SUPPORTING MILWAUKEE’S OLDEST PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL The Bezella Family Establishes Scholarship In 2020 the RUHS Foundation awarded its first Bezella Family Scholarship. The family has an extensive history at Riverside and the family’s business, Kellner Greenhouse on Humboldt Avenue, was well known in Riverwest and on the east side. An applicant for the yearly renewable […]
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Neighbor Spotlight – Didier Leplae
by Ellen C. Warren Didier Leplae. Say it aloud. Accent the last syllable of each. It rhymes. It even has a certain rhythm. Which, in this case, is perfect, as Didier lives in a very musical world. “I’ve always had an interest in music and I’ve always been into recording music, but at some point, […]
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Neighbor Spotlight – Lisa Knapp
by Tea Krulos, photos Vince Bushell Lisa is from Lansing, Michigan, but she became bored with life there. There just wasn’t much to do. She recalls that she spent her time with her youthful friends going to the mall, bowling, and hanging out at an arcade called Pinball Pete’s smoking cigarettes, then hanging out at […]
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Black Husky Brewing Moving to Riverwest
by Freesia McKee After leaving Milwaukee for the Northern Wisconsin town of Pembine in 1999, Tim and Toni Eichinger are heading back south to Riverwest. This time, they will be bringing their business, Black Husky Brewing, with them. The brewery will be a larger space than the 9’x15’ area (“about the same size as a […]
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What’s Going On Down There?
Story and photo by Vince Bushell Many of us are dealing with construction in Riverwest. We became used to Locust Street being closed. You could actually walk across Locust Street without fear of death by auto. The cars are back on Locust Street but the construction goes on. All winter long they have been digging […]
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