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Palermo’s Pizza partners with Hunger Task Force to expand Easter Baskets for the Hungry program
Palermo's Pizza recently partnered with the Hunger Task Force to expand its Easter Basket for the Hungry program by more than 50 percent.
Teens raise awareness of homelessness by sleeping in box shelters
Ten members of PEARLS for Teen Girls, Inc. at Riverside University High School in Milwaukee recently held a Box City event to raise money for Habitat for Humanity and raise awareness about homelessness in the Milwaukee community and across the country.
UPAF announces 2012 campaign goal
The United Performing Arts Fund has announced its 2012 goal of raising $10 million by mid-June. The 2012 UPAF Campaign co-chairs are David J. Lubar, president and chief executive officer of Lubar & Co. and Carlene Ziegler, managing director of Artisan Partners Limited Partnership. Dollars raised by UPAF support 36 performing arts groups in southeastern Wisconsin.
Warm weather propels sales for retailers
U.S. shoppers shrugged off rising gasoline prices and opened their wallets in March, spurred by warmer weather and an earlier arrival of Easter.
Poblocki retires from sign company
West Allis-based Poblocki Sign Co. chief executive officer Dave Drury today announced the retirement of Jerry Poblocki, the company's president of its board of directors.
Commercial real estate improves across Midwest
While the rates of improvement differ, all sectors of commercial real estate in the Midwest will improve in 2012, according to a new study on trends and opportunities in the Midwest Commercial Real Estate market.
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New faces and places at Miller Park
The Brewers will pick up Friday right where they left off in 2011 - battling the St. Louis Cardinals.

Bubbler Quote of the Week
“The JOBS Act represents a good-faith effort by Congress to make it easier for startups of all descriptions, from Main Street retailers to biotechnology companies, to raise money. Because startups account for the lion’s share of all net job creation in the United States, Republicans and Democrats alike want to increase the odds those new businesses will succeed.”
New study shows economic impact of Bradley Center
A new study, conducted by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, indicates that the downtown Milwaukee Bradley Center creates a gross economic impact of $204 million and a net economic impact of $86 million on the Southeastern Wisconsin region.
