Drug overdose deaths in Milwaukee are on pace to reach a decade high, and several central city neighborhoods have been hit hard.
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Unrest in Sherman Park: Three years later: NNS talks about Sherman Park coverage on WTMJ-TV (Channel 4)
Deputy editor Adam Carr appears on WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) to discuss NNS coverage of the third anniversary of unrest in Sherman Park.
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Unrest in Sherman Park: Three years later: Crucial conversations in the park
The Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service assembled neighbors and community leaders who are on the front lines in the Sherman Park community for a series of Facebook Lives to mark the third anniversary of unrest in Sherman Park.
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Special Report: Sherman Park: Three Years Later
Three years ago, unrest in Sherman Park put the neighborhood-and our city-in the national spotlight. But what’s happened to the community since then? That’s the question we seek to answer this week – and our focus for the remainder of the year.
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We are looking for your stories about the unrest in Sherman Park
It’s been almost three years since Sherman Park was thrust in the national spotlight after a weekend of unrest. We want to hear from you about that event for inclusion in stories we are working on for the week of Aug. 12.
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We are looking for your stories about the unrest in Sherman Park
It’s been almost three years since Sherman Park was thrust in the national spotlight after a weekend of unrest. We want to hear from you about that event for inclusion in stories we are working on for the week of Aug. 12.
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NNS on WGLB radio: Reporter Andrea Waxman talks about Ascension St. Joseph hospital
The St. Joseph Accountability Coalition is surveying the community and will seek a binding agreement with Ascension, the healthcare company that owns the hospital.
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Meet NNS Editor Ron Smith on Tuesday
Come meet NNS editor Ron Smith during a “happy hour” hosted by the Nonprofit Academy of Wisconsin from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 30 at Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co., 224 W. Bruce St.
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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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NNS on WGLB Radio: Camp offers chance for kids to bond with their incarcerated moms
NNS reporter Allison Dikanovic talks with Saryea Murchison and Dennis Walton of WGLB radio about the ways that incarceration impacts a whole family and how a program called Camp Reunite is creating an opportunity for these families to bond.