by Carl Swanson
Six decades ago in Riverwest, a kindergarten boy stood at the edge of the Fratney Street School playground and watched a steam locomotive struggle past with a seemingly endless train of railroad cars.
“Those engines would shake the school,” Jim Albrecht said. “The smoke and steam would be so thick that I’d miss the first three or four cars.”
review by Vince Bushell
One of my first memories is swinging from an old tree while a steam locomotive chugged past, pulling its load of boxcars on the rail embankment behind my home in Racine. Later an engineer on a diesel switching locomotive would wave to me as I walked home from Kindergarten…
Milwaukee — State Representative Lena C. Taylor (D-Milwaukee) has been appointed Chairperson of the newly created Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Labor Development Committee for the Marquette Interchange Project. “I am honored to be given this opportunity,” said Taylor. “This Committee is designed to develop a strong diverse transportation construction workforce by ensuring workers receive […]
Employment and housing were among the primary issues for acting Mayor Marvin Pratt and former Congressman Tom Barrett during one of several debates before Election Day, April 6.
Michael S. D’Amato was born in 1962 in a little house on Booth Street. His parents immigrated from Italy to pursue the American Dream — which to them meant working hard and making enough money to move to Whitefish Bay.
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