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  • Roy Lukes: Attracting Bluebirds

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    Growing up during the 1930s and ‘40s and spending a lot of time on my grandparents’ farm, I never once saw an eastern bluebird there. My dad was born and raised on that farm west of Slovan and he could recall that, as a boy, at least one family of bluebirds nested each summer in […]

  • Rare Celestial Crossing May 9

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    NASA is inviting viewers around the world to see a relatively rare celestial event, with coverage of the Monday, May 9, transit of the sun by the planet Mercury. Mercury passes between Earth and the sun only about 13 times a century, its last trek taking place in 2006. Due to its diminutive size, viewing […]

  • 35th Annual Dairy Breakfast July 3

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    The 35th Annual Dairy Breakfast sponsored by the Sevastopol FFA Alumni will be held Sunday, July 3, from 6 to 11:30 am at Door Vue Beef & Custom Cropping owned by Jason & Nicole Staats and family, 5418 Jarman Road, Sturgeon Bay. In addition to a farm fresh all-you-can-eat breakfast, there will be live music, […]

  • Waukesha Water Diversion Compromise Likely

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    While the representatives of the eight Great Lakes states and two Canadian provinces have yet to reach a decision on Waukesha’s application to divert Lake Michigan water to replace its radium-tainted aquifer, it appears the group is leaning toward a compromise in favor of the application, according to Ezra Meyer, water resource specialist with Clean […]

  • Sister Bay Buzz: Construction and Development Update

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    By Zeke Jackson, Village Administrator First of all, I’d like to wish all the moms out there a very Happy Mother’s Day! I’m very excited to announce the preliminary development plan for the big empty lot on the corner of Bay Shore Drive and Mill Road has finally been approved. There are seven buildable lots […]

  • Door County Municipal News: May 6 – 13

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    City of Sturgeon Bay: The Finance/Purchasing & Buildings Committee meets at 4 pm on May 10. The Community Protection & Services Committee meets at 4:30 pm on May 12. County of Door: The Highway Committee meets at 9 am on May 9. The Board of Health meets at 4 pm on May 9. The Human […]

  • Nature Boy: The Wonder of Roy Lukes

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    Roy Lukes has made immeasurable contributions to all those who love the Door Peninsula. Here’s a look at the life of the man behind the byline.

  • Note from the Publisher: Happy Mothers’ Day Weekend

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    It is a busy weekend in Door County. Lots to do and see – gallery openings, shipyard tours, a Climate Change Coalition Forum, an open house for a northern Door NWTC Center, the half marathon and 5k run, and Mothers’ Day festivities. Every few years the first Saturday of May falls on the same weekend […]

  • Letter Carriers Seek Food Drive World Record

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    The 24th Annual National Association of Letter Carriers Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive will be held on Saturday, May 14, and the organization is hoping to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records for a one-day food drive collected at multiple locations. It hopes to beat its own record of 77.1 million […]

  • Marja Johnson CD Launch at The Tambourine Lounge

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    Sturgeon Bay musician Marja Johnson will launch her debut album Becoming during a performance at The Tambourine Lounge on Monday, May 9. The nine-song collection of voice and piano was recorded with Marcus Trana at Painted Recordings, located in The Holiday Music Motel’s Tambourine Collaboratory. Though seemingly minimalistic, Marja’s work breathes depth and complexity coupled […]

  • Reps in the News: Southern Door Earns Fab Labs Funds

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    Governor Scott Walker Thanks to the Governor’s 2015-17 biennial budget investment in the Fabrication Laboratories (Fab Labs) Program, the Southern Door County School District has the ability to fund new fabrication laboratory facilities, which will bring Wisconsin students into the 21st century’s global economy. Southern Door was awarded $25,000 to create a Fab Lab. In […]

  • Explore The Ridges’ New Boardwalk

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    As The Ridges Sanctuary approaches the one-year anniversary of its new Cook-Albert Fuller Center, it is preparing for the realization of another dream conceived many years ago: a universally accessible boardwalk. Since last fall, a crew with Peil Construction and volunteers with The Ridges have logged more than 1,200 hours assembling, transporting and installing the […]

  • StageKids Theatre Presents ‘The Laramie Project’

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    On Oct. 7, 1998, openly gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard was brutally attacked and left for dead in a field outside of Laramie, Wyoming. Five days later, he succumbed to his injuries in a Fort Collins, Colorado hospital. The incident sparked immediate national and international debate about hate crimes toward the gay community, […]

  • Door County Historical Museum Opens for 2016 Season

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    The Door County Historical Museum invites the public to walk the streets of early 19th century Door County, try their hand at sorting mail in a vintage post office, or get a rare up-close view of the peninsula’s wildlife during its 77th season in Sturgeon Bay. This season will be a particularly exciting one as […]

  • Stop and See the Wildflowers at Woodside Wildflower Preserve

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    By Patricia Stierna   Woodside Park in Sturgeon Bay got a new name last year. The tiny woods across from Sawyer Elementary School, along the Sawyer School nature trail, was renamed The Woodside Wildflower Preserve. For seven years volunteers have been preserving this little piece of Sturgeon Bay history. First the second graders at Sawyer […]

  • 5,000 Trees Planted on Door County Nature Conservancy Property for Arbor Day

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    The first Earth Week celebration in Door County culminated in the planting of 5,000 native trees on Nature Conservancy property by students and volunteers on Arbor Day and April 30. The Arbor Day plantings were done at the Schoenbrunn Nature Conservancy the next day with volunteers and ecology-minded students from Sturgeon Bay and Gibraltar high […]

  • Take the Spring Invasive Species Challenge

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    Help stop the spread of garlic mustard and save your favorite Door County wildflowers by removing garlic mustard from your property. Take the 2016 Spring Invasive Species Challenge – Garlic Mustard, May 1 – 31. This challenge is sponsored by the Town of Gibraltar and the Door County Invasive Species Team. Register for the challenge […]

  • Science Snippet: Walnuts Are “Superfood for the Brain”

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    Rather than taking “brain-enhancing” supplements advertised on TV, here’s a tip about something much better for mental function. Scientists have described this delicious little treat as a “superfood for the brain” and a “miracle brainbooster.” In a scientific study, thousands of participants who consumed this food scored consistently higher on tests of memory, comprehension and […]

  • Civility Column: Step Away from the Conversation – Part II

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    By Susan McAninch I think I am civil, however, how do I keep engaged with someone who isn’t civil at all? What should I do or say when I am personally attacked by another person? I want to keep talking but it is so difficult!   Refresher from Part I: Being engaged in genuine dialogue […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Inform Public about PCB Contamination of Fish

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    The Fox River Natural Resource Trustees released a draft update to the Restoration Plan & Environmental Assessment for a 30-day public comment period on how money should be spent from funds assessed to PCB polluters for damages. The comment period ends on May 6. With a mission to protect human health and the environment, it […]