Sports
GRAFTON’S JULIAN TERRILL (11) and Port Washington’s Tyson Blum went for a header last Thursday in Grafton. Port Washington won, 3-1. Photo by Mitch Maersch
The Port Washington High School boys’ soccer team did a dangerous thing it could at Grafton last Thursday.
It took the lead.
That hasn’t been a good omen in the annual battle for the Timm Snider Trophy. The Pirates have staged dramatic comebacks in...
Op-Ed
It turns out there is a limit to how much supervision we Americans will tolerate.
We all know we are watched by digital cameras that are so ubiquitous our image is captured doing most of the mundane activities that make up our daily lives, from grocery shopping to walking in a park. We have become inured to this because it is...
Good Living
Rusty Zimmerman’s yellow lab Ellie has found more than 350 discs from golfers at area parks. Zimmerman had a personalized golf disc made for Ellie, and he set up a Facebook page for her. The 3-year-old yellow lab is full of energy, has a few foot vertical jump but is also a sweetheart, Zimmerman said. Photos by Sam Arendt
Rusty Zimmerman and his dog love to play fetch with frisbees.
But Zimmerman isn’t usually the one throwing them.
Ellie, a 3-year-old yellow Labrador retriever, has taken it upon herself to find wayward discs in the weeds and water at area parks,...
Business
WHILE VISITS to Port Washington jumped 70% this summer, downtown traffic is down slightly, although Kristina Tadeo, executive director of the city’s Tourism Council, noted that Port’s central retail district is faring better than those in other communities. Photo by Bill Schanen IV
Port Washington has been a busy place this summer, and the city’s Tourism Council has the numbers to prove it.
Kristina Tadeo, executive director of the Tourism Council, said that there were 208,200 visits to the city during the past year, using...
