By Michael Timm Homelessness, poverty, crime, unplanned pregnancy, sexual abuse, and underemployment are very real threats to thousands of young people nationwide who age out of the foster care or other out-of-home care systems. Upon turning 18, they are cut off from the state support system. If they have not been prepared for social and […]
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Optician With a Vision
Story and photo by Laura Richard Walking into Bronze Optical felt like walking into someones home. Cozy rooms were filled with strategically placed antique furniture. No florescent lights. Bronze immediately greeted me with a smile and asked if I cared to join him for a cup of tea. Bronze Quinton and his life and business […]
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The Pool: From Milwaukee to Sundance…with a detour
by Kevin Mundt Its very cold, exclaimed Venkatesh Chavana while out having some lunch on Brady Street. The people are good and the food (in general) is OK. Venkatesh, 17, seems shy for someone who played the leading role in a movie that just a couple of weeks ago had a showing at the Sundance […]
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Ask the Ecologist:
by Belle Bergner Q: I grow vegetables and herbs in pots on my deck and last year some of my herbs did not do as well as my tomatoes and peppers. I watered them all the same amount and kept the soil moist. Any idea what could have happened so that I dont do the […]
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I Got It At Fischbergers!
Maybe it was the approaching holidays that seemed to wash the little variety store on Holton St. with the muted nostalgia of the 1950s that golden time of peace and stability when the wealthiest Americans paid 90 percent of their income in taxes by Jan Christensen Fischbergers Variety store does harken back to another time. […]
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