by Michael Timm, photo by Kurt Johnson To Riverwest resident and civil rights lawyer Larraine McNamara- McGraw, a good community prosecutor is a cross between a priest and an undertaker: You dont want em if you dont need em, but you want to know you can trust them, she said. The physically slight but verbally […]
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Gimme Shelter! Housing Trust Fund
by Adam J. Lovinus Two thousand homeless on a given night in Milwaukee. Twenty percent spend more than half their income on rent. Thousands are overcrowded, with two and three families in a single house. Behind the numbers are the people, many of them our friends and neighbors. Rents in Riverwest have become prohibitive for […]
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Crazy Daze: Center Street Daze September 23
by Jim Loew A positive and a positive is a positive. Remember that from your high school math class? This lesson is relevant as Riverwests popular Center Street Daze and RockerBox MotoFest are joining forces and converging into one big festival this year. The extravaganza will take place Saturday, September 23. With this partnership, the […]
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Woodland Pattern Welcomes All To The 13th Annual Poetry Marathon January 27
by Mary Vuk The 13th Annual Woodland Pattern Poetry Marathon will be held on Saturday, January 27 from 10 am until 1 am. This year, three hours of reading time have been added to accommodate popular demand. Also, for the first time this year, students from Pierce Elementary School who are participants in the Woodland […]
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