Compost Bin & Rain Barrel Sale on Saturday, May 16
***TOMORROW, MAY 16, 2015*** The City of Milwaukee will host a one-day-only, first-come, first-served backyard compost bin and rain barrel sale on Saturday, May 16 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Wilson Park Senior Center parking lot, 2601 W. Howard Ave. The sale will take place rain or shine, and is NOT restricted to City of Milwaukee residents. Compost bins are on
Dealing with nuisance behavior
Murray Hill residents regularly comment on a variety of nuisance behaviors they experience – noisy groups passing through the neighborhood, loud parties, property theft, destruction of flower beds, overturning trash bins, speeding cars… Some people wonder if they should wait for a party to settle down. Or they think perhaps that trampling the tulips isn’t all that bad, or that tipping garbage carts onto
Announcing…Solar East Side!
Murray Hill Neighborhood Association is proud to be partnering with Milwaukee Shines and the Midwest Renewable Energy Association to bring you SOLAR EAST SIDE this summer! Read on to learn more about this exciting program: Milwaukee Shines will be delivering community information sessions on Milwaukee’s East Side this spring and summer! In partnership with the Midwest Renewable Energy Association and the Murray Hill Neighborhood Association,
Riverside University HS Scholarship Rummage Sale and Flea Market – Sat, May 16th
Riverside University High School Alumni (RUHS) are holding their Annual Rummage Sale and Flea Market on Saturday, May 16th from 9-3 pm in the RUHS gym. All the proceeds from this sale go towards providing scholarships to deserving Riverside HS Seniors through the Riverside HS Foundation. They also need donations from the public to make this worthwhile fundraiser a success. Please support your local schools. Donations will be accepted at the RUHS gym on Thursday,
Invitation from Riverside High School
This invitation is from Principal Harris at Riverside High School. —————————- Greeting Neighbors, I am cordially inviting you to our Multi-Cultural Program and Display as we celebrate diversity at Riverside University High School. Our goal this year is to engage our surrounding community by inviting you to our school to see the great things that are taking place. Please join us for some great
Downer Avenue Commercial Corridor Meeting Follow Up
This message is from Alderman Kovac… —————————————————————————————– Thank you to the hundred-plus neighbors who attended the meeting at the East Library last Wednesday to discuss the Downer Avenue Commercial Corridor. In case you weren’t able to attend in person, or would like more time to review the information presented by our Department of City Development (DCD), all of the slides from the meeting can
Adopt-a-Block
Hello Murray Hill Neighbors, We’ve gotten good response to our announcement regarding the adopt-a-block program; thanks to those of you who are already on board. Now we’re about to place our order for trash grabbers, so if you’ve been meaning to join the ranks, you have about a week to do so. Remember, adopt-a-block works like this: – You decide which block(s) you’ll commit
Special Offer from the Boulevard Theatre
Neighbors: As some of you may know, Boulevard Theatre (formerly based in Bay View) has taken its performances on the road to other Milwaukee neighborhoods. For the second time now, they are performing a show on the East Side at Plymouth Church! They have only a few seats left for the last performance of “Rx: A Fresh Pharmaceutical Farce” on Sunday, May 3rd at 2:30 at Plymouth
Maryland Avenue Hike-In/Bike-In Street Celebration
From UWM: Maryland Avenue will be closed between 10 am and 3 pm on Thursday, May 7, from Kenwood to Hartford. During that time, the street will host the “Maryland Avenue Hike-In/Bike-In Street Celebration.” This “Open Streets” event will turn Maryland into a campus plaza with a flurry of activity, including food trucks, a bike valet, bike demonstrations, and whatever other activity students and neighbors bring to
UWM Library Used Book Sale: Sunday
The Friends of the UWM Golda Meir Library Used Book Sale begins this Sunday, April 26 and runs through Wednesday, April 29. For the first time, the sale will be open to the public on Sunday, from 4 to 6 p.m. (It is open to Friends members only–membership available at the door–from 2 to 4 p.m. that day). Parking is free and usually plentiful in the UWM Union parking garage