WauwatosaNOW.com: Community Guide

This is Wauwatosa: Former Mayor Theresa Estness shares her thoughts about why Wauwatosa is a great place to live, work and play.	From public officials to overnight parking rules, here's everything you need to know about living in Wauwatosa.
	The Basics: Whether you've lived in Wauwatosa for decades or are a newcomer, here's your guide to Wauwatosa's parking rules, trash pickup schedule, school attendance boundaries, shopping, library hours, election information and much more. Local Links: Web sites for the Wauwatosa school district, the city and community organizations. Schools: Test scores, dropout rates, per-pupil spending and other facts about the Wauwatosa School District. Plus, a complete list of schools and the names, phone numbers and email addresses of top school officials.	Your Legislators: Want to express your opinion to your senator, state representative or county board member? Find out who they are and how to contact them. Your Local Officials: Names, phone numbers and email addresses of key officials at City Hall. Demographics: What's the city's population? What's the median age? The average home value? The median household income? All the statistics you need about your hometown. Population \| Crime Dining Out: Read reviews of your local restaurants published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Marquette salutes
local honor students

Marquette University and WauwatosaNOW.com are proud to salute the outstanding students who have made the honor rolls at our local schools. Click on a student's name for a printable honor roll certificate.
Go to honor rolls page

Schools that are not listed here but would like to be should email their honor rolls to honors@mycommunitynow.com.

Video: Rummaging around

Spring is here and that means garage sale season is in full swing. Wauwatosa NOW reporter Janice Kayser and photojournalist Mary Catanese took a recent spin around town to see what treasures they could find. Check out the video

Thousands turn out at zoo
for EFW's annual Walk/Run

An estimated 3,000 children, parents and school staff members were at the Milwaukee County Zoo on May 10 to take part in the Education Foundation of Wauwatosa's annual Walk/Run. WauwatosaNOW.com, a sponsor of the event, was there and captured images of some the festivities.
Go to Photo Gallery

Student bands rock Tosa East

Wauwatosa East High School was the stage of a battle of the bands competition called Launchpad, in which 16 bands from area high school competed. After more than six hours of music, three bands walked away with top honors in the regional competition and advance to the state contest in Madison.
Go to photo gallery | Read more about Launchpad

More: View gallery of Tosa band photos

Tosa Town Square

Want to weigh in on hot issues around Tosa? Or are you just looking for a good babysitter? Visit the Town Square now and talk about issues - big and small - that you care about.

ENTER TOWN SQUARE | Town Square Guidelines/FAQs

Tosa Prep Sportlight

The sports season is in full swing at Wauwatosa East and West high schools and, if you're a prep sports fan, we've got you covered. Track, soccer and more … this is your place for expanded coverage of the Tosa prep sports scene.

Photo Gallery: East vs. West girls soccer
Slideshow: Tosa West soccer action
Photo Gallery: Wauwatosa prep sports
Stories: NOW staff's prep coverage
Video: Prep Roundtable and more

Sky's the Limit
NOW sports writer Tom "Sky" Skibosh gives his perspective on the prep sports scene:

Community Roll Call
You'll find crime prevention tips and more in the Wauwatosa Police Department's blog:

Check It Out
The Wauwatosa Public Library keeps you up to date on library happenings:

Family Watchdog
Use the interactive map to see where sex offenders live and work in Wauwatosa.

Presidential campaign contributions Find out who donated to the presidential campaigns - and how much they gave.

Public school employee salaries Find out how much your child's teacher is earning and how that compares to other teacher salaries.

Data Warehouse: More searchable databases

ADOPTABLE ANIMALS

Humane Society blog
features pets who need a home

There are hundreds of dogs and cats who are looking for a new home. The Wisconsin Humane Society profiles those animals in its new blog.
Latest post:

THE PARK PEOPLE

Citizens group is now online

Stay on top of what's happening in the Milwaukee County parks system with the blog from The Park People, a member-driven organization dedicated to citizen stewardship of our county parks.

Latest post:

Winners announced
in Mother's Day Contest

Congratulations to Holly and Ruby Hopton of Milwaukee, who were voted the winners in the MyCommunityNOW.com and MilwaukeeMoms.com Mother-Daughter Look-Alike Contest.Mother and daughter each will receive a $250 savings account courtesy of Johnson Bank.

Neva and Alexus Pipia of Menomonee Falls took second place and Sandi and Randi Trupke of Milwaukee won third place in the contest, and each will receive a $50 restaurant certificate.
We'd like to thank the nearly 200 people who entered the contest as well as those who cast more than 2,000 votes for their favorite photos.

See the winners | See finalists

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