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PLANS FOR THE new Inventors Brewpub on the former Blues Factory site on Port Washington’s lakefront, seen in this rendering by Striegel Agacki Studio, have prompted Mayor Ted Neitzke to call for changes in the way the city creates developer agreements.

Brewpub plan prompts call for study, change

Port Washington Mayor Ted Neitzke, responding to criticism over the approval process for the proposed Inventors Brewpub in the heart of the marina district, proposed on Tuesday that the city take...

Port Washington's Rotary Park, pictured here at sunrise, is where two women encountered an aggressive, sick-looking coyote at 6 a.m. Tuesday. Press file photo

Cops shoot coyote that was stalking women in park

Liz Fischer and Kathy Will were walking through Rotary Park in downtown Port Washington about 6 a.m. Tuesday when they got the shock of their lives. A coyote crossed their path, then started to...

Telling Betty’s story

It would be hard to find anyone who didn’t like Betty White, the maven of the small screen who touched lives with her wit, wisdom and warmth. And few people could tell you more about White than Mike...

PORT WASHINGTON OFFICIALS are planning for $8.2 million in improvements to the city’s wastewater treatment plant, and on Tuesday the Common Council agreed to increase sewer rates to pay for the work. Press file photo

Port council OKs 18% sewer rate hike

Sewer rates in the City of Port Washington will increase beginning March 1. The Common Council on Tuesday approved an 18% increase in the flat fee charged to residents and a 4.8% increase in the...

TRAVELERS ON I-43, seen here heading north toward the Highway 60 interchange, will begin to experience construction season next month as the Department of Transportation’s expansion project starts anew. Press file photo

I-43 work heads to Ozaukee County next month

Construction season will begin for travelers along I-43 in southern Ozaukee County next month. The Department of Transportation announced recently that the freeway expansion project would likely...

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Sports

PORT WASHINGTON’S POINT GUARD Paige Scheunemann (left) went through resistance from a West Bend West defender on the way to the basket last Friday in Port. Photo by Sam Arendt

Port girls continue the turnaround

Nobody on this year’s Port Washington High School girls’ basketball team was on the varsity roster the last time the Pirates won a North Shore Conference game. It was Feb. 5, 2019 — a 51-48 win over Hartford. Senior starter Kayla Johnson was a...

Op-Ed

PRESS EDITORIAL: Americans are getting ‘a heck of a lot meaner’

Americans are getting meaner. Can we blame the pandemic? Let’s hope so. Maybe that would mean behavior will improve when the virus is reined in. During the pandemic years (who knew we would be counting this health disaster in years?), it is well documented that bad behavior exhibited as rudeness, outright hostility and anger-...

Good Living

Cheers to this hobby!

A casual conversation at the Grafton public library led a village resident to relive cherished memories with his father, some more thirst-quenching than others. Dennis Grabow, 70, resurrected his late father’s beer can collection and has a unique...

Obituaries

Business

Celebrating a booming business in Fredonia

Guy and O’Neill Inc. celebrated being crowned the 2021 Ozaukee Economic Development Large Business of the Year with a visit from U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, village trustees and other community members on Monday. The ceremony was held in the company’s...

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