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Lake Park Lecture on Indian Mounds of Wisconsin

Wisconsin’s Mysterious Mounds; Who was here before us? Lake Park Friends invites you to a presentation by Bob Birmingham, noted authority on Indian Mounds of Wisconsin. Sunday, April 10, 2016, 1:00 PM Lake Park Pavilion Marcia Coles Community Room Free and open to the public Brought to you by Lake Park Friends with the cooperation of Milwaukee County Parks Dr. Birmingham’s talk, “Wisconsin’s Mysterious Mounds – Who

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The Eggs are here!

Time to Share Your Creative Side!! We need help to dye the many dozens of real eggs for our 12th Annual Egg-stravaganza.  Many hands will make the task of coloring the many dozens of the real eggs easier. Real eggs can be picked up at Murray Hill Pottery Works (2456 N. Murray Ave.) today Friday, March 18th, by 2 pm or a variety of

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MHNA March Meeting – Update from UWM

We hope many neighbors can come to our March General Membership Meeting on Tuesday, March 22 at 7 PM at the Urban Ecology Center.  Our esteemed guests will include: – Tim Gordon, UWM Dean of Students – Joseph LeMire, UWM Chief of Police – Keri Duce, UWM External Relations Manager – Kevin O’Connor, UWM External Relations Coordinator These representatives all play an important role

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Be on the lookout; a note from Officer Alba

This note is from MPD D1 Officer Alba: Attached subject Darnell Kirksey B/M 12/06/59 is back in eastside neighborhoods hustling door to door to do yardwork. I spoke to him today [March 11] on 2800 block of N. Frederick raking a yard for a resident. He has substantial record with us and his probation for latest (2013) burglary and subsequent geographical restriction from the eastside must

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The 2016 Egg Hunt is Coming…

Mark Your Calendar!! All are welcome to join the fun at the 12th Annual Eggs-travaganza scheduled for the Saturday before Easter (March 26) at 9 am in the Children’s play area of Riverside Park. Bring your containers, cameras, smiles, kids and grandkids for our annual egg hunt.  Several thousand eggs are “hidden” for the hunt, including traditional colored eggs, plastic eggs filled with candy, and

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Climate Change and Milwaukee’s Rivers

Lake Park Friends Presents Saturday, March 19 – 1:00 pm Lake Park Pavilion Marcia Coles Community Room Cheryl Nenn , Riverkeeper will speak on: Climate Change: How it might affect Milwaukee’s waters and what to do about it. As Riverkeeper, Cheryl manages the citizen-based Water Quality Monitoring Program in the Milwaukee River basin, working with citizens, environmental groups and governmental bodies. A former volunteer to Ecuador,

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Chief Flynn to Speak about Crime in Milwaukee

UWM’s Osher Distinguished Speakers Series at the UWM School of Continuing Education welcomes Edward Flynn, Milwaukee Chief of Police for a Presentation on “Ensuring Public Safety in Milwaukee” Milwaukee experienced a spike in violent crimes in 2015, with 103 homicides up from 86 in 2014. What’s causing this rise in numbers, and what can be done to stop it? Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn

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Neighborhood Cleanup Box Program

This information is provided by Ghassan Korban, Commissioner of Public Works: Thinking your block could benefit from a neighborhood cleanup?  Here’s a great opportunity to get one organized! The Department of Public Works will begin taking reservations for neighborhood cleanup boxes on Tuesday – March 1, 2016.  The 2016 program will place up to 13 boxes each Saturday from April 16th through July 23rd. 

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State Legislative Update

At our last MHNA meeting Senator Larson and Representative Brostoff summarized legislative actions in the recent session. They have provided the following additional information. GOP Bills of Interest AB – 568: Landlord Bill / Historical District Restrictions – Passed Assembly and Senate, Presented to Governor Walker for Signing (Passed on party lines, Democrats opposed / Republicans in Favor) Click here for a full breakdown

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