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The Milwaukee Milkmen recently released their schedule for the team’s inaugural 2019 American Association of Independent Baseball League season. The Milkmen will open the season with a pair of road trips including a four-game series against Saint Paul starting on May 16 and a four-game tilt at Fargo-Moorhead starting May 20. The team’s home opener will be May 24, the first of a three-game series against the Chicago Dogs at Routine Field. After the home opener, the Milkmen travel to Kаnsаs Cіty on May 28 for two days to face the 2018 AA Champions before heading back home for...

The volunteer-based nonprofit organization, Street Angels Milwaukee Outreach, held a silent protest on November 17 at 6th and Clybourn Streets to demand that homeless people in Milwaukee receive protection from the freezing temperatures this winter. Air temperatures of 30° to 50° can cause hypothermia, and homeless individuals are exposed to far lower temperatures for extended periods of time over Milwaukee’s long winter months. The city has warming rooms for people living outside, however, they do not open unless the temperature is 10° or lower. “On any given night, there are about a thousand people homeless in Milwaukee. Some are...

The Senate of the United States of America passed legislation on November 15 that designated the U.S. Post Office, located at 2650 North Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Drive in Milwaukee, as the “Vel R. Phillips Post Office Building.” U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin co-introduced the legislation to designate the facility on September 19, to honor Milwaukee’s pioneering civil rights activist who passed away earlier this year. A companion bill, led by Congresswoman Gwen Moore, passed in the U.S. House of Representatives earlier in September. After passing the Senate, the legislation now heads to the President’s desk for ratification. “Vel...

Barrett Lo Visionary Development released an animated rendering of The Couture on November 9, created by the project’s Milwaukee-based design firm Rinka Chung Architecture, to show the next phase of evolution for the city skyline. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently requested that Rick Barrett and Tan Lo, the developers behind The Couture, to submit additional information for its loan guarantee application, allowing the project to move forward with its needed financing. The video rendering’s release comes about a week after this financial barrier was lifted, and allows the finalization of the construction timeline. Before the...

More than 16,000 rides were taken during the inaugural Grand Hop-ening Weekend of passenger service for Milwaukees Streetcar fleet. The system officially launched on Friday, November 2, kicking off a weekend full of activities to introduce residents and visitors to the city’s newest transit platform. The event also helped The Hop eclipse 11,000 total followers and 100,000 social media impressions during the weekend. The Grand Hop-ening Weekend was made possible through the support of numerous project development partners: Platinum level: Kiewit/Mass Electric; Gold level: HNTB Corporation, Transdev; Silver level: Brookville Equipment Corporation, LTK, Concord Group; Bronze level: 2-Story Marketing,...