By Ariele Vaccaro When Theo Lipscomb won the title of chairman for the Milwaukee County Board, replacing Marina Dimitrijevic, he knew he what he was stepping in to. In 2013, a state … [Read more...]
Thousands of MPS Teachers, Support Staff to Come Together to Kick Off New Year
Before the majority of Milwaukee Public Schools’ 77,000-plus students start their school year, Superintendent Dr. Darienne Driver, teachers and support staff from traditional calendar schools - about … [Read more...]
Stop the Violence, Educate our Children Carnival & Fundraiser Event
When: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 7 Where: 3600 block of 22nd St., between Nash and Finn Pl. What: $5 raffles, $7 dinners, $3 pony rides, games, face painting, cotton candy, hot dogs, … [Read more...]
Buying Books on a Budget
By Ariele Vaccaro It’s nothing new to you, but the painful sting of knowing your bank account has just been emptied always seems to linger even after you’ve left the college bookstore. At that … [Read more...]
300 Men March From Baltimore to D.C.
By Lisa Snowden-McCray Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American The weather was a steamy 82 degrees on August 16 around 5 p.m. when men in black t-shirts began gathering in Carroll Park … [Read more...]
Farrakhan: “Justice or Else” March Just the Beginning
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) In a wide-ranging conference call with the Black Press, the Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said the upcoming … [Read more...]
Civil Rights Icon Julian Bond Dies at 75
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Julian Bond, immediate past board chairman of the NAACP, a founding member and communications director of Student … [Read more...]
Waukesha Water Hearing Sparks Debate Over Great Lakes Compact Adherence
By Ariele Vaccaro The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is pulling together an application for a diversion of Lake Michigan water to be used in the City of Waukesha. The city has been … [Read more...]
Amani Neighborhood and Milwaukee County to Celebrate Grand Re-Opening of Moody Park
County Executive Chris Abele joined Amani neighborhood residents and community partners on Thursday, August 20th to celebrate the grand reopening of Calvin Moody Park, located at 2200 W. Burleigh St. … [Read more...]
“Digital You” Campaign Aims to Help Milwaukee Seniors Use Technology
By Ariele Vaccaro Most of us can name at least one beloved senior who sees technology as an inexplicable enigma -- a tool for use only by millennials. But the Milwaukee retirees that … [Read more...]
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