1. Holton Youth Center Faces Transition

Written by: Janice Christensen

( Features / Features )

“The YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee has made a difficult decision to close the Holton Youth Center.  We do not have a definite date set for the closing, but know that it will come in earl...

Word count: 667

2. Further Down Stream

Written by: Compiled by Tess Reiss

( News / News Briefs )

Riverwest news briefs...Poetry & Politics - Riverwest Follies - Valentine's Day Local Shopping - Mardi Gras Parade - Northeast Side Plan - 4th St. Forum - Community Brainstorming Breakfast - more.....

Word count: 1939

3. Riverwest to Host Health Focus Group

Written by: Emily DeLeo

( Columns / Health Matters )

Milwaukee is a city with great diversity. The many differences among its residents make for a unique blend of culture, race, age and socioeconomic status that sets this city apart. Trying to understand...

Word count: 357

4. Pollinating Our Future: Changing the Urban Landscape

Written by: Janice Christensen

( News / Articles )

Try as we will to ignore them, there are some problems that just won’t go away. We’re running out of oil and our climate is changing. The way we produce our food in this country is becomi...

Word count: 1017

5. 4,000 Native Bees: Let the BUZZ begin

Written by: Maria Karpfinger

( News / Articles )

We are all mesmerized by the transformation of the caterpillar into the butterfly. Equally awesome, but somehow underappreciated, is the transformation of the world’s flowers into the seeds and f...

Word count: 905

6. Lucy and Tom Krajna

Written by: Ellen Warren

( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )

Want to get a strong reaction from Lucy Krajna? Begin your opinion about what matters in this area with the statement, “I’m a Riverwest pioneer. I’ve lived here for 9 (5, 8, 11) years...

Word count: 1083

7. Fluorescent Lightbulbs and Old Electronics

Written by: Belle Bergner

( Columns / Ask the Ecologist )

Q: You wrote about compact fluorescents previously, but what about the big, long fluorescent lightbulbs? Can we recycle those at our local hazardous waste drop off too?

Word count: 514

8. Neighbors seek answers from candidates

Written by: Riverwesters for Progressive Growth

( Op-Ed / Editorial )

Congratulations on your decision to run for Alderman for the Third district of Milwaukee! We are a neighborhood group known as Riverwesters for Progressive Growth. We are a friendly, loose affili...

Word count: 696

9. Straw Poll

Written by: Compiled by Vince Bushell, Janice Christensen, Savannah Hunnicut, Jim Loew, Tess Reiss

( Features / Features )

With eight candidates to choose from, voters in Milwaukee’s Third Aldermanic District are faced with a big decision when they get into the voting booth February 19.

Word count: 2349

10. Political Hotbed: Sixth District Aldermanic Candidates

Written by: Matt Czarnik

( Features / Features )

Most of Riverwest joins with the East Side to decide the future of the Third Aldermanic District. However, a slice of the neighborhood votes with the Sixth, which is a hotbed of candidates eage...

Word count: 875