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Good day Shorewood! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How did a NASA astronomer end up in this Shorewood landmark?
  • How Shorewood’s Atwater Beach became a national climate resilience success story

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 36 and low of 33 degrees.
  • Thursday: Becoming windier with rain, temps: high: 42, low: 16. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Friday: Colder; breezy in the morning, with a high of 25 and low of 19 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Urban spelunking: 1921 Stein House a perfect fit for Michelle the Astronomer (onmilwaukee.com) — A historic Prairie Style home on Harcourt Place in Shorewood has found a fitting new caretaker in astrophysicist and former NASA leader Michelle Thaller, who recently moved back to Wisconsin. The story traces the house’s Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired design, its many Shorewood owners, and how Thaller’s lifelong collections and personal journey unexpectedly align with the home’s architecture and history.
   

• Atwater Beach Leads the Way in Third Coast Climate Resilience (shepherdexpress.com) — Shorewood’s Atwater Beach is being celebrated nationally as a model for climate-resilient, nature-based shoreline restoration, after years of work by volunteers, Surfrider’s Milwaukee chapter, and Marek Landscaping. The project transformed a once-eroded bluff into thriving habitat, drawing attention from local governments and inspiring new restoration plans with Friends of Shorewood Nature Preserve along the Lake Michigan coast.
   

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    Wednesday December 17
  • Nicolet - LEGO Glow
    Stormonth School
    2:40 pm
  • GDRH Regular School Board Meeting
    Glendale-River Hills School District , 2600 W Mill Rd , Glendale
    6:00 pm
  • Youth Council Meeting
    Glendale, WI Calendar
    7:00 pm
  • Swing Jazz Wednesday: The Flood
    The Argo , 334 E Silver Spring Dr , Whitefish Bay
    7:00 pm
    • Thursday December 18
  • 1st Grade Winter Show
    Stormonth School
  • First Grade Winter Show
    Stormonth El Milwaukee, WI 53217
    1:30 pm
  • Brown Deer & Glendale Intake Court
    Glendale, WI Calendar , 5909 N Milwaukee River Parkway , Glendale
    3:00 pm

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  • 13 Milwaukee-area swimmers and divers to watch in the 2025-26 season (jsonline.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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