Michael S. D’Amato was born in 1962 in a little house on Booth Street. His parents immigrated from Italy to pursue the American Dream — which to them meant working hard and making enough money to move to Whitefish Bay.
March 2004
Posted inFurther Down Stream
March 2004
There is some good budget news for MPS students for fiscal year 2005. According to the MPS Update weekly news e-mail, there will be about a $201-per-pupil increase in funding allocated to schools. That jump, to $5,629, is by far the biggest in recent years. From fiscal year 2002 to fiscal year 2003, for instance, […]
Posted inEditorials
Why Not?
by Sonya Jongsma Knauss
Riverwest has a reputation as an activist neighborhood, and for good reason. There are many people and groups here who take an active and visible role in both formal and informal “self-government” in our neighborhood — whether that means advocating for certain positions and ideals at city, county, state, or national government levels, or participating in a neighborhood organization or block club. But there are some groups that have been missing from the table.
Posted inNeighborhood News
Districts Vary Greatly in Election Preferences
Strong differences in voting patterns emerged in the primary mayoral campaign on February 17 in Riverwest’s two aldermanic districts, the 3rd and the 6th. The finalists in the mayoral race, Marvin Pratt and Tom Barrett, will face off on April 6, and nowhere is the voter preference contrast so strong between the two than in these two districts. Pratt received his highest percentage (80%) in the 6th District while Barrett got his highest percentage (54%) in the 3rd District.
Posted inNews
March
March 4 Thru 25 RIVERWEST CO-OP: “Casual Coffee Informational Meetings” about home buying information from Lincoln Neighborhood Redevelopment Corp. 3-6 PM. Thru MARCH 7 BOULEVARD ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE: “Waiting for Godot.” www.boulevardtheatre.com. March 7 Thru April 6 SOUPER SUNDAYS: Every Sunday Aldermanic candidate Carole Wehner holds “Souper Sundays” in her office with live Reggae music […]
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