The city of Madison said that to facilitate the installation of a large manhole for a road construction project, the intersection of Upham Street and North Street will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 7 and Friday, Oct. 8.

 Access to all properties will be maintained. Sidewalk will be maintained on at least one side of the street at all times.

Instead of starting from scratch, Habitat for Humanity of Dane County will focus on building on foundations that have already been laid.

Habitat will continue working to create affordable, permanent housing for families, but as the community's needs change, so will the way the organization works.

The final two homes in the Twin Oaks neighborhood on Madison’s East Side are now under construction.

"This is our 51st and 52nd home in this community and the last two we're going to be building here," said Perry Ecton, CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Dane County.

Five years and 52 homes later, the organization is wrapping up in the Twin Oaks neighborhood.

On Friday afternoon, Jenice Anderson got her first look at what will soon be her family's new home.

"We're progressing. It’s kind of a long haul, and to see we're starting already and I’ve met some of the neighbors ... It’s a blessing," said Anderson.

A manager for Half Price Books on South Whitney Way contacted police this week after a man attempted to sell him eight bags of books.

Just after the man came into the store, the manager got a call from someone who said the man, later identified as a 56-year-old Beloit man, had just been at as his house and said he was collecting books for veterans.

The caller, a veteran himself, gave the man books, but then saw him going into the Half Price Books store with his donation.