Estella “Stella” Moralez Reyna has spent more than 30 years building relationships with the customers she serves.
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Jonathan Aguilar is a photojournalist as well as a Report for America corps member and Catchlight Local fellow. Before coming to Milwaukee, he spent two years as a photographer at one of America’s oldest daily newspapers, The Blade, in Toledo, Ohio. Aguilar grew up in the Chicago suburbs. He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from DePaul University and his master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism.
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Residents and businesses along Chavez Drive react to abuse allegations against late civil rights icon
Many had strong feelings about the sexual abuse allegations against Cesar Chavez and also about the street potentially being renamed.
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North Avenue Community Ambassadors lead neighborhood cleanup at Legacy Garden
Volunteers with the North Avenue Community Ambassadors clean up trash and other debris regularly, part of an effort to beautify and show pride for the Lindsay Heights neighborhood.
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Set, spike, celebrate: Milwaukee Recreation hosts citywide volleyball tournament
Athletes from across the city competed at North Division High School over the weekend at the Milwaukee Recreation’s Middle School Citywide Coed Volleyball Tournament.
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The art of breathing: Inside the purposeful artistry of Anthony ‘Kashes’ Brewer
After leaving a tech career during the pandemic, Anthony “Kashes ” Brewer built an art studio rooted in breath, mental health and family.
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Four new community-powered fridges open on Milwaukee’s North Side as grocery store closures continue
As grocery stores close across Milwaukee’s North and Northwest Side, One MKE and its community partners are expanding a community-centered campaign to fight food scarcity.
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Leveling up in Uptown: The Battlebox Video Games was built through community
Battlebox owner Bryant Wilcox reflects on how a lifelong love of video games grew into a community-rooted small business.
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‘The year of housing’: Milwaukee leaders celebrate more than 3,000 new homeowners
The milestone was marked through speeches and the unveiling of a mural that symbolizes cooperative efforts to create quality, affordable homes in Milwaukee for thousands of families.
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Café el Sol turns Milwaukee’s Friday fish fry into a cultural celebration
Café el Sol blends Latin flavor and live music with an all-you-can-eat fish fry that brings the community together inside the United Community Center.
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Art that listens: Inside Milwaukee’s first bilingual art museum
Opened in 2024 by Ernesto “Neto” Atkinson, The Catacombs of Neto Art Museum was designed as a space for conversation and connection, but not silence.