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Water Street in Milwaukee could be redesigned [Video]
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Water Street in Milwaukee could be redesigned [Video]

TALKING ABOUT SOME BIG CHANGES HERE. SOME HUGE CHANGES TO SUCH A POPULAR AND BUSY STREET IN DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE. WATER STREET AND THE IDEA IS FOR THEM TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR THOSE WALKING AND BIKING AND MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR BUS RIDERS. WATER STREET IN DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE. THIS IS A REALLY A A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA. COULD SEE CHANGES. CITY LEADERS ARE LOOKING INTO REDESIGNING THE BUSY STREET BETWEEN PLEASANT AND KILBOURN TO SLOW DOWN VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, INCREASE WALKABILITY AND ENHANCE TRANSIT OPERATIONS. YOU KNOW, WERE LOOKING TO COMPLETELY REVISION THE STREET FROM WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW. THEY ALSO WANT TO BETTER SUPPORT ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE CONCERN IS THAT WHATEVER THE WHATEVER THE DESIGN IS, IS THAT ITS A SUPPORTS THE YOU KNOW, THE LAND USES THAT ARE THERE NOW. THE FUTURE LAND USES THAT MAY COME UP AND ALSO IS SAFE, ESPECIALLY FOR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. THIS PROJECT FEATURES SEVERAL DESIGN OPTIONS, ONE WITH RIGHT SIDE BUS ONLY LANES, ANOTHER WITH A CENTER RUNNING BUS CORRIDOR. PEOPLE LIVING IN MILWAUKEE SHARING THEIR OPINIONS ON POST-IT NOTES. A MAIN CONCERN SAFETY CUT DOWN ON THE SPEEDING LIKE THEY WERE SAYING. THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED TO ANY WAY THAT WE CAN BE ANY SAFER ON ANY DIVIDER OR ANYTHING. IT HELPS. KRISTEN. LIKE WE MENTIONED, THIS IS SUCH A POPULAR AREA. WHATS NEXT FOR THIS PROJECT? WELL, THIS IS EARLY ON IN A LENGTHY PROCESS FOR THIS REDESIGN OF WATER STREET. THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE PREFERRED DESIGN BY MID TO LATE NEXT YEAR. HAVE ANOTHER MEETING FOR FEEDBACK ON TH

Hope Squad Maine holds ‘Love and Gratitude’ open house [Video]
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Hope Squad Maine holds ‘Love and Gratitude’ open house [Video]

Hope Squad Maine hosted a “Love and Gratitude” open house in Portland to inform the public about the group’s mission and the work done by its volunteers.Matt Brown, founder of the nonprofit organization, said Hope Squad Maine started as a simple idea to help people who are homeless.”I thought it was maybe me and one or two other friends in the Prius with a thing of hot chocolate and a bag of socks. I didn’t necessarily see beyond that if this could happen,” Brown said.But Brown wound up purchasing a retired ambulance and he and dozens of volunteers are able to offer tables of food and clothing. “They show you that they care and that you matter and that you’re important,” said Amber Lesperance, a volunteer with Hope Squad Maine. “I was on the streets of Portland for three and a half years, up until February of this recent year. So when Hope Squad started, I was receiving what they were providing.”Lesperance, who is now nine months sober, said getting to help those in situations she was once in is the perfect way to pay it forward for the help that she got.”It felt really, really good to be able to see them, know that they’re OK that they’re doing however that they may be doing offer some support and some advice, but also to be like a beacon,” she said. “If I can do it, you can do it.”Brown said the next few months will likely be some of the most active time for Hope Squad volunteers, especially as the temperatures get colder as winter approaches.”Wintertime is one of those times where people are going to need help 24 hours a day,” he said.Brown said Hope Squad is prepared to take on the challenges the colder months bring, especially with the help of other local nonprofits that are working side by side with his organization.”I definitely see us being out more, but in cooperation and in coordination with the other agencies that are out there. Not on an island,” Brown said. “We want to make sure we’re helping the wider community the best we can.”Hope Squad Maine is prepared to meet the challenges of the colder months with the help of other organizations.People who want to support Hope Squad Maine can learn how to donate or volunteer through the group’s Facebook page.

103-year-old veteran honored at Greensboro parade [Video]
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103-year-old veteran honored at Greensboro parade [Video]

IN GREENSBORO, THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY WILL BE HONORED. A LITTLE BIT EARLY. TOMORROW IS THE ANNUAL VETERANS DAY PARADE, AND THIS YEARS GRAND MARSHAL IS A 103 YEAR OLD ARMY VETERAN. WXII 12 CHRIS PETERSEN MET UP WITH THOMAS FOSSETT AND HIS WIFE TODAY, WHO SHARED A STORY OF SACRIFICE AND SERVICE. THOMAS FOSSETT SPENT HIS LIFE SERVING HIS COUNTRY AND HIS COMMUNITY, AND NOW GREENSBORO IS HONORING HIM. HE WAS A HANDSOME GENTLEMAN. THOMAS FOSSETT JOINED THE ARMY ON MARCH 8TH, 1943, AT THE AGE OF 21. THREE BRONZE SERVICE STARS. FOSSETT SERVED IN THE ARMY BEFORE HE MET HIS WIFE OF 54 YEARS, ELIZABETH. SHE SAYS SHE HAD NO IDEA HE WAS IN WORLD WAR TWO UNTIL YEARS AFTER THEY HAD MARRIED. AT 103 YEARS OLD. ITS HARD FOR THOMAS TO SHARE HIS STORY OF SERVICE. I WASNT AWARE THAT HE HAD BEEN IN THE SERVICE AND SO IT WAS SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE I REALIZED I WAS JUST GOING THROUGH PAPERWORK. YOU KNOW, IN MY FILE. AND I LOOKED, I SAID, OH MY GOD, HE WAS IN THE SERVICE. ELIZABETH DISCOVERED THAT THOMAS WAS STATIONED IN ITALY AND SOUTHERN FRANCE FROM 1943 TO 1945. LOADING AND UNLOADING SHIPS. AFTER SHE FOUND HIS PAPERWORK, IT TOOK SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE SHE RECEIVED HIS MEDALS. AFTER THE WAR, FOSSETT SPENT 40 YEARS WORKING FOR THE POST OFFICE. BUT IN GREENSBORO, HES FAMOUS FOR SERVING THE STUDENTS OF PECK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. FOSSETT WAS A CROSSING GUARD THERE FOR 36 YEARS, RETIRING THIS PAST JUNE, AND HE ALWAYS ASKED, WHO AM I GOING TO WORK? NO. YOURE FINISHED. YOU ARE FINISHED. BUT HE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED. FOSSETT FLEW TO WASHINGTON, D.C. WITH THE TRIAD HONOR FLIGHT IN OCTOBER. HE AND OTHER VETERANS TOURED THE WORLD WAR TWO MEMORIAL AND VISITED THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. ELIZABETH HAS THIS MESSAGE FOR HER HUSBAND AND ALL VETERANS. ITS JUST AN HONOR TO BASICALLY HAVE A LIVE WITH A PERSON THAT HAS SERVED OUR COUNTRY, YOU KNOW? AND IF IT WASNT FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDNT HAVE THE FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE NOW. THE PARADE STARTS AT NOON AND RUNS THROUGH DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO. ITS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HONOR THOSE WHO SACRIFICED SO MUCH FOR OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COMMUNITY. AT THE CAROLIN