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Veterans Day 2024

Today, the Veterans Memorial Committee in Hales Corners, American Legion Post #299, and VFW Post # 10394 joined forces to host their 13th annual Veterans Day ceremony in Hales Corners Park. The American flag, proudly flying since Memorial Day, was presented to the Hales Corners Fire Department, honoring their selfless dedication to our community. This…

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Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors Annual Public Hearing

Dear Honorable Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson, I hope you are doing well, and I would be grateful if you would share this email with your Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors colleagues. I’m writing to ask you to please open Hales Corners Pool next summer. It has been closed for five straight summer seasons after approximately $500,000…

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Critical Meeting Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors Annual Budget Meeting

Happy Friday, Community Friends, I hope you are doing well. I’m writing to ask you to please consider making your voice heard and encouraging Milwaukee County Supervisors to open Hales Corners Pool next summer. Hales Corners Pool has been closed for five straight summer seasons after approximately $500,000 worth of improvements were made eight years…

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Veterans Memorial Committee

United in purpose, the Hales Corners Veterans Memorial Committee met tonight to plan a powerful 13th annual Veterans Day tribute, honoring a legacy born from the groundbreaking on September 11, 2011, and to be proudly celebrated on November 10, 2024, at 11:00 am in Hales Corners Park.

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The Power of Public-Private Partnerships: Hales Corners Park Sand Volleyball Court

Good Afternoon, Milwaukee County Parks, I hope you are doing well. A remarkable collaboration between the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool and Milwaukee County Parks has transformed the volleyball sand court at Hales Corners Park, showcasing the power of public-private partnerships. Please see the pictures below. On Friday, September 6, 2024, this dynamic…

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Halfway to Our Fundraising Goal

With Steve Silverstein, Vice President, The Park People, in Hales Corners Park congratulating the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool on our latest donation which will be put toward the Alyson Dudek International Ice Center, Reiman Rink & Veterans Family Pavilion projects. We are halfway to our fundraising goal of $400.000.00 and then we…

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Veterans Day Ceremony 2022

On behalf of the Veterans Memorial Committee, the Hales Corners American Legion Post #299, the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Hales Corners and Franklin #10394, I was honored and privileged to give my 11th consecutive Veterans Day ceremony speech this morning in Hales Corners Park since this Veterans Memorial was dedicated on Memorial Day in…

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Veterans Day Ceremony 2021

The Veterans Memorial Committee, Hales Corners American Legion Post 299, and Hales Corners, Franklin VFW Post 10394 had a sunny and a beautiful day for their tenth Veterans Day ceremony in Hales Corners Park this morning. We had our biggest crowd to date with over 100 people in attendance.

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Annual Pumpkin Fest 2021

Tom Smyczek, Hales Corners Lions Club, Village of Hales Corners resident, and Commissioner with the Police and Fire Commission inside the Hales Corners Pool House and Pavilion early this morning keeping an eye on everything until the second day of the Annual Pumpkin Fest begins at 2 pm this afternoon until 8pm tonight in Hales…

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Veterans Day 2020

The Veterans Memorial Committee, American Legion Post #299 in Hales Corners, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post # 10394 in Hales Corners and Franklin held their Veterans Day ceremony this morning at 11:00 am in Hales Corners Park. I was very honored to be one of the speakers for the ninth consecutive year since the…

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