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Photo contest winners picked

Sue Meister of New Berlin is the first-place winner in our Summer Fun Photo Contest. Sue's photo of her son playing with a dog was voted the best of among the more than 700 entries we received. Sue will receive a $500 Visa gift card from Educators Credit Union.

Other top winners are Gwen Zabel of New Berlin and Shannon Gordon of Racine, who each will receive a Wisconsin Historical Sites Family Fun Prize Package.

See winning photos | See all entries

Win a $100 mall gift card
in prep football contest

Calling all high school football fans! Enter our "Pigskin Picks" contest and you could win a $100 mall gift card as well as weekly prizes.
Just pick the teams you think are going to win local Friday night football games and see how your predictions stack up against other prep fans. Enter now

FAMILY WATCHDOG

Locate sex offenders
in your neighborhood

MyCommunityNOW.com is teaming up with Family Watchdog, a national organization, to provide residents with an interactive map that shows where registered sex offenders are living and working in your neighborhood.

With just one click of the mouse, you can quickly find out whether any offenders are in your neighborhood and can get details on those individuals.

Find a Family Watchdog offender map for your neighborhood by clicking on your community in the upper right-hand corner of this page.

Video: See 'Morning Blend' report on Family Watchdog

Whitefish Bay's Lars Knudsen (right) drives the baseline against Shorewood's Neil McKeown on. Knudsen spent the fall earning CNI All-Suburban football honors.
Photo by Dave Haberkorn

Do you have some news you'd like to share with your neighbors?

Posting photos and stories about local events, academic achievements, personal milestones and more on the "Your Space" section of each NOW site is easy! Just ask some of those who use "YourSpace" to share information with the rest of the community.

'It couldn't be easier'

"It really could not be easier to list our events. All I need to do is copy and paste the information on the site. I don't need to worry about the text being edited and important information being omitted. NOW posts the information exactly as I have written it. I will continue to list our events with NOW in the future."
- Laura Feltes - Box Office Manager, Sunset Playhouse

'Let's us share stories with the community'

"The Women's Center in Waukesha enjoys using the WaukeshaNOW.com site because it allows us to share our stories and upcoming programs with the community. It is an easy and efficient way to promote our organization, programs and events and you don't have to wait long to see the results of your posting."
- Nicole Blemberg, The Women's Center

'A great way to the get the word out'

"Posting stories to WauwatosaNow.com is easy and has been a great way for the district to get the word out about positive things happening in Wauwatosa's schools. With just a few clicks of the mouse I am able to reach a large number of people quickly."
- Chris Preisler, Wauwatosa School District

What can you find on each NOW site?

Local news, local opinions, plus your photos and stories, and so much more!

Read local blogs or start your own by becoming one of our "Community Voices" bloggers
Did your child make the honor roll? Is your community organization sponsoring an upcoming event? You can share your news with the rest of the community in our Your Stories section.
Have some great shots from your family vacation? Or the local Fourth of July parade? Or grandma's 100th birthday? You can easily post them in the Your Photos section.
Get the latest news about your community from the newsrooms of the Journal Sentinel and Community Newspapers. And news updates from throughout the day will be posted on CommunityWatch.
From trash pickup schedules to contact information of local officials to suggestions on local restaurants, you'll find everything you need to know about your hometown in our Community Guide.
Plan your week ahead by using our local Community Calendar.
Stay on top of the crime that's happening in your community by reading the weekly police reports.
How much are homes selling for in your neighborhood? Check out recent home sales in our Going Prices feature.

So what are you waiting for? visit a NOW community site today:

For comments, questions or suggestions for the NOW sites, or to get more information on how to start a blog, or submit a photo or story, contact NOW Online Editor Mark Maley at (262) 446-6630 or email him at mmaley@cninow.com

To reach the circulation department for Community Newspapers or the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, call (414) 224-2222.

To reach the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newsroom, call (414) 224-2318 or email jsmetro@journalsentinel.com.

To reach the Community Newspapers newsroom, call (414) 224-2100, then press option 5. Or email news@cninow.com.

For information on classified advertising in Community Newspapers, call (414) 224-2800.

For information on classified advertising in the Journal Sentinel, call (414) 224-2121.

For information on online advertising on the NOW Web sites, call (414) 225-5030 or email Josh Phillips at jphillips@jsonline.com

For information on retail advertising in the Community Newspapers or the Journal Sentinel, call (414) 224-2498.

For your convenience, we've put some of our commonly requested announcement forms online. Instructions for submission are on the forms. Click to download:
• an engagement announcement form
• a wedding announcement form, which has a second page
• a birth announcement form
• an anniversary announcement form
• an obituary form

In addition, you may order reprints of photos taken by our staff photographers through the Journal Sentinel at http://jsonline.mycapture.com. Type a keyword from the cutline into the search field - say, the name of your student athlete - and you will be shown the photo and given options for ordering your own copies.