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OZAUKEE COUNTY RESCUE BOAT crew members (from left) Tim Salamon, Ray Meyer, Scott Ziegler and Bobby Kaslick left the Port Washington marina Monday evening on a training exercise. In September 2011, crew members made a dramatic rescue of two fishermen trapped on the Port Washington breakwater in stormy conditions (below). Photo by Sam Arendt, Press file photo

Once the subject of county budget battles, rescue boat now seen as a lifesaver

Three people were adrift on Lake Michigan in a sailboat on Saturday, Oct. 5, a few miles offshore from Port Washington. They had lost power to their engine, waves were eight feet high or more and...

FOOTBALL PLAYERS who practiced on Port Washington High School’s new Astroturf field Monday have not had to contend with muddy home-field conditions despite a wet fall. Photo by Sam Arendt

Foundation makes first donation to $890,000 football field

A nonprofit foundation created to raise money for outdoor athletic facilities and other Port Washington-Saukville School District projects has made its first contribution to the high school’s new $...

THE PORT WASHINGTON Fire Department’s two full-time employees, firefighter-paramedic Trevor Potkay and Chief Mark Mitchell, stood outside the station Monday. Port is just the latest area community to hire a full-time firefighter to help ensure the department has enough people to staff its ambulance throughout the day. Photo by Sam Arendt

Facing the full-time firefighter reality

The Port Washington Fire Department swore in Trevor Potkay as its first full-time firefighter-paramedic Monday, a move that may foreshadow the future of firefighting in the county. Port is the third...

THE WEATHERED VERTICAL wall on the west end of the Port Washington breakwater will be beautified under a plan to paint each of the wall panels a shade of blue that was approved by the Harbor Commission Monday. Local yacht designer Bill Prince, who colored this photo of the breakwater to show how the panels would reflect the various colors of the lake on any given day, has garnered $18,000 in pledges for the project.

Commission OKs colorful breakwater project

Bill Prince’s vision of a colorful breakwater that would enliven the Port Washington lakefront is expected to be reality this spring. The Harbor Commission on Monday unanimously approved Prince’s...

PERCHED ATOP ONE of the large trees and logs that have been removed from the Port Washington marina recently was marina worker Kayla Armstrong. Harbormaster Dennis Cherny said he’s never seen so many large trees make their way down Sauk Creek into the marina, where workers have removed roughly 25 of them recently. Photo by Sam Arendt

Ash borer, storms make mess of marina

Recent storms in Port Washington, combined with the destruction wrought by the emerald ash borer, have created a mess in the city marina. Harbormaster Dennis Cherny told the Harbor Commission Monday...

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Sports

GRAFTON PLAYERS CELEBRATING a return trip to the playoffs (top photo) after beating Nicolet last Friday included Zach Weir (12), Joe Birch (20), Jay Garza (54), Caleb Buback and Dominic Voiland (1). Photo by Mitch Maersch

It’s back-to-back bonus football

The word of the week for the Grafton High School football team heading into last Friday’s North Shore Conference battle against Nicolet as “finish.” That’s exactly what the Black Hawks did, which means their season doesn’t finish this week. The...

Op-Ed

EDITORIAL: Council avoids one TIF mistake, can fix another

The Port Washington Common Council earlier this month did as the writer of a recent letter to the editor urged and just said no — a resounding no to a developer’s request for $5.25 million in tax incremental financing assistance for what would be the city’s largest subdivision built on valuable south bluff property. Even in a...

Good Living

Chasing his dream

Sitting in his childhood bedroom in his parents’ Saukville home after performing at Milwaukee’s Summerfest, it hit him. Patrick Martin, a Port Washington High School graduate with two college degrees, realized he wasn’t going to achieve his dream of...

Obituaries

Business

THE FORMER BEST BUY store in the Grafton Commons could soon house T.J. Maxx and Five Below retail stores. The building has been vacant since November 2018. Photo by Sam Arendt

T.J. Maxx, Five Below plan to open stores in Grafton

Plans are moving forward for two new tenants to set up shop in the former Best Buy space in the Grafton Commons. The Village of Grafton Architectural Review Board on Thursday, Oct. 10, approved a proposal from Berengaria Development for T.J. Maxx...

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