Sports
GARETT KAWCZYNSKI HELD two fingers signifying his second straight state title as he posed with his coaches after Saturday’s individual state wrestling tournament at the Kohl Center in Madison. From left were head coach Angelo LaRosa and assistant coaches Josh Konitzer, Bryan Steinmetz, Brandon Spaeth and Brandon Werner. Photo by Mitch Maersch
This is what Garett Kawczynski was aiming for.
Ever since winning his first individual state wrestling title last season, the Port Washington High School senior eyed an undefeated record and a repeat.
He put the finishing touches on both on Saturday...
Op-Ed
In dealing with the data center campus and the impact of its enormous construction operation on the surrounding area, the City of Port Washington’s elected and appointed officials have gone out of their way to be helpful and accommodating . . . to the developer, not the citizens affected by the construction nuisance.
The daily...
Good Living
KRISTEN HARDY’S LOVE of baking started as a child, but she developed her sourdough bread recipe in just more than a year. She offers multiple flavors through orders or walk-up customers at her Port Washington home. Hardy perfected her chocolate chip cookie recipe during the pandemic and now sells them through her home-based bakery. Photos by Sam Arendt
An iconic favorite has paved the way for a home baker’s fast ascent, but profit isn’t the only thing rising at Kristen Hardy’s house in Port Washington.
Hardy has worked to create just the right atmosphere in which to make sourdough bread, which...
Business
PREPARING FOR THE opening of Verbosity Bookhouse in downtown Port Washington, Melissa Kassens took a minute Tuesday to check out a copy of “Grit and Glimmers,” a book of essays she wrote while pursuing her degree in creative writing. Photo by Sam Arendt
When Melissa Kassens was young, an author used to read to the her class at Parkview Elementary School in Cedarburg, and that experience sparked something in her.
“I wanted to be her,” Kassens said, noting she often would look up at that author’s...
