Metcalfe Park Community Bridges organized its first Mutual Aid Porch Drop-Off Day. Volunteers and staff distributed masks, gloves, voting and census info, food, hygiene products and more to thousands of residents.
Community Heroes: Metcalfe Park organizers go digital with mass-texting and mutual aid during COVID-19 crisis
Metcalfe Park Community Bridges is meeting community needs through digital organizing.
9 ways to celebrate Black History Month in Milwaukee
Here’s a rundown of events celebrating Black History Month in Milwaukee.
‘An enduring ecosystem of disadvantage:’ New report takes comprehensive, distressing look at Milwaukee’s 53206
A neighborhood of “cumulative disadvantages” is how a new report from the UW-Milwaukee Center for Economic Development characterizes Milwaukee’s 53206 ZIP code area.
Holiday lights show cheer in neighborhoods across the city
This gallery features festively decorated homes in each of the 18 neighborhoods NNS covers.
West Allis Police Department uses armored vehicle to serve search warrant on Milwaukee’s North Side
A video recorded and broadcast on Facebook by community activist Dennis Walton and others shows a heavily armored West Allis Police Department vehicle preparing to conduct a raid.
Residents, city leaders and law enforcement officials mourn fallen officer
The day after a Milwaukee police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty, residents and officials expressed their sorrow and condolences.
MATC pilots initiative to help students from 53206 earn degrees
A new MATC program, Commit to Complete, is intended to serve students who live or work in the 53206 ZIP code, and who started college but were unable to finish.
Next Door’s Books for Kids Mobile Library hosts book drive
The Books for Kids Mobile Library travels around the city to deliver donated books to children under the age of 5.
North Side community members plead with public to drive safely
Called together by activist Andre Lee Ellis, community leaders gathered at the intersection of 12th and Concordia streets Wednesday in response to the death of Joseph N. Blunt, 16, who was thrown from the hood of a moving vehicle at the same intersection the day before, to make a plea to the public to drive with care.
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