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And check out Table Tennis on the Shorewood Patch calendar

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Morning Shorewood! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a new Shorewood apartment plan could erase a key parking lot
  • Shorewood protest incident now costs this attorney her law license

Also on today's calendar: 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 69 and low of 61 degrees.
  • Saturday: Periods of rain and a t-storm, temps: high: 66, low: 59.
  • Sunday: Windy; a little morning rain, with a high of 64 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Former West Allis school will become affordable apartments (dailyreporter.com) — A proposed 19-unit affordable apartment building called The Oakleaf on North Oakland Avenue in Shorewood would receive a major federal grant under a Milwaukee County funding plan, but faces pushback over the loss of a 49-space village-owned parking lot. The same package would also support affordable housing projects in West Allis, Milwaukee's Bronzeville area, and a county transitional housing facility.
   

• Law license of attorney who spit on Black teen during 2020 protest suspended (wpr.org) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended attorney Stephanie Rapkin's law license for one year after finding her conduct, including spitting on a teenager during a 2020 protest in Shorewood, reflected poorly on her fitness to practice. Rapkin also previously secured a $760,000 settlement from insurers for Shorewood and Whitefish Bay over how police entered her home during her arrest.
   

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★ Featured events ★

    Saturday September 19
  • Table Tennis →
    Shorewood Intermediate School, 3830 N Morris Blvd, Shorewood
    2:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Whitefish Bay

  • Generac makes $8 billion deal with Amazon to support its data centers (jsonline.com)
  • State Supreme Court suspends attorney's law license who spit on teen (jsonline.com)
  • MCTS bus fare evasion drops, major service cuts loom (fox6now.com)

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Ok Shorewood! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: 10-4, good buddy! (Thank you Jean H. for sending it in!)
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