Brown Deer News

Harpist Kim Robertson will bring the warmth and joy of a traditional Celtic Christmas to the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center, 2133 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, on Saturday, Dec.

Nov. 21, 2009 3:54 p.m. On a day that felt a lot more like spring than Christmas, thousands turned out Saturday to watch the Holiday Parade in downtown Milwaukee and cheer as Santa Claus came to town, escorted by marching bands, giant balloons and floats.

Learn more about cheeses and the people who make them - and taste cheeses, too - when authors James Norton and Becca Dilley make several Milwaukee-area appearances in the coming weeks.

Gov. Jim Doyle said he's been involved in discussions concerning Wisconsin's water technology sector during the first two days of a weeklong trade mission to Israel.

Whitefish Bay a ' As soon as word got out the Pandl's Restaurant in Bayside was closing its doors, John Pandl began getting questions from customers and others about the fate of his Whitefish Bay restaurant.

Capuchin friar Perry McDonald, House of Peace Pastoral Director, visited St. Monica's Parish Sunday, November 8. He taught a combined 4th, 5th & 6th grade class of Sunday School students and explained the work of the Capuchin ministry which has served Milwaukee's central city since 1968.

Like trains? Love Trainfest . This is the 38th anniversary of the show, which claims to be "America's largest operating model railroad show." There are expected to be more than 50 detailed model train layouts in all different scales filling the Wisconsin Exposition Center, 8200 W. Greenfield Ave., West Allis, Saturday and next Sunday from 9:30 a.m.

Pandl's in Bayside, a favorite North Shore eatery and gathering spot for 41 years, announced Monday that it will close following brunch on Sunday, Nov.

The secret service says the Milwaukee area is seeing an increase in counterfeit bills.

MANITOWOC - Shirley and Brian Shaw, retired teachers and world travelers, will offer reflections on their pilgrimage to India at Tuesday's Bill Zimmer Forum, set for 8 a.m. at the St.

Science teacher Josh Beggs has been encouraging Eastbrook Academy students in his biology classes to take the AP Biology exam, a college-level test that can earn students college credit.

Will Piper slipped his 18-month-old twin daughters, Hope and Grace, into their stroller, pushed them across the parking lot at Brown Deer Village Hall and took his place in the line for H1N1 flu vaccine.

Will Piper steadies daughter Hope, 18 months, for an H1N1 vaccination during a flu clinic held by the North Shore Health Department at Brown Deer Village Hall on Oct.

Over the past 22 years, almost 6,000 fire departments have participated in the Change Your Clock Change Your Battery Program, which was founded by the International Association of Fire Chiefs and Energizer Company.

Oct. 29, 2009 2:39 p.m. The "Village Board Tax Shuffle" is a very popular dance that the Brown Deer Village Board Trustees are starting to swing to.

School boards in the North Shore certified levies after receiving enrollment figures and the final amounts of state aid due each district.

Here is the 2009 list of trick-or-treat times in the Milwaukee area. Most trick-or-treat hours will take place on Saturday, Oct.

Twenty-five years after the old Moss-American wood-preserving plant was placed on the nation's Superfund priority cleanup list, federal officials said Friday the work is nearly done at an estimated cost of $37 million.

Oct. 23, 2009 9:55 a.m. The US Environmental Protection Agency only needed a quarter of a century to get it done.

Brown Deer a ' y a slim margin, residents approved the recommended $13.4 million school district property tax levy - a 2.99 percent increase over last year - at a packed annual meeting Tuesday night.