Big Bend keeps it quiet

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: May 26, 2002| Author: KAY NOLAN | Copyright information

Neighborhood of the Week

Big Bend keeps it quiet, predictable, a good place for kids

By KAY NOLAN Special to the Journal Sentinel

Sunday, May 26, 2002

Big Bend -- The look and character of the Village of Big Bend is as little-changing as the bend in the Fox River for which the community was named. It's evolving over time, to be sure, but very slowly and almost imperceptibly over the decades.

And residents like it that way.

Unlike many other communities...

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