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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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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Debbie Davis
Story by Ellen C. Warren, Photo by Barbara Miner Thats Debbie Davis towering over the crowd in her Statue of Liberty regalia in the Riverwest Fourth of July parade. Shes the stilt-walker everyone loves to see. She has quite a large fan base, admitted her partner, Dimitri. He works in Waukesha and meets people out […]
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Brady Street News
by Tim Lambrecht Brady Streets first Urban Playground Run & Ride is set for Saturday, September 9. The Urban Playground Festivals intent is to highlight the recent completion of the bicycle and pedestrian bridges, and to promote exercise and the accessibility of the Brady Street area to other neighborhoods. The Urban Playgrounds inaugural festival will […]
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Incident at Gordon Park Pavilion
by Nik Kovac, photo Vince Bushell If your living room wont fit 75 people, but you need to host a party that big, one local option since 2002 has been the pavilion in Gordon Park, just west of the river and south of Locust Street. That first year, recalled Riverwest County Supervisor Willie Johnson, it […]
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