By Kris Leonhardt Editor-in-chief ALGOMA – Maritime historians, Brendon Baillod and Robert Jaeck, say that they have located the wreckage of the Great Lakes schooner Trinidad in the waters of Lake Michigan in about 270 feet of water offshore from Algoma. The Trinidad was a 140-foot schooner built in Grand Island, N.Y., in 1867 by …
By Freddy Moyano Columnist Our first installment of the “Re-rooted” series features Carlos Bofill, who happens to be a second cousin of Spanish architect, the late Ricardo Bofill. Like Ricardo, Carlos was also born in Barcelona, Spain. He was a few months old when his family moved to Cuba. “I don’t remember anything about my …
By Bob Van Enkenvoort Contributing Writer PULASKI – The Pulaski Community School District (PCSD) was recently recognized by Solution Tree for its sustained success in raising student achievement. PCSD’s successful implementation of the Professional Learning Communities (PLC) at Work process was a major contributing factor in the improved achievement of its students. PLCs are schools …
‘Spreading it Around’ opens next weekend By Janelle Fisher City Pages Editor Actors with the Green Bay Community Theater (GBCT) have been hard at work preparing for the first show of GBCT’s 2023-24 season — a comedic drama called Spreading it Around, written by Londros D’Arrigo and directed by Craig Berken. The show gets its …
The Green Bay Packer Hall of Fame generously opened their vault to share pieces of Packer history with the Press Times to be highlighted each week for our readers. For more information on the hall of fame, visit www.packershofandtours.com Green Bay Packers Center Ken Bowman (1964-73) had to thrust himself forward to block a defensive …
By Melanie Rossi Contributing Writer NORTHEAST WISCONSIN – A coalition formed from business organizations in northeast Wisconsin, Housing NOW aims to work towards addressing the area’s housing shortage through their public education campaign, “Say Yes to Housing!” Spearheaded by the Realtors Association of Northeast Wisconsin (RANW), the coalition “consists of major business organizations in the …
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By Annika Morschauser Contributing Writer NORTHEAST WISCONSIN – The NEW Master Gardeners are all about “the love of gardening, the will to learn and the want to give back,” according to current President Kate Fix. Their goal is to show individuals, their communities and the world that gardening can have a large impact and can …
By Bryan Nygaard For the Press Times CAMP JOHNSON, NC – For nearly three years, U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Shannell M. Styczynski has served as an instructor at the Marine Corps’ Logistics Operations School (LOS) in Camp Johnson, N.C., where she teaches entry-level, intermediate and advanced courses on logistics and motor transport operations to …
By Kris Leonhardt Editor-in-chief Continued from last week Since the passage of the Indian Reorganization Act, the Oneida Nation has worked to reacquire ownership of land in the reservation boundaries and grow and strengthen government programs and services. “Anti-Indian policies continued with the Termination Act of 1953 and the Indian Relocation Act of 1956,” Bill …
Celebrating Italian heritage By Melanie Rossi Contributing Writer GREEN BAY – Spotlighting Italian food, music, art and language, Club ItaloAmericano of Greater Green Bay allows anyone with an interest in Italian culture to play a part in celebrating it. Founded in 1994, the club — now with approximately 120 members — will celebrate its 30th …
