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Riverwest Parishes Vote to Merge to Maintain a Neighborhood Presence

by Jeff Johnson

For more than 100 years Riverwest has swirled around two spiritual pillars: one, St. Casimir, overlooks Bremen and Clarke Streets, and the other, St. Mary of Czestochowa, is at Burleigh and Fratney. Their very names proclaim the neighborhood’s working class Polish heritage. But in a meeting in late July, the joint parish council voted unanimously to accept the recommendation of a strategic planning committee to merge. Final action on the vote depends on the new Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan and his staff, but the parish anticipates that he will agree with the decision.

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October 2002

Lena’s Grocery on Holton is getting ready to open. Construction crews have been hard at work in recent weeks behind the painted windows. The new store represents a $3 million investment in the neighborhood.