For the 38th year, All Saints’ Cathedral, the home of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee, is hosting its’ annual Great Hunger Book Sale.
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‘What are we waiting for?’ Service is a family affair for Haywoods
Dad’s a prominent developer. The son is the youngest elected official in state history. And both share a commitment to uplifting others.
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OPINION: What will happen to my cousins if their parents get deported?
My family came to the U.S. with a dream to give their children a better life than what they had. It’s scary that could be taken away.
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OPINION: Water quality task force public hearings fail to engage Milwaukee residents
Milwaukee Water Commons calls on the Water Quality Task Force to make lead in drinking water as critical an issue as well contamination, PFAS and algal blooms. We call on the Water Quality Task Force to come to Milwaukee.
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Burke Foundation awards $3 million in grants to eight Milwaukee nonprofits
The Burke Foundation today announced it has awarded eight grants totaling more than $3 million to local nonprofit organizations providing programs and services in the foundation’s focus areas of urban education, youth and leadership development.
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NNS Spotlight: ‘I feel defeated after I watch the news’: Podcast creators work to change narratives, spur civic action
“Bridge the City”, a podcast launched two years ago, ends each episode with concrete steps that individuals can take to help improve their community.
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You ought to be in pictures. Wait. You were.
Here are some of the beautiful faces the NNS team met as we did family portraits at Washington Park Wednesdays and at “Music at Mitchell Park” on Sunday.
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Campaign aimed at ending the sale of single cigarettes to launch in Milwaukee
No Singles/No Loosies signage will be displayed at tobacco retail stores across the city. Signs were created to increase awareness in the community that the sale of single cigarettes is illegal.
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NNS Spotlight: Program teaches Milwaukee’s next generation of gardeners
The MyPlant program allows kids to pot and take home their own herb plant in hopes of reconnecting younger generations to gardening.
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Non-comm radio vet Dori Zori named assistant program director at 88Nine Radio Milwaukee (WYMS-FM 88.9)
Non-commercial radio veteran Dori Zori has been named assistant program director of 88Nine Radio Milwaukee (WYMS-FM 88.9), the station announced Monday.