Area: Door County
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It is fair to say that in April, few people are paraphrased more often than one of America’s Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” It was a statement made by Franklin in a 1789 letter to French publicist and historian Jean-Baptiste Leroy on […]
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Tickets Available for Rotary Club Shipyard Tour
Tickets are now on sale for the Sturgeon Bay Rotary Club’s 23nd Annual Sturgeon Bay Shipyard Tour, which takes place from 9 am to 2 pm on Saturday, May 7. Tickets are also available at the gates on the day of the tour. This is the only day of the year that Bay Shipbuilding and […]
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Mayor Thad Birmingham Humbled by Close Vote
After a contentious campaign that devolved into name-calling on both sides, Sturgeon Bay Mayor Thad Birmingham squeaked by challenger Laurel Brooks with a mere 52 votes in the April 5 election. “Relief, I guess, is probably the best word for how I feel,” Birmingham said the day after the election. “It was a long campaign. […]
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The Climate Corner: Nations Come Together for Climate Change Action
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon nearly cried with joy. On Dec. 12 of last year nearly 200 countries agreed on the urgency to actively address climate change. Of great importance was the fact that the 55 countries that account for two-thirds of the total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions signed the Conference Of Parties agreement […]
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Server of the Week: Marty Gename of Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant
If a meal of Swedish fare is what you want Head to Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant Ask for a waitress by the name of Marty From what we hear, she’s the life of the party! For 12 years she’s donned the Scandinavian garb And served her beloved customers from near and far. She loves […]
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4,300 Participate in Spring Fish and Wildlife Hearings
More than 4,300 people came out to participate in the 2016 Spring Fish and Wildlife Hearings and Wisconsin Conservation Congress county meetings that were held in every county statewide on Monday, April 11. The public hearings provide citizens with an opportunity to comment and indicate preference on a wide range of proposed fish and wildlife […]
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Jacksonport Women’s Club Accepting Flowering Tree Orders
The Jacksonport Women’s Club Tree Beautification Project will take orders for flowering trees until April 17 for delivery in early May. Three trees are being offered – Prairifire, with rosy blooms and green foliage that turns orange-red in the fall; Sugartyme, white blooms and green foliage; and Purple Prince, with maroon leaves and pink blooms. […]
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Egg Harbor Approves New Wine Festival
The Egg Harbor Business Association (EHBA) recently found itself with a major problem that any community in the world might envy – advance ticket sales for a brand-new festival outgrew the space the festival was assigned in the village. EHBA President Jeff Larson explained the problem of the new Door County Wine Festival to the […]
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Pet Talk: How to Stop Dogs from Eating Socks
Q: Our lab Quincy has a bad habit of eating the kids’ dirty socks. He has done this more than once and luckily has thrown them up without a problem. I am so afraid this could cause a serious problem and I am wondering if you have any suggestions to help stop him from doing […]
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Lawrence University Fiddlers Come to Björklunden
The Lawrence University Fiddling Club is a grassroots ensemble that you might expect to find in Ireland rather than on a college campus in Appleton. In the tradition of Gaelic music, young musicians meet once a week with their fiddles and make music, and though a number of them are classically trained and connected with […]
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Cheers!: An IPA with Pee-wee Herman and a DC-Style IPA with Belgian Soul
My daughter Clare and grandson Aiden came to visit from the Green Bay area recently so we could watch the new Pee-wee Herman movie together on Netflix. Clare and I used to watch Pee-wee’s Playhouse on Saturday mornings way back in the late 1980s when she was still a little tyke and we lived on […]
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Not all bugs are bugs. True bugs, as defined by entomologists, belong to the insect order Hemiptera (which means half-winged). In the fall, lots of true bugs show up in and around our homes. Usually these are of two types: Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs or other bugs belonging to a group called Reduviidae. The […]
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Earth Week Door County: Groups Collaborate to Celebrate Environment
They took all the trees And put them in a tree museum Then they charged the people A dollar and a half just to see ’em – Joni Mitchell, “Big Yellow Taxi” Joni Mitchell’s dystopian vision of our environmental future can’t happen here, especially not with volunteer efforts to plant 5,000 trees on […]
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Roy Lukes: The Brown Creeper, Chief Tree Inspector
The show is on and we revel, being earthbound creatures, watching the parade of birds moving northward. Every day is an “Earth Day” for us birdwatchers. Our fickle spring keeps us guessing how much more cold weather and snow we will receive. Northward migrating birds need emerging insects to help nurture them on their journey. […]
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Overheard and Obsessions: April 15, 2016
Are there tid-bits of conversations you’ve heard while standing in line at the grocery store, serving a table, or walking down the sidewalk that make you smile, cringe or laugh out loud? “The winos came out in full force!” “I think I just word vomited.” “Inevitability she’ll fill a ‘free lip pump […]
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Trivia: Where Did John Purves Tug Start Career?
Question: How did the tug John Purves start her career? Answer: As a floating radio station for the U.S. Navy in the Caribbean.
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This is Jade, a five-year-old feline currently residing at the Door County Humane Society (DCHS). She has a beautiful calico coat that consists of black, orange and white fur. She came into DCHS as a stray in January of 2016 and ever since has been looking for a loving family to call her own. She […]
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Jacksonport Steps Closer to Sidewalks
The Jacksonport Plan Commission concluded its April 11 meeting by taking a walk through the downtown corridor to look at where the planned walking paths will be placed. The town board recently gave the Plan Commission approval to get estimates for the sidewalks, but before that, the commission members needed to know that the four-foot […]
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Price Report: Corn Price Crisis
The agriculture research and advisory firm AgResource forecast corn prices will dip to $2.80 in 2016, the lowest price in 10 years. Increased production in the United States and Argentina, two of the highest grain producers, will continue pushing these prices downward. The United States has been producing record levels of corn in the past […]
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City of Sturgeon Bay: The Parking & Traffic Committee meets at 3:30 pm on April 18. The common council meets at 7 pm on April 19. County of Door: The Administrative Committee meets at 8:30 am on April 18. The Finance Committee meets at 2 pm on April 18. The ADRC Advisory Board meets at […]