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NNS update: Rest in peace, Jose Vasquez: Remembering a mentor and active community member

January 26, 2023 by Edgar Mendez 1 Comment

Milwaukee is mourning the death this week of Jose Vasquez, a mentor and active community member whom we wrote about four years ago

Filed Under: Carousel, Community, Home, Neighborhoods, News, South

‘I want everyone included’: Amani United’s new president says she will focus on building relationships

January 18, 2023 by PrincessSafiya Byers Leave a Comment

Elizabeth Brown, Amani United’s new president, plans to spend her term building relationships and using them to bring new development into the Amani neighborhood.

Filed Under: Amani, Community, Housing, North Tagged With: Amanda Clark, Amani Neighborhood, Amani United, Dominican Center, Elizabeth Brown, Soleil Harvey

Inside the NNS Newsroom: We asked you why NNS matters. Here’s what you said.

December 21, 2022 by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Leave a Comment

Ten members of our community tell us why NNS matters to them.

Filed Under: Community, Neighborhoods Tagged With: fundraising, Inside the NNS Newsroom, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, NewsMatch, newsroom, nns, nonprofit

NNS Spotlight: La Familia de Arte makes artists out of everyday South Siders

November 15, 2022 by Sam Woods Leave a Comment

Some South Side residents don’t consider themselves to be artists. But La Familia de Arte brings the artist out of them anyway.

Filed Under: Arts and Recreation, Community, NNS Spotlight, South Tagged With: 26th street project, african-americans, amalia carlos, annmarie ruiz-carlos, Bad River, bollards, Brothertown, cesar chavez drive, covid-19, first nations, germans, Ho-Chunk, immigrants, irish, italians, jean behrens, La Courte Oreilles, la familia de arte, Lac du Flambeau, lori gramling, Menominee, Mole Lake, Oneida, polish, Potawatomi, Red Cliff, St. Croix Chippewa, Stockbridge Munsee

Hurdles remain before a new youth correctional facility can be built on Northwest Side

November 10, 2022 by Edgar Mendez 14 Comments

As work continues to ease concerns and gain support from residents and others in the area, several other hurdles remain before ground can be broken on a new youth correctional facility on the Northwest Side..

Filed Under: Community, Northwest, Public Safety Tagged With: Act 185, Ald. Michael Murphy, Copper Lake, Felmers O. Chaney Correctional Center, incarceration, Juvenile Justice, Lincoln Hills, Sen. Lena Taylor, Wendy Volz Daniels, Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Youth

How a new North Side sports complex seeks to be a game changer in the community – and beyond

October 13, 2022 by Edgar Mendez 5 Comments

The Opportunity Center, which will be built on a 22-acre site at 4206 N. Green Bay Ave., is one of few sports complexes in the nation to provide universal access.

Filed Under: Community, Health and Wellness, North Tagged With: access, accessible, David Cooks, disability, Eric Sullivan, north side, sports complex, Sports Facilities Companies, The Opportunity Center, transportation

Nearly half of all guns seized by Milwaukee police since 2020 come from 5 North and Northwest side ZIP code areas

September 1, 2022 by Edgar Mendez 6 Comments

The Milwaukee Police Department seized 8,076 firearms from Jan. 1, 2020, to July 2022, nearly half of which came from five North and Northwest side ZIP code areas.

Filed Under: Community, Neighborhoods, North, Northwest, Public Safety, South Tagged With: (COVID-19, "Soul of the City Gospel Radio" Khalif Rainey, 53206, 53215, Ald. JoCasta Zamarripa, crime, David Hemenway, Dennis Walton, firearms, guns, Harvard Injury Control Research Center, JoAnna Bautch, Milele Coggs, milwaukee police department, Paul Lough, Russell Stamper II, shootings, shotspotter, VIA Community Development Corporation

As universal free school meals end, are Wisconsin families ready for it?

August 14, 2022 by Erin Gretzinger / Wisconsin Watch and Maddie Bergstrom / Wisconsin Watch 1 Comment

Elected officials and advocates debate the fate of free school meals that provided relief to families during the pandemic.

Filed Under: Education, Health and Wellness, Neighborhoods

Bronzeville Week is back: Here’s what to know and do

August 5, 2022 by Sam Woods Leave a Comment

Here’s the schedule for the 11th annual Bronzeville Week.

Filed Under: Community, Harambee, North Tagged With: black milwaukee, bronzeville week, harambee, harunbee

From the archives: Single black fathers fight ‘deadbeat Dad’ stereotype

June 18, 2022 by R. Khaleeq Sattaar El II 5 Comments

Single fathers in Milwaukee have something they want you to know: Not every black man is a deadbeat Dad. And many are taking care of their kids.

Filed Under: Carousel, Community, Home, Neighborhoods, News, sidebar stories

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