The NEWcomer

08/04/2022

The Exclusive Company, Wisconsin’s oldest independent record store chain which was established in 1956, has announced the closure of all of its remaining locations in Green Bay, Appleton, Oshkosh, Milwaukee, Greenfield, and Janesville.

“I knew it was a possibility but I tried not to concentrate on that,” Tpm Smith, Green Bay Exclusive Company manager, said.

https://thenewcomerwi.substack.com/p/green-bay-exclusive-company-store-closes

Fans reflect on Wisconsin’s oldest independent record stores in the wake of the chain's closure in coming months

28/03/2022

Green Bay Action Sports Organization, a nonprofit that provides a space for skateboarding, rock climbing, BMX biking lessons and mentorship, was informed on March 26 by its current landlord that the building has been sold and the organization has two months to remove all of its materials, including custom murals and thousands of square feet of skating ramps and rails.

https://thenewcomerwi.substack.com/p/green-bay-action-sports-organization

The youth-focused nonprofit has been at its Ashwaubenon location for eight years providing year-round skating, biking, and rock climbing for all ages

07/03/2022

As Georgia-Pacific prepares for a major expansion of its Broadway paper mill, records from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) show that regulators found elevated PFAS levels in groundwater near the site as recently as 2020.

PFAS levels found at the 1919 Broadway mill are upwards of 150 times the state’s recommended enforceable standards.

https://thenewcomerwi.substack.com/p/georgia-pacific-pfas-broadway-green-bay

The manufacturing company has been involved in a variety of ongoing chemical cleanups in the Green Bay area for years

21/02/2022

📅 An N64 tournament, mid-west emo, and more in this week's noticeable events

https://thenewcomerwi.substack.com/p/noticeables-feb-21-27-2022?utm_source=url

27/01/2022

NEW Food Forum, a division of local foods nonprofit New Leaf Foods, released its 2022-2023 Regional Food Action Plan

https://thenewcomerwi.substack.com/p/new-food-forum-regional-food-plan-2022

NEW Food Forum, a division of local foods nonprofit New Leaf Foods, released its 2022-2023 Regional Food Action Plan

19/01/2022

The NEWcomer has relaunched with a new publication schedule, focus, and vision

https://thenewcomerwi.substack.com/p/2022-thenewcomer-relaunch

The NEWcomer has relaunched with a new publication schedule, focus, and vision

31/08/2021

The NEWcomer is taking an indefinite hiatus. Thank you for reading.

https://thenewcomerwi.substack.com/p/bad-news-good-news-and-thank-yous

The NEWcomer is taking an indefinite hiatus. Thank you for reading.

11/08/2021

The scooters themselves don’t rely on fossil fuels, but the production lifecycle of these little guys is full of carbon emissions and other manufacturing tolls full of environmentally costly processes

https://thenewcomerwi.substack.com/p/green-bay-escooter-bird-rides

04/08/2021

Just under 12 percent of evictions in Brown County during 2020 resulted in a judgment, or removal of tenant and property. So far this year, that percentage has grown close to 13 percent, or 43 evicted households out of 338 filings.

thenewcomerwi.substack.com/p/brown-county-evictions

27/07/2021

As Wally's Spot Supper Club closes its doors and a Popeye's Louisiana Chicken will take its place, food writer Josh Koerner (Josh Eats Green Bay) outlines some other local chicken options.

https://thenewcomerwi.substack.com/p/popeyes-is-boring-try-green-bay-chicken

As a historic supper club closes its doors and another deep-fried franchise takes its place, here’s a look at some restaurants serving up fried, broasted, and all-around good chicken.

20/07/2021

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19/07/2021

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16/07/2021

Venues are opening up. Shows are being booked.

But do you think live music is safe now?

Revisit our previous March story to see how local musicians and venues wrestling with the severely wounded music industry coped with the reopening.

https://thenewcomerwi.substack.com/p/gbg-islivemusicsafe-march2021

15/07/2021

Food writer Josh Koerner (of Josh Eats Green Bay) scored and explored a variety of offerings, but would prefer the Midwest staple sans noodles.

