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Submit Your Stories

Posting your stories is easy. Use the form below to submit a story - and remember to give it a title. The byline will automatically appear as your name. And while we ask for your e-mail address, it will not appear when your story does. It's just for us to use in case we have a question about your story.

Your story may be edited for length, spelling or grammar, but for the most part we'll leave it pretty much the way you wrote it. All we ask that you follow our guidelines for writing stories and remember that we can refuse to post offensive or libelous stories.

We allow stories to be posted on up to five NOW sites. If you would like your story posted on several sites, put a note at the top telling us where you'd like it to appear, and we'll do our best to honor your request. There's no need to post the same story on multiple sites.

There is a strict 700-word maximum length on all stories. If your story is longer, it may get cut off before it ends.

Finally, we sometimes pick the best of the Your Stories to publish in our NOW newspaper on Thursdays. Stories that appear in the newspaper will be edited for spelling and grammar and may be rewritten to comply with our newspaper's style guidelines.

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SOME POSTING SUGGESTIONS
Here's some general guidelines for posting your stories that will make your submission more readable:

  • Don't type in all caps.
  • Don't write one big block of text. It'll be easier to read if you break the text into paragraphs. To do that, just insert a line of space between paragraphs.
  • At the end of your text, make sure there's not extra lines of space or it will show up as blank space when published.
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    The Equitable Bank and GreendaleNOW.com congratulate the Greendale High School Class of 2008 with a special photo gallery from the June 8 graduation ceremony.

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    Fun for the Fourth

    Fourth of July festivities will kick off Thursday, July 3, in Gazebo Park downtown. The celebration continues July 4 with the parade at 10:30 a.m. Fireworks will be held at Greendale High School about 9:15 p.m.

    Details on local Fourth events | Metro area events

    Greendale part of national beautification campaign

    America in Bloom Greendale is participating in "America in Bloom," a national campaign that promotes beautification and community involvement.
    GreendaleNOW.com has updates on the effort, including photos from some the beautification projects in the village and a video on the America in Bloom judges' visit to the village.
    Video: Judges check out the village
    Photo gallery: America in Bloom activities
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    Enjoy nights on the green

    Greendale Gazebo Saturday Night on the Green and Village Nites on the Green performances take place at 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays in Greendale Gazebo Park. Bring blankets and chairs to the free family shows.

    Saturday events | Sunday events

    Library Links

    Greendale Public Library blog

    Library Links GreendaleNOW.com and the Greendale Public Library are teaming up on a blog to keep residents up-to-date on new materials, programs and events at the library.

    From the library's newest books, CDs and DVDs to information about children's reading programs, you'll get all the library info you need on "Library Links."

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    Who is making contributions?

    Want to know which Greendale residents are contributing to the presidential campaigns - and how much they're giving? Wonder if Democrats or Republicans are getting more financial support in your community? Search our list of presidential campaign contributions.

    Data Warehouse: More searchable databases

    Check out municipal salaries

    Which city employee makes the most money? Who's getting the most overtime? Find out by searching our compilation of municipal employee salaries.

    How much do educators earn?

    How much is your child's teacher earning? What about local administrators? Get the answers by searching our list of public school employee salaries.

    Greendale Prep Sportlight

    Prep Sports SpotlightThe sports season is in full swing at Greendale High School 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 Greendale prep sports scene.

    Video: CNI All-Suburban banquet
    Photo Gallery: Images from the season
    Stories: NOW staff's prep coverage
    Video: Prep Roundtable and more

    ADOPTABLE ANIMALS

    Humane Society blog
    features pets who need a home

    Wisconsin Humane Society 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.
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    Concerts in the parks

    Milwaukee County Parks If you're looking for great music without spending a dime, check out the the free concerts that will be held throughout the Milwaukee County parks this summer. Click here for a complete concert schedule, and check out the photo gallery from this summer's events.

    THE PARK PEOPLE

    Citizens group is now online

    Faye 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.

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    FAMILY WATCHDOG

    Family Watchdog

    Locate sex offenders in your neighborhood

    GreendaleNOW.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 the Hales Corners area.

    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.

    Go to Family Watchdog offender map
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