It all started in 2018 with a group of people dog lovers talking on Facebook about the need for a dog park in York. Their conversation led to the creation of a Facebook group, where additional town residents and visitors voiced their support for the park. A small group of individuals from the group decided to meet and eventually formed a committee and went to work on putting their idea into motion.
Friends of York Dog Park is now a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization comprised of York residents with a mission to develop and maintain a community dog park that provides a safe and controlled environment where dogs and their owners can meet.
Madison in the Sixties – January 20, 1961
In 1960, Sen. John F. Kennedy didn’t carry Madison in the Democratic presidential primary or Wisconsin in the general election. But his candidacy still had a profound local impact.
His primary campaign against Sen. Hubert Humphrey created enough Badgerland bitterness to last for years, even damaging the federal judiciary. And his election utterly transformed local politics, and ended the effort to build Frank Lloyd Wright’s Monona Terrace auditorium and convention center.
Kennedy’s advisors didn’t want him entering the primary against the friendly liberal from neighboring Minnesota, who had two extra sectors of support. Some feared the Pope would unduly influence the Catholic Kennedy, while others who actually supported two-time nominee Adlai Stevenson were trying to block Kennedy from a first-ballot nomination at the national convention, hoping delegates would then draft the former Illinois Governor.