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Wisconsin State Representative Mandela Barnes (D – Milwaukee) announced on April 12 that he is running for Wisconsin’s 4th State Senate District, which includes parts of the City of Milwaukee, the City of Glendale, the City of Wauwatosa, and the Village of Shorewood. He released the following statement regarding his announcement: “It has been an honor and a privilege to serve my neighbors as a community organizer and as a State Representative over the past several years. After much deliberation, guidance, and encouragement, I am seeking the support of people in Wisconsin’s 4th State Senate District – who deserve...

Brew City MKE Family Day at the Milwaukee County Historical Society offers activities and fun for all ages and will feature the first Sprecher Beer Truck of the season The Sprecher Brew City MKE Family Day at the Milwaukee County Historical Society will take place on Saturday, April 16 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Society’s downtown museum, 910 N. Old World Third St. This fun event will feature activities and highlights related to the Brew City MKE exhibition, the first exhibition about Milwaukee’s beer and brewing history. A highlight of the spring season is the return of...

From Saturday, May 7 through May 21, hundreds of volunteers will join Victory Garden Initiative for the nation’s largest garden-building event, the Great Milwaukee Victory Garden BLITZ. Over these two weeks, volunteers will build approximately 500 4x8’ raised-bed gardens filled with healthy, organic soil in locations throughout Milwaukee. The gardens, bought by community members at an affordable price, are fully installed by volunteers and filled with organic soil from VGI’s local compost partner, Blue Ribbon Organics. Anyone can purchase a garden for their yard or business, and each year at least half of the BLITZ gardens go to low-income...

Bringing Fresh, Quality Food To the Corner of Dr. Martin Luther King Drive and North Avenue Pete’s Fruit Market, a family business with a prominent location on Milwaukee’s south side, announced Sunday it will be opening a new store in the City’s Bronzeville neighborhood. Pete’s will open at a fully remodeled, former Walgreens site on the northwest corner of Dr. Martin Luther King Drive and North Avenue. The store will fill approximately 13,700 square feet of space, and the anticipated opening date is late 2016. “We are ecstatic to be coming to the Bronzeville community and serving the residents...

Bublr Bikes, Milwaukee’s bike share system, is offering FREE rides for anyone who rides a Bublr Bike on Election Day, April 5th. “Bublr Bikes is a fast and simple way to get around town,” Kevin Hardman, Bublr Bikes executive director, said. “We are offering FREE Bublr rides all day to make it even easier to exercise your right to vote.” To redeem the FREE Bublr Bikes ride, users enter in code “1848”, the year of Wisconsin’s founding, at any Bublr Bikes station. The code is valid for a FREE 30-minute Bublr Bikes ride all day. A ride ends when...