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Photo Essay: New Safe House Declassified

Posted by Staff | Mar 14, 2016 |

Filled with wall-to-wall with spy memorabilia from the Cold War era, the Safe House has been one of the best kept secret institutions in Milwaukee since 1966.

Victory Garden Initiative awards five community orchards

Posted by Staff | Mar 10, 2016 |

Recently the Victory Garden Initiative (VGI) ushered in the hope for spring when they announced the winners of five new community orchards that will be planted in April. Every community in Milwaukee County was encouraged to apply for the project that would support their cultivation of local food sources in the city. Selecting from the many applicants, VGI’s Fruity Nutty Committee chose five winners: Centro Hispano, Hales Corners Environmental Committee, Urban Eden Community Garden, St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care-Bucyrus Campus, and a partnership between Milwaukee Jewish Day School and Westside Academy to steward the growth of fruit and...

Bill Sell: Enduring faith for community activism

Posted by Staff | Mar 9, 2016

Considered a voice of social justice and the community leader who began the renaissance movement for Bay View, Bill Sell has spent his life as an activist and champion of building a better Milwaukee.

Founder of America’s Black Holocaust Museum celebrated at annual gathering

Posted by Staff | Feb 29, 2016 |

Centennial Hall at the Milwaukee Public Library hosted an evening to honor American civil rights activist, Dr. James Cameron, on February 27. The event was produced by America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) as part of their annual Founder’s Day Gathering. Black Voices Matter! An Evening of Arts and Culture was the theme for the 2016 program. It dramatized the historic and enduring struggle against violence and oppression presented by black artists and writers. Established in 1988, ABHM was the only memorial dedicated specifically to the African victims of enslavement in the United States. The physical museum closed in 2008...

Photo Essay: Lincoln Hills

Posted by Staff | Feb 28, 2016 |

City officials and Milwaukee citizens expressed their frustration and outrage at State authorities over the ongoing scandal at Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls.

Fact Sheet: Bike share expansion proposal

Posted by Staff | Feb 20, 2016 |

City of Milwaukee to host a public information meeting for proposed new Bublr bikes station locations In partnership with Bublr Bikes, the City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works (DPW), will host a public information meeting on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 to discuss installing approximately 32 proposed new bike sharing stations over the next two years in several Milwaukee neighborhoods and downtown, where 28 Bublr Bikes stations already are in operation. The City received a $1.6 million federal Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) grant to install new Bublr Bikes share stations in 2015 and 2016. Rules for using federal...