🌱 Patch AM: How a Greenfield water main break left one neighbor $20,000 short.

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Greenfield water main break left one neighbor $20,000 short.

Also on today's calendar: 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Clearing and less humid, with a high of 63 and low of 43 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 61, low: 49.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 67 and low of 40 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Greenfield water main break, woman billed $20,000 for repairs (newsbreak.com) — Greenfield neighbors are still coping with fallout from a July 2025 water main break that flooded homes, including one resident who just paid over $20,000 to replace a debris-clogged sewer lateral. The story explains how Milwaukee Water Works handled the incident, what a signed legal release cost one homeowner, and why residents may still face future backups and claims.
   

📸 Around Greenfield

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Greenfield

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 2
• 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale →
  Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha
  10:00 am
Saturday October 3
• FLANNEL FEST 2026 ft. PAUL BUNYAN LUMBERJACK SHOW →
  Petrifying Springs Biergarten, 964 Petrifying Springs Rd, Kenosha
  12:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Tivia Night ! →
  Hideaway Pub & Eatery, 9643 S 76th St, Franklin
  6:30 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 3
• 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale →
  Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha
  10:00 am
• Fall Family Fest →
  Greenfield, WI Calendar, 5151 W Layton Avenue, Greenfield
  12:00 pm
• Fall Family Fest →
  Konkel Park, 4900 S 51st St, Greenfield
  12:00 pm
Sunday October 4
• Greenfield Farmers Market →
  Konkel Park, 4900 S 51st St, Greenfield
  10:00 am
Tuesday October 6
• Greenfield couple celebrating 70 years of marriage →
  5000 S 60th St, Greenfield
  9:00 am
Wednesday October 7
• City of Greenfield Beer Garden →
  Konkel Park, 4900 S 51st St, Greenfield
  4:00 pm
Thursday October 8
• City of Greenfield Beer Garden →
  Konkel Park, 4900 S 51st St, Greenfield
  4:00 pm
Friday October 9
• City of Greenfield Beer Garden →
  Konkel Park, 4900 S 51st St, Greenfield
  4:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• City of Greenfield Beer Garden →
  Konkel Park, 4900 S 51st St, Greenfield
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Curally Funds $10,000 in New Scholarships for Alverno College Nursing Program —Kelly Cole Read on Patch

• Getting your yard ready for the season?
  We're offering professional fall yard cleanup services to help keep your property clean, neat, and ready for winter. Whether you need leaf cleanup,… (Nextdoor Layton Avenue)

🗞 Nearby News

Greendale

• Bluegrass radio & radio stations online for free (radio.net)

West Allis

• West Allis Greenfield Avenue Fills With 400-Plus Classic Cars This Weekend (newsbreak.com)
• 2 men arrested after police chase in stolen vehicle in West Allis (newsbreak.com)
• Wisconsin farmer gives new life to rare Allis-Chalmers A (farmprogress.com)

Milwaukee

• How Snowy, Cold Will Winter Be In WI? New Predictions Released (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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