Weekly Bookmarks – Monday, 03. August 2009
Ex-Esser Paint site gets cleanup grant – JSOnline MMAC: Milwaukee economy shows positive signs – The Business Journal of Milwaukee: Canadians think Wisconsin is a business paradise – BizTimes State touts no-bid deal with Spanish train firm – JSOnline OnMilwaukee.com Travel & Visitors Guide: The Aloft is moving ahead; a good sign for Milwaukee Hide House Lofts get green light : The Bay View Compass Embarrassed by alderman’s tactics : The Bay View Compass OnMilwaukee.com Politics: City hikes fees on cab rides, snow removal and more Low-income renters equal crime : The Bay View Compass Economic diversity good for Hide House neighborhood : The Bay View Compass Pabst complex lands office tenant – JSOnline Southwest prepares $113.6 million bid for Frontier Airlines – The Business Journal of Milwaukee: Milwaukee leaders want Talgo production at Super Steel – The Business Journal of Milwaukee: Milwaukee Parking Lot Sells for $1.7M – CoStar Group UN designation is great opportunity for Milwaukee – BizTimes Common Council gives final approval to Rivianna – BizTimes OnMilwaukee.com Dining: American Euros carve out niche for late-night gyros City should steer clear of lawsuit – JSOnline Milwaukee World: COUNTY PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS PROCEEDS 2/3 INVESTED Common Council upholds ZND’s Hide House recommendation today in 10:4 vote : The Bay View Compass Low Income Options Aren’t New « Walker’s Point Hide House apartments allowed to proceed – JSOnline IRL may still race in town – JSOnline No God, No Master » Matt Luce » Blog Archive Payne to step down as Bradley Center chairman – JSOnline Mandel group hires CB Richard Ellis to market its development sites – BizTimes Downtown office vacancy rate high – JSOnline Milwaukee leaders want Talgo production at Super Steel – The Business Journal of Milwaukee: City should steer clear of lawsuit – JSOnline Milwaukee police get federal help; other cities get stiffed – JSOnline Common Council OKs water, snow removal and parking fee increases – JSOnline
Aug 3rd, 2009 by Dave Reid
Welcome to Strini’s Culture Desk
Friday was my last day as music and dance critic at the Journal Sentinel. It was great. But it’s over, and I’m not looking back.
Aug 3rd, 2009 by Tom Strini
True Stories (52-53)
When there's no good news to write, Ken, sometimes you've got to make it up.
Aug 3rd, 2009 by Rob Vosters
The way it was
Cronkite felt that journalists had a duty to hold up a mirror to society, to tell and show what had happened. “And that’s the way it was,” was his customary sign-off.
Aug 1st, 2009 by Malcolm McDowell Woods
Take it with a grain of salt, pt2
Be aware that some over-the-counter medicines contain a lot of sodium. Two tablets of dissolvable Alka-Seltzer have a whopping 1,134 milligrams of sodium.
Aug 1st, 2009 by Malcolm McDowell Woods
Greening our schools
Sustainability is all about those wonderful virtues we grew up with; giving without expecting to get back, finding enlightenment even from your mistakes, sharing the knowledge, recording the failures as well as the successes, implementing and reflecting and doing it again.
Aug 1st, 2009 by Malcolm McDowell Woods
Eating right
"Eat Right Racine” was formed earlier this year, and its mission is to “partner with community, business, agriculture, and schools to develop a food system that supports healthy children, communities, economies and environment.
Aug 1st, 2009 by Malcolm McDowell Woods
Natural Gardner
August and September are payoff time for vegetable growers. However, this is the time when hot and humid conditions promote insect or disease problems; so keep monitoring plants.
Aug 1st, 2009 by Malcolm McDowell Woods
Yes we can
…cooking or canning tomatoes actually increases the amount of lycopene – a super anti-oxidant that’s shown to protect against certain types of cancer.
Aug 1st, 2009 by Malcolm McDowell Woods
Parents push for nutritious school lunches
I realized that there were more standards in place for dog food than there were for our own kids
Aug 1st, 2009 by Liz Setterfield
Growing the next generation of green leaders
Shenstone is very excited about her future and says Green Corps has prepared her well to assume other environmentally-focused posts.
Aug 1st, 2009 by Malcolm McDowell Woods
News you need to know
We are fighting for food security from an industrial agriculture system that is destroying our health and the health of our ecosystems; for a connection to (the) cycle of life, and good, tasty food … from garden to plate.
Aug 1st, 2009 by Malcolm McDowell Woods
