Years ago, Amy Mazzariello, now of West De Pere, worked in a bookstore in Portland, OR and got a taste for bookselling. After returning to the area in 2006, she began working at the Readers Loft and then, when the owner decided to retire, Mazzariello brought it in 2019. She relocated the store to Washington …
Saul Rodriguez, an Oregon native and recent Chicago resident, said he moved to the Green Bay area in 2020 when he and his girlfriend, who is immunocompromised, wanted to get away from the big city after the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Rodriguez said what he likes most about the area is its DIY scene. “I think …
Caleb Lazzeroni, a Milwaukee native, said he moved to Green Bay last December. Spending much of his youth in the foster care system, bouncing around the state, Lazzeroni said he did a lot of things as a young man he had no business doing, some of which led to time in jail. Lazzeroni said he …
Green Bay native and East High graduate, Angela Walker, said she’s joined at work each day by her best bud, Pablo, a well-tempered Yorkshire terrier mix. Walker, proprietor of Best Budz, a CBD, Delta-8 dispensary on Broadway which features products sourced from locally-owned farms, said she has a saying: “Just be nice.” Walker said it’s …
