Tournament set for Saturday and Sunday: If you ever wanted to see a great game of wheelchair rugby, now’s your chance. Milwaukee Recreation has teamed with Milwaukee Iron to sponsor the city’s largest Quad Rugby tournament, an extremely competitive event for wheelchair athletes. The games are set to take place at Riverside University High School, […]
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You Can Go Home Again: How a City Hall Reporter Ended Up Writing a Book About High School Football
by Jeremy Berg
It’s early morning and I’m drinking coffee with Greg Borowski, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reporter and author of First and Long, a new book he wrote about the football partnership that started in 2001 between Shorewood High School and his alma mater, Messmer Prep. We’re two blocks from the house he grew up in and half that distance from Our Lady of Divine Providence, formerly St. Casimir’s, the church Borowski attended while growing up — and still attends, despite living in Bayview now. No stranger to Riverwest, then.
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Where Do Bugs Go In the Winter?
by Beth Fetterly One of the wonders of nature is the seemingly complete disappearance of insects once the temperature drops below freezing and the subsequent multitudes of insects swarming each summer. Where do insects go in the winter? Do they die? Hibernate? Migrate? Stay active? The answer is yes. Insects are the most diverse order […]
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3rd District Aldermanic Candidates
All five 3rd District Aldermanic Candidates were invited to respond to the following questions using their choice of e-mail, telephone, or a personal interview.
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Mayoral Candidates on “Ethnically Diverse Neighborhoods”
“Sherman Park, Riverwest, and Merrill Park are three of Milwaukee’s most ethnically diverse neighborhoods. Each year Milwaukee showcases its dynamic ethnic diversity with festivals at the lakefront. Yet a disconnect still persists between these inclusive, celebrative ethnic festivals and everyday reality in many of Milwaukee’s neighborhoods. How would you, as Mayor, help foster more communication and cooperation between different ethnic groups on a neighborhood level?”
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