Earl Gutbrod Has Retired
Bay View post office loses a friendly, familiar face For the past 15 years, jovial postal clerk Earl Gutbrod served thousands of patrons at the Bay View post office. Known for his cordiality and humor,...
View ArticleKK’s Glorious Flower Baskets
This summer Kinnickinnic Avenue from Morgan Avenue to Becher Street was again beautified with bountiful hanging baskets. A project of the Kinnickinnic Avenue Business Improvement District (BID), the...
View ArticleGoodbye Old Friend
South Shore Park’s iconic beech tree has died “I hate to see it go,” said Lauri Gorton, who lives on Estes Street across from the State Champion European Copper Beech tree in South Shore Park. The...
View ArticleSt. Francis Custom Motorcycle Builder Wins National Competition
A man went looking for America and couldn’t find it anywhere.” That was the tagline that advertised Easy Rider, the 1969 cult classic biker movie. Since then, thousands have surrendered to their...
View ArticleRemembering Ruth Simos
Ruth Simos, March 28, 1924 – February 22, 2018 This article was originally published in the Compass February 2011 to announce that Ruth Simos had been selected as winner of the Bay View Compass Spirit...
View ArticleChivalry Is Not Dead
The Family Mechanic’s kindness a balm for car break-in misery The recent Bay View auto vandalism epidemic has many neighbors concerned. More than a few residents have awakened to find their car windows...
View ArticleCrabby’s Bar & Grill — Fran Daniels has served up handmade fare for more than...
Fran Daniels has been part of the Bay View business community for more than 50 years. He opened Francisco’s, his first restaurant, in 1964. Twenty years later he and his wife Kathy Bach enlarged the...
View ArticleSt. Francis Students Create Gift Of Independence
Toddler tethered to medical equipment assisted by their robot Students in the St. Francis Robotics (SFROBOTICS) program are using their skills and ingenuity to make life a little easier for a...
View ArticleIN BALANCE — Introduction to Native American Herbalism
Occasionally things fall into place in a very serendipitous way. I lived in Bay View 20 years ago and enjoyed every moment. Being invited to write this column in Bay View’s paper is both an honor and a...
View ArticleCATCH OF THE DAY — Recycling Is Not The Whole Answer
How much plastic trash are you adding to the environment in a day? A week? A month? Most of us have no idea because we have been programmed by an industry that has caused us to buy into the sheer...
View ArticleNative Plants to Replace Cattails at Humboldt Park Lagoon
Members of the volunteer Humboldt Park Friends have taken on an ambitious project to improve Humboldt Park Lagoon water quality and replace invasive cattails with native plants. Working with Milwaukee...
View ArticleThe Wild Kitchen & Apothecary — Wild Summer Berries
We have now reached the peak of summer, when the humidity climbs and life-bringing rain showers frequently pop out of clear skies. Much of the harvest in the fields and orchards will not take place...
View ArticleHumboldt Park WWI Monument Commemoration November 2018
This fall marks the centennial anniversary of the close of World War I. The war ended on Armistice Day, Nov. 1, 1918. About 4 million U.S. soldiers were deployed during WWI and the U.S. lost more than...
View ArticleWILD KITCHEN — Want a Healthy Body and Mind? Eat Your Prebiotics
In my June column, I wrote about the importance of eating fermented foods to establish a healthy gut microbiome. Scientists are now beginning to understand that the beneficial bacteria living within...
View ArticleNew Trowbridge School Club Fashions Skills and Knits Togetherness
An industrious group of third and fourth graders are members of the Trowbridge School of Great Lakes Studies brand new Knitting Club that launched the first week of November 2018. Currently the club...
View ArticleBeaver Activity in Bay View
Take a walk along Marina Drive behind Skipper Bud’s in Bay View, and if alert, you will see a tree felled by a beaver. There is a drainage ditch, bordered by a chain link fence that runs along Marina...
View ArticleWILD KITCHEN + APOTHECARY — Make Your Own Red Wine Vinegar
A savory entrée or sweet dessert is elevated by a splash of acid. Sometimes that’s lemon or lime juice. Both serve well to brighten flavor, add depth or contrast, or to balance sweetness. On some...
View ArticleBurdick Sixth Graders Place Sixth in National WordMasters Competition
Can you answer this correctly? SOB : (is to) SNIVEL :: (as) a. blanch : boil b. shout : whisper c. blow : bluster d. whine : cry e. suffer : wallow If not, don’t mess with the 10 Burdick Elementary...
View ArticleBay View Couple moves to Brookfield due to a dearth of appealing senior...
Judy Bridges, founder of Redbird Studio writers center, and her husband, David Blank, have lived in a 1920s duplex on Indiana Avenue since 1986. This year, however, the couple, along with Chloe, their...
View ArticleCookbook Club
Throughout millennia, human beings have used food as nourishment, but also to express creativity and form social bonds. The current cookbook club trend is a tasty manifestation of these instincts. The...
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