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The Ballot Box

by Jan Christensen   FALL GENERAL ELECTION DAY, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Polls will be open from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Voters DO NOT NEED to show a photo ID to receive a ballot. After the polls close, results will be reported on local news stations and the web. SAMPLE BALLOT To view a sample […]

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“Smart Trips” Hits the Streets in Riverwest and Harambee

Five years in the making, the Milwaukee Smart Trips Pilot Program is finally hitting the pavement in the Riverwest and Harambee neighborhoods. Primarily funded by a Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality grant through the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the three-year program is being run by the Wisconsin Bike Fed in partnership with the City of […]

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Clean Rivers Clean Lake

Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, Inc. (Sweet Water)
Eighth Annual Clean Rivers Clean Lake Conference on April 30, 2012 at Discovery World

by Vince Bushell 

What struck me first and foremost about this conference was Melanie Ariens’s art. It was on display and hanging in the window in the long entrance way of Discovery World. Expanding on her metaphor, hanging there in the window was the familiar, her blue jean baby. Recycled, maybe a little worse for wear, but still functional, indeed vital for life.