Revisit our May rundown of Green Bay's best chili.

https://thenewcomerwi.substack.com/p/the-best-chili-in-green-bay

Food writer Josh Koerner scores and explores a variety of offerings, but would prefer the Midwest staple sans noodles

13/07/2021

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07/07/2021

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06/07/2021

⚫ Reporters with Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting spent months doing heavy-data-lifting to develop a tool to approximate a total number of eligible businesses that could have received PPP loans this past year.

⚫ Green Bay’s majority-Latino census tract had an estimated 70 businesses that would have been eligible to receive a loan.

⚫ Of the 2,652 loans distributed in the area, only 18 businesses in Green Bay’s majority-Latino census tract received PPP loans, which totalled $1.8 million.

⚫ Read our final Protecting Who? installment, which gives a historical look at Green Bay’s largest minority population only to reveal a disconnect between the community and business growth.

https://thenewcomerwi.substack.com/p/green-bay-latino-businesses-ppp-loans

In the final Protecting Who? installment, a historical look at Green Bay’s largest minority population reveals a disconnect between the community and business growth

02/07/2021

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02/07/2021

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01/07/2021

Jane Benson, a village of Suamico resident, filed a 19-page sworn affidavit detailing over 20 figures, screenshots, and examples of Twitter and Linkedin posts Supervisor Murphy wrote or shared on social media. The posts outlined show a repeated pattern of Murphy's online behavior.

https://thenewcomerwi.substack.com/p/brown-county-ethics-complaint-dismissed

A citizen complaint aimed to hold Jim Murphy accountable for spreading "venom" and lies

29/06/2021

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28/06/2021

A joint reporting effort by The NEWcomer and Tone Madison
points to the likely identity of one other retired cop joining a private task force Speaker Vos has hired to investigate bogus claims of fraud in the 2020 election.

A look into the likely identity of one member of the Assembly Speaker's publicly funded investigation

24/06/2021

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23/06/2021

Now on the outside, Whiteside helps incarcerated individuals access care in and out of the carceral system. Wisdom Wisconsin, and in turn EX-incarcerated People Organizing - EXPO Fox Cities, have been a prominent voice in criminal justice reforms, recent complaints surrounding conditions inside Wisconsin prisons throughout the COVID-19 pandemic—where at one point GBCI had the most cases last year, and a long-running effort to close GBCI.

https://thenewcomerwi.substack.com/p/green-bay-correctional-institute-high-complaints

An analysis of Wisconsin Department of Correction data shows the maximum-security prison came in second for complaints filed during fiscal year 2020

18/06/2021

The NEWcomer has joined LION Publishers thanks to the support of Substack.

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The newly announced membership will help our publication grow, stay independent, and become financially stable.

16/06/2021

The path forward for both Doxtator and Wunderlich, who help operate a Justice for Jonathon Tubby page to honor Tubby’s memory, is continuing the fight for accountability and justice while also dealing with the daily stress and trauma around Tubby’s death.

“I understand why some families don't fight for justice because it's exhausting on every level, mentally, spiritually, emotionally, physically, it's, it's exhausting,” said Wunderlich.

https://thenewcomerwi.substack.com/p/jonathon-tubby-family-continue-fight-for-justice

After a recent dismissal of a federal lawsuit, family members speak of daily trauma

15/06/2021

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13/06/2021

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12/06/2021

🌽🏘️🐄 Eight of Brown County's 10 largest privately owned parcels of land are farms. This farmland totals nearly 18,000 acres, which is more than the land owned by the Oneida Nation and Brown County combined.

To understand the layout of Brown County’s land use, The NEWcomer has analyzed data provided by the Brown County Planning and Land Services Department (PLSD) to identify the top landowners in Brown County.

https://thenewcomerwi.substack.com/p/browncounty-farmland-reigns-supreme

A look at the county’s top landowners reveals complex development battles against a still largely agricultural backdrop

03/06/2021

Green Bay’s urban core received roughly $111 million in PPP loans while the suburb surroundings received over $330 million. An analysis of the urban Census tracts inside of Green Bay and the surrounding suburban Census tracts shows a sharp disparity between the number of applicants and the number of loan dollars received.

This story was completed with information from Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and Big Local News.

https://thenewcomerwi.substack.com/p/green-bay-ppp-loans-concentrated-in-suburbs

An industry breakdown of the types of businesses that received federal loan dollars and where they are located in the Greater Green Bay area