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WITH ALDERMEN standing behind them, a key to the city was presented to the staff and students at Port Washington High School last week by Mayor Ted Neitzke (far right) and Ald. Deb Postl. Accepting the key were (front row, from left) Principal Rachel Biertzer and senior class representatives Deliah Crowell, Elaine Holmes,(back row) Parker Vanden Heuvel, Keaton Knous, Logan Niemeyer, Ben Fritsch, Bryce Stasik, Gabe Hingiss and Elyse Karrels. Photo by Sam Arendt

Giving kids the key to the city

Most parents are nervous about handing over the car keys to their high-school-aged drivers, but last week Port Washington Mayor Ted Neitzke handed the key to the city to a group of Port High students...

WORKING IN THE COLD on Monday morning, Port Washington Street Department employees Robert Lanser (left) and Kahlin Taylor placed a star on top of the city Christmas tree at the corner of Franklin and Jackson streets ahead of holiday events Saturday. Photo by Bill Schanen IV

Christmas is coming to Port

Port Washington will officially kick off the holiday season on Saturday with Christmas on the Corner, the lighting of the city’s Christmas tree, the holiday parade and fireworks. But this year, the...

Traffic committee doesn’t like one-way Main Street

The 100 block of West Main Street in downtown Port Washington could become a two-way street again if the city’s Traffic Safety Committee has its way. Committee members recently recommended that the...

MEGHAN WATRY-CHRISTIAN AND HER HUSBAND TREVOR grew their family by one on Nov. 10 when they adopted Hazel, 2, after being her foster parents for two years. Hazel joins their two biological children, daughter Averi, 7, and son Brody, 15, who is not pictured. Ozaukee County Foster Care program officials say the need for foster parents has grown more acute in recent years. Photo by Sam Arendt

Finding homes for children a struggle

Meghan Watry-Christian’s “pregnancy” with her daughter Hazel lasted two years and four months. That’s because Meghan and her husband Trevor first welcomed Hazel to their family as a foster child when...

PORT WASHINGTON’S rusty, lichen-covered lighthouse was battered by waves during an October storm. Photo by Bill Schanen IV

Estimated cost of restoring lighthouse soars to $2.6M

It will cost even more than expected — roughly $2.6 million — to refurbish Port Washington’s iconic lighthouse in 2025, when officials have tentatively slated the repairs to occur. And if the city...

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Sports

GRAFTON’S JUAN GUERRERO HERNANDEZ JR. (left) and Michael McNabb Jr. (right) will again lead the boys’ basketball team. Press file photos

Juniors get a jump on the season for Grafton

The top two players are back this season for the Grafton High School boys’ basketball team, and Michael McNabb Jr. and Juan Guerrero Hernandez Jr. are already off to hot starts. McNabb scored 27 points on 10-for-15 shooting from the field and 4-for-...

Op-Ed

EDITORIAL: An alien intrusion in a place of dunes, wetlands and forests

It couldn’t happen here, not in Wisconsin, a state uncommonly blessed with natural resources and the ethic of protecting them, a state whose history of conservation was shaped by the environmental heroes John Muir, Aldo Leopold and Gaylord Nelson. It couldn’t happen here, but it did. A 247-acre private luxury golf course that...

Good Living

BILL RICE BECAME the Grafton Fire Department’s first full-time chief in 2013. Rice has been a firefighter for 43 years. Photos by Sam Arendt

Fire chief on a mission

Bill Rice has faced plenty of firefighting challenges in his 43-year career, but the obstacle he’s facing now might be the most difficult. “The American model of a volunteer fire department is outdated,” Rice said. “We tried to pay the volunteers...

Obituaries

Business

HARTER’S LAKESIDE DISPOSAL General Manager Mike Thun stood in front of a garbage truck at the company’s Oostburg facility. Photo by Sam Arendt

Port put upstart garbage company on the map

Mike Thun said the day his crew began picking up trash and recycling in Port Washington in September 2021 marked a turning point for Harter’s Lakeside Disposal. City residents, who had put up with poor service from Waste Management for months,...

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