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Our office has many volunteer groups that get attention throughout the year. We do many things that are philanthropic as well as fun for the community.  We do Christmas for kids that provide hat, gloves and presents to in city kids, Oktoberfest, and when the office got paid for volunteering The B...

Not many people know that today's modern Germantown orginally was but 2 square miles and today is the result of 7 seperate hamlets (towns) coming to gether in 1963/64 to fight off the expansion of Milwaukee county into Washington county. The orginal 7 hamlets  were Dheinsville, Goldenthal, Germa...

Of course this isn't Wisconsin. This is on the south rim of the Grand Canyon where I took my family for vacation. The whole experience was fantastic and the views are incredible. I kept on telling my wife that I can't die until I see the Grand Canyon, so now I guess I can cross this one off of m...

    Wecome to Germantown! The largest Vilage in Wisconsin with approximately 35.5 square miles of rolling hills, farm land and very active commercial corridor.With its small-town rural atmosphere and easy access to Milwaukee and surrounding suburbs, Germantown is  a unique community that brings s...

Compliments of the Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce Goodwill Donation Center in Germantown Look for the Goodwill Donation Trailer located to the far west of Sendik's Village Centre parking lot, behind McDonalds.  They are open 7 days a week, 8:00am-5:00pm   Relay for Life of Germantown-Richfie...

Wow, This is great news. Germantown seems to be on the move. TecStar Manufacturing Co. in Gemantown will add 186 jobs to increase production of the machines that make frames for solar panels.  TecStar is a plastic injection molding manufacturer and a subsidiary of MGS Manufacturing Group in the G...

Below is an article on how Germantown plans to balance it's budget. Personally, I think the administration in Germantown does a fantastic job year to year.  Although our taxes have risen somewhat in the 14 years we have lived here, it has been reasonable and we haven't seen a decrease overall in ...

I have a mini van which although gets a best in class MPG, it still only averages 18 to 19 mpg in the city and I'm always trying to increase my MPG. By watching keeping an eye on my driving habits, I can increase my MPG and thus save some cash. Here is what I have done to increase my MPG: 1) I do...

With summer over, Oktoberfest over, what is there to do now in Germantown? OCTOBER COMMUNITY EVENTS  Courtesy of the Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce Saturdays, May through October, 8:00am-2:00pmGermantown Farmer's Market located at Germantown Center Mall, Life Church parking lot at the corner...

Although this happended over a week ago, I was not able to blog about it because of my involvement with Oktoberfest. The idea tossed around the village halls for several weeks for it would be cost effective for the Washington County Sheriff's office to take over the dispatching duites of the Germ...