Area: Baileys Harbor
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Contractor Completes Marina Park Wall
The Baileys Harbor Town Board on Jan. 8 approved a payment of more than $188,190 to Generations Landscaping and Excavating for the stone wall it assembled near the shore on property previously occupied by the former Nelson’s hardware and motel. The crew also completed a stone perimeter border on Jan. 8, before heavy snow was […]
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Leaks at the rear, west wall of the town marina building led to a mold problem in need of remediation that goes far beyond the current use of dehumidifiers and air purifiers. Baileys Harbor town supervisors approved a $9,400 contract for Armstrong Cleaning of Sturgeon Bay to eliminate mold and perform duct cleaning. Supervisor Terry […]
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Winter Hikes at the Ridges Every Friday at 1:30 pm and Saturday at 10:30 am and 1:30 pm, starting Jan. 5 at the Ridges Sanctuary, 8166 WI-57 in Baileys Harbor Join a naturalist for a wintry exploration of the Ridges. Hikes cost $7 for members and $10 for non-members. Hikers under 16 are free. Snowshoes […]
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Peninsula Players Announces 2024 Play-Reading Series
Peninsula Players Theatre’s 2024 winter play-reading series, “The Play’s The Thing,” will take place on Feb. 5, March 4 and April 1. The series kicks off with The Nature Plays by Patrick Gabridge. The performance is made up of several short plays, designed by Cabridge to coincide with a walk through Boston’s Mount Auburn Cemetery, […]
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Spring Classic Registration Opens Jan. 1
Is this your year to get back in the saddle? Sign up for the Peninsula Century Spring Classic to get your motivation to ride through the slush or hop on the trainer this winter. The ride is back in Baileys Harbor on Saturday, June 15, 2024. Registration opens Jan. 1, when you can sign up […]
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Spend A Week As A Lighthouse Keeper
The Ridges Sanctuary’s Resident Docent Program is an opportunity to spend a week living as lighthouse keepers did in the early 1900s. Living quarters for resident docents are in the Upper Range Light. Built in 1869, the Upper Range Light and its companion Lower Range Light are the only lighthouses of this design still on […]
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My Friend Let me tell you about my friend Jay Whitney. Whether it is fundraising for the Go Bo Foundation, Write On, Door County, Secret Santa, or for someone in need in our community, Jay has always been one of the first to say “yes” and share his talent of music to raise funds. This […]
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Board Welcomes Nature-Based Ridges 4k Program
Nature-based, 4-year-old kindergarten programming will return next school year to The Ridges Sanctuary, and this time it will become one of three public 4K options in the Gibraltar Area School District. Approved unanimously Dec. 11 for 2024-25 by the Gibraltar school board, the classes based in the indoor classrooms and vast outdoor spaces in Baileys […]
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Baileys Harbor Gets Its First Fire Truck Back
Kwaterskis let go of 1935 Pirsch pumper Baileys Harbor firefighters celebrated homecoming recently – for the first fire truck the department ever had. For decades, Florian II and Blue Ox owners Joe and Jerry Kwaterski displayed a retired Baileys Harbor fire truck outside their supper club all summer for guests and visitors to see. For […]
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Cost Concerns Along State Hwy 57
The Baileys Harbor Town Board discussed the infeasibility of burying utility lines and the possibility of adding seven bump-outs when the state repaves Highway 57 through the business district. The bump-outs, desired at intersections, lessen the width of the crossing for pedestrians and improve pedestrians’ visibility around parked cars near crosswalks. Town Chair David Eliot […]
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Another Request To Reduce Speed On Hwy 57
The Baileys Harbor Town Board voted Dec. 7 to send a letter to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, reiterating a request for a speed reduction on Highway 57 south of town past County Road E. The resolution – first sent to the DOT in 2003 and discussed repeatedly over the past four years – came […]
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Wally’s Weenie Wagon will be serving out of the kitchen at Sway Brewing + Blending from 11 am – 6 pm every Saturday through Feb. 10. Sway is located at 2434 Cty Hwy F in Baileys Harbor.
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Tree-to-Tree Communication Topic of 2024 Ridges Reads Book Club
The Ridges Sanctuary will host its annual Ridges Reads book club starting in January 2024. This year’s program, titled The Root Issue, will explore the theory of tree-to-tree communication, as well as the scientific evidence that supports the theory and the ongoing debate that surrounds it. Discussions will center on Finding the Mother Tree by […]
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Announcing the 2023 Hal Prize Winners
The Hal Prize is finishing another year of celebrating writing and photography, with the announcement below of the winning authors and photographers – some of those Door County residents. You’ll find the top six photography winners in this issue. The winning entries will also be printed this month in the 8142 Review, as well as […]
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Natural Christmas at the Ridges
The Ridges Sanctuary gives families and friends an opportunity to participate in an old-fashioned holiday event while surrounded by natural beauty. The event offers a wreath-making workshop and free holiday crafts for all ages. Guided hikes and tours of the Range Light are available throughout the event. Admission is free. The fee for the wreath-making […]
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New Happy Hour In Baileys Harbor
Harbor Fish Market & Grille offers small plates and drink specials at their new Harbor Happy Hour, 4:30-7:30 pm every Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday. Open year-round, Harbor Fish Market & Grille is currently open Wednesday-Sunday, serving breakfast and lunch from 10 am – 3 pm, and dinner starting at 4:30 pm. Harbor Fish Market & […]
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A local parent, Kari Baumann, and the Baileys Harbor Community Association (BHCA), planned a soft opening for Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 am – 3 pm for a new handicap-accessible playground behind the Baileys Harbor Town Hall. Baumann said the opening is mainly for the children to see the new equipment. Baumann and BHCA Destination […]
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Greener Space by Spring at Former Nelson’s site
Town board approves contracts for new park The former Nelson’s hardware and motel site will become a park lawn with stone benches overlooking the marina and Lake Michigan come spring. Baileys Harbor Town Board on Nov. 20 unanimously approved park-construction and shoreline stone revetment contracts to complete the new park space. The parkland will include […]
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Firefighters Raising Money for Woodworker’s Fire Losses
When a 30 x 50 workshop at 3162 Kangaroo Beach Road in Baileys Harbor was lost to a fire last week, no one was hurt and the structure didn’t touch the owner’s nearby home. But the size of a place doesn’t always measure its worth. What owner Kevin Combs lost that day was decades-worth of […]
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Black Friday Beer On Tap at Sway
Local beer fans are invited to Black Friday at Sway – a new beer release event Nov. 24 at Sway Brewing + Blending. On Cold Dark Nights is a beer described by brewmaster Matt Sampson as a fairly traditional stout, and “unlike most stouts that you see craft breweries putting out today that tend to […]