Stories and pictures by Charlesetta Thompson Martin Luther King Elementary School Celebrates Grandparents Day Grandparents visited classrooms, had lunch and took pictures with their grandchildren on Thursday, September 27. The children serenaded those in attendance with a very entertaining program. The highlight of the visit was the schools world class computer lab, which has teleconference […]
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Getting Paid to Dream
by Jacob Hey & Jan Christensen Take seven kids between the ages of 16 and 19, add the usual suspects of Riverwest activism, put them all to work on neighborhood projects for the summer, and youve got some interesting alchemy. You can be sure youre going to break boundaries, expand viewpoints, and clash cultures. Thats […]
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New Urbanism on Downer: Ready Or Not, Here It Comes
by Adam J. Lovinus The new-urbanism aesthetic envisioned two decades ago by former Mayor John O. Norquist a city of densely populated, self-supporting neighborhoods, diversely zoned with lots of green space and walking-distance amenities has come to life in Milwaukee. It shows in the new high-rise luxury condos on the Lower East Side […]
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Letters
To the Editor: I read with great interest the lead story in your July issue, Student Housing 101. I have lived across the street from UWM for seventeen years and can testify that, despite the best efforts of the City, MPD, and UWM, things here are getting worse. It is entirely due to the […]
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All Peoples Church: Connecting With The Community
by Charlesetta Thompson The church at 2600 N. 2nd Street used to be called Epiphany Lutheran Church. It had a tradition of being open to the community for meetings and youth programs, such as 4H. About 18 years ago, it became All Peoples Church when Gregory Van Dunk became pastor. Van Dunk continued to be […]
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