Design firm now offers remodeling/home building services thanks to new owner’s 33 years of carpentry experience

The Cabinetry Shop has expanded its range of products and services. Pictured (from left to right) are previous owners Jim and Sharon Fliss, new co-owners Stewart and Dave Barczak, and Bruce Miller

Racine, WI – Our need for more than 24 hours in a day and the state of the economy have certainly made for strange bedfellows these days when it comes to the topic of remodeling. So, when David Barczak, the new owner of The Cabinetry Shop LLC in Racine, Wis. put together his business plan, he knew Racine homeowners were in need of something more. Luckily, he has the skill set to deliver.

“Most homeowners today are limited for time and desire the simplicity of having everything they’re looking for under one roof,” said Dave, 61, new co-owner of the firm, which was established back in 1974. “So when we bought the company, it made sense to expand our offerings — especially considering my 33 years of carpentry experience — and provide the convenience of having in-house design, build and installation capabilities.” Read More→

Racine, WI – The Racine Police Department would like to announce that there is now the means for someone in a dire emergency to access the Police Department lobby area after normal business hours. It is as simple as pressing the red button on the silver phone box and quickly explain the emergency. The silver phone box is located on a post just outside the doors at the front of the police department. Read More→

Attorney General J.B.Van Hollen

Madison, WI – Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen  issued an informal opinion concluding that the long-standing practice of a committee created by the City of Racine to take action on specific loan projects through the use of email voting and to later confirm the results of the email vote at a subsequent committee meeting likely violated the public notice and open session requirements of Wisconsin’s open meetings law. In addition, the informal opinion concluded that the open meetings law did not permit the committee to take up specific loan projects under the “Old Business” subject designation in the committee’s meeting notices. Read More→

Racine, WI – The Racine County Republican Party would like to thank reporter Tony Galli of WKOW in Madison for breaking the news that State Representative Cory Mason allowed former legislator Jeff Neubauer, who currently owns a cleaning company, to not only direct legislation but to help write it. Read More→