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Mark Caldwell

by Currents Staff

by Ellen C.Warren, photograph by Melody R. Carranza Mark Caldwell looks like an ordinary guy. A Riverwest ordinary guy, that is. Dred-locked and fresh-faced, with a pleasant demeanor, you probably wouldn’t really notice him until he opened his mouth. Then you’d quickly discover that the word ordinary would probably never land in the same sentence […]

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Letters

by Currents Staff

To the Editor: I read with great interest the lead story in your July issue, ‘ Student Housing 101.’ I have lived across the street from UWM for seventeen years and can testify that, despite the best efforts of the City, MPD, and UWM, things here are getting worse. It is entirely due to the […]

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Happy Birthday, Riverwest Walkers!

by Currents Staff

compiled by Jan Christensen One year ago, at the February, 2006 Riverwest Neighborhood Association meeting, Kate Hannah introduced the idea of the Riverwest Walkers. She described a “spontaneous group which walks for an hour in different sections of the neighborhood once a week, or perhaps more…” The group used RNA Mail email to communicate details […]

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Marianne herrmann & Wendy basel & Darby & Alex

by Currents Staff

Story and Photo by Ellen C. Warren There’s a flourishing subculture in Riverwest which is outside the radar of many of its inhabitants. This bunch doesn’t actually recognize itself as a group, but the members are quite likely to recognize each other’s faces and, even more likely, to recognize each other’s dogs. For that matter, […]