In the middle of a recession, with Silver Spring Drive in downtown Whitefish Bay closed for construction, Jo Ann Schult decided to open a business. Armed with only $500 on her credit card balance, Schulz reopened Kaehler's Luggage — which she had managed for 15 years — in 2009 under a new name, RedCap Luggage and Gifts. The new name referred to the porters, or "red caps," who used to carry passengers' luggage to the train. "My father worked for the Milwaukee railroad, and actually was instrumental in writing the passenger train rulebook," Schulz said. "I wanted to give an homage to my father …

After only a year of research and design, two Whitefish Bay engineers have developed a new surgical tool that has generated interest from Milwaukee School of Engineering and a private company, and could soon be on its way to receive a patent. Those two engineers are Whitefish Bay High School students Austin Middleton and Thomas Bihler, and their product "Cuff Medsure" was presented on the final day of the Project Lead the Way capstone class. Project Lead the Way, a national program that introduces engineering principles to high school students, first came to Whitefish Bay High School four …

Seventy-four years of faith and fellowship at Roundy Memorial Baptist Church in Whitefish Bay dwindled to nothing on Nov. 27, 2011. For years the elderly congregants passed away, moved into nursing homes and became too frail to support either the volunteer functions of a church community or the pragmatic responsibilities of maintaining the building. Down to just 22 members, it finally became clear the church could not continue so the remaining worshipers conducted one last service in the building the Roundy family constructed in 1937. They reminisced and sang their favorite songs with piano …

In a time of crisis, Bay Shore Lutheran Church Pastor Norene Smith said people do one of two things: They engage more than ever, or they disappear. With Americans still feeling the effects of the last recession, and some economists predicting a second recession on the horizon, a feeling of crisis has crept under people, dismantling habits that reach beyond the grocery store and into places of worship.     Communities of faith, traditionally a vital piece of America’s safety net, are facing new challenges as leaders turn to their congregations and find that some of their previous benefactors …