Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Non-Profit Targets City’s Digital Divide
Programs offer computer training and cheap computers for low-income youth.
Feb 21st, 2019 by Andrea Waxman, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Community Group Keeps the Music Going
Washington Park Neighbors creates summer concert series that reflects neighborhood.
Feb 19th, 2019 by Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
The Return of Phobruary
Silver City Thai and Laotian restaurants offer $5 bowls of Pho all month.
Feb 18th, 2019 by Elyse McFeggan, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
PeppNation Has Helped 14,000 Local Youth
Founded in 2010, non-profit provides sports leadership, mentoring programs to youth all year.
Feb 14th, 2019 by Bridget Fogarty, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Poet Margaret Rozga Still Carries Torch
Civil rights pioneer, the state's 2019-20 Poet Laureate, still advocates for social justice.
Feb 12th, 2019 by Elyse McFeggan, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
North’s Students March for Black Lives Matter
200 students join protest. “We deserve to feel safe in our own skin!”
Feb 8th, 2019 by Allison Dikanovic, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Architectural Planner Helps Underserved Areas
Prof. Carolyn Esswein and Community Design Solutions help develop city neighborhoods.
Feb 6th, 2019 by Analise Pruni, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Delay in Closing Youth Prisons Criticized
Advocates oppose Evers’ projection of two years to close Lincoln Hills, Copper Lake.
Feb 4th, 2019 by Allison Dikanovic, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Warming Shelters Rescued Many From Cold
United Way, We Energies helped fund warming spaces at St. Ben’s, other places.
Feb 3rd, 2019 by Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Art Museum Teaches Youth About Prison
MAM’s San Quentin Prison exhibit offers boys a stark portrait of life gone wrong.
Jan 30th, 2019 by Bridget Fogarty, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
County Picks Location for Youth Offender Facility
Northwest side facility planned as part of model program to reduce recidivism.
Jan 29th, 2019 by Allison Dikanovic, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Should Washington Park Get Historic Designation?
Proposal for Olmsted-designed park could alter Urban Ecology Center’s plans for renovation.
Jan 27th, 2019 by Analise Pruni, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
