stuff | 0 |

Surprising Stuff The Yerkes Observatory is in trouble again. When the Yerkes people came to town,...

Our Place, May 6, 2020

by Geneva Shore Report | May 6, 2020 | Our Place | 0 |

Our Place This past weekend in Lake Geneva felt and looked like a typical warm spring weekend....

Living Here, March 18, 2018

by Geneva Shore Report | Mar 18, 2020 | Living Here | 2 |

Living Here Open note to Mr. Scott Williams of the Lake Geneva Regional Newsletter; “Please note:...

Little Gems, March 4, 2020

by Geneva Shore Report | Mar 4, 2020 | Little Gems | 0 |

Little Gems Changes are coming inside the library. The library trustees and board at the Lake...

Front Page, November 13, 2019

by Geneva Shore Report | Nov 13, 2019 | Front Page | 0 |

What happened? Here is the joint statement released on Tuesday of last week:
“The University of Chicago and the Yerkes Future Foundation (YFF) are pleased to announce an agreement in principle for the transfer of ownership of Yerkes Observatory and related property located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin to the Yerkes Future Foundation. Over the next several months, both organizations will be working closely on all aspects of the proposed transfer.

The Bright Side, November 13, 2019

by Geneva Shore Report | Nov 13, 2019 | The Bright Side | 0 |

The Bright Side Oh yes, the forces of development are coming for Lake Geneva. They are doing it...

Front Page, October 23, 2019

by Geneva Shore Report | Oct 22, 2019 | Front Page | 0 |

HILLMOOR, RIVIERA, AND THE YERKES OBSERVATORY
What do these wonderful Geneva Lake edifices have in common, and how is it that they seem mired in the same kind of frozen bureaucratic miasma and mess of serious, secret and never-ending decision-making that might make most socialistic cultures, even compared to those of Geneva Lake’s small size, seem pure and wonderfully efficient?