Adam joined Patch in November 2010, launching Shorewood Patch as editor. After a four-year stint in the U.S. Air Force as a military cop, he began studying journalism at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, Wyo. obtaining an associated degree in 2005. He continued studying journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, obtaining his bachelors degree. Adam interned as a multimedia reporter at My Community NOW Newspapers covering community news in the Milwaukee metro area for about a year, prior to joining Patch.
Adam has been married for eight years and has two children, seven-years and two-years-old.
Clai Green has sent up a large donation box at her downtown Milwaukee business where community members can help the Shorewood family that lost everything in a fire Wednesday night.
A fire that ravaged 3602 N. Murray Ave. late Wednesday night, and took firefighters more than 2 hours to douse, caused $300,000 worth of damage. The duplex fire is the third this week in the village.
No one was injured in a duplex fire at 3602 N. Murray Ave., which sparked at 8:40 p.m. Fire officials don't have a cause of the fire.
No one was harmed when severe winds rolled through Shorewood and uprooted a tree, which came crashing down onto a home in the 2000 block of East Beverly Road Tuesday afternoon. The storm also knocked out power for roughly 900 homes.
Following the shift of power to Democrats in the Senate, Sen. Lena Taylor, who will soon represent Shorewood and parts of Milwaukee, will help guide the powerful Joint Committee on Finance.
Shorewood's summer-long concert series continues Wednesday at 6 p.m. with the Milwaukee Bucks in-house band.
No injuries reported in a garage fire caused by a sparking telephone pole transformer and basement fire caused by a bad reaction between chemicals.
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for Milwaukee County from noon on Monday through 9 p.m. Tuesday.
John Gurda will discuss how Milwaukee's "stellar — and much-endangered — park system" has evolved over decades at the Hubbard Park Lodge 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
A roundup of the latest from the Shorewood police reports.
A roundup of some yard sales your neighbors are holding this weekend.
A roundup of some yard sales your neighbors are holding this weekend.
As Shorewood prepares to issue $9.5 million in bonds to fund sewer improvements, the company Moody's, which analyzes and ranks the creditworthiness of borrowers, has given the village a Aa2 rating.
A roundup of the latest from the Shorewood police reports.
Le Cocon will join the village's stock of hair, nail salons and spas on North Oakland Avenue under Theresa Danzer, with a focus on affordability and clinical skin treatments.
Owners Anne and John Nehring have closed their wine bar for renovations, and with them focusing on opening a new wood-fired pizza shop in the Milwaukee Public Market, there's no timeframe for a reopen.
Bring the pets for fun activities, cuddle with Humane Society animals looking for new homes, find grooming and nail clipping tips from local animal grooming shop Vanity Fur. A picnic lunch of hot dogs, chips and lemonade will also be served.
The Shorewood Monarchs, a member of the 10-team Ironman Football League, is free admission to active-duty and military veterans at their next match against the Elgin Eagles, 6 p.m. Saturday at the high school.
As the third act in Shorewood's summer-long concert series, the blues and jazz trio will rock Shorewood's Milwaukee River-adjacent venue at 6 p.m.
Ptacek, of Whitefish Bay, spent several years teaching Lake Bluff elementary school students in Shorewood.
