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  • Ryan Scriver

    Server of the Week: Ryan Scriver at Mojo Rosa’s

    If you’re in the mood for Mexican fare Let Mojo Rosa’s take you there. While you’re waiting, get a drink from Ryan Scriver The new general manager who comes from Two Rivers.   He’ll welcome you warmly into the Egg Harbor space Mix you a good drink and help you settle into your place. His […]

  • Civility Column: Sports Parents, Fair or Foul?

    By Susan McAninch I attended a basketball game recently with a friend to watch and support our children playing. During the game my friend became very vocal and very critical of everything he saw as a mistake our kids and coaches made. Throughout the game and at halftime, he loudly talked about the negatives to […]

  • Pulse Price Report: Immigrant Workforce

    It’s no surprise that two bills that passed the state assembly and deemed “anti-immigrant” were met with an estimated 14,000 Latino protesters at the state capitol in Madison on Feb. 18. The bills would allow police officers to ask arrested or detained persons their immigration status, a practice otherwise outlawed in places known as “sanctuary […]

  • EPA Releases Drinking Water Maps

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just released DWMAPS – the Drinking Water Mapping Application to Protect Source Waters. This robust, online mapping tool provides the public, water system operators, state programs and federal agencies with critical information to help them safeguard the sources of America’s drinking water. DWMAPS allows users to learn about […]

  • Fall Challenge Ride Registration Opens March 1

    Registration for the Peninsula Century Fall Challenge bicycle ride opens March 1. Door County’s premier century ride finishes on the Green Bay shore at Sister Bay’s Waterfront Park Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016. The finish includes a post-ride party featuring local chefs, beer from the Door County Brewing Co., and music at the newly completed park […]

  • New Bird Care Center at Open Door Bird Sanctuary

    After planning, fundraising, a May 2015 groundbreaking, and hundreds of volunteer and contractor hours, the new Bird Care Center at Open Door Bird Sanctuary (ODBS) welcomed its first resident. In addition to being the “home base” where the Raptor Team volunteers will conduct the care and husbandry for the 10 raptor residents of ODBS, the […]

  • How to Help A Friend In An Abusive Relationship

    By Danielle Nyman, Youth Advocate, HELP of Door County February is Dating Violence Awareness month. This month is dedicated to raising awareness about interpersonal violence – verbal, emotional, physical or sexual – that occurs among youth. Often the focus is on domestic violence and adult relationships. However, adolescents in dating relationships can be affected as […]

  • Framed: Feeding the Chickadees

    Brian and Avery Lederhaus feed the chickadees at Peninsula State Park. Photo by Tim Sweet.  

  • “Hospice and Palliative Care” Program March 13

    Northern Door Health & Wellness Ministry continues its Community Health Information Programs with “Hospice and Palliative Care” on March 13, 4 pm, at First Baptist Church in Sister Bay. This month’s speakers are Tom Turriff, former hospice chaplain, and Jo Ann Turriff, former hospice nurse, who will discuss their experiences providing hospice and palliative services. […]

  • News Bulletin: Feb. 26 – March 3

    WHAT HAPPENED Sevastopol Elementary School Principal Mary Donaldson was placed on paid administrative leave at her own request as of Feb. 23, District Administrator Linda Underwood confirmed. Because this is a personnel matter, no other information was available, however Underwood said the school has banded together to ensure that the number 1 priority of educating […]

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    TAP Announces Student Matinee Series

    Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) is starting a series of student matinees designed for school groups to bring students to the theater at a very reduced rate. Each performance will be followed by a talk back with the director and cast. Pre-show classroom visits by TAP company members may also be arranged at no additional charge […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Think Rationally About Climate Change

    Dan Dieterich is right: we have a moral imperative to protect God’s creation. But we also have a moral obligation to use our God-given brains to think rationally. It is irrational for Dieterich, leader of the Stevens Point Chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL), to focus on trying to stop climate change, something that […]

  • Crossroads Hosts Roadside Wildflowers Lecture

    On Feb. 28 Crossroads at Big Creek will host the Wild Ones lecture titled “Preview of Spring and Summer: Roadside Wildflowers.” Wild Ones President Dr. Peter Sigmann will present the lecture. He photographed wildflowers of all types while bicycling the county for one year. The resulting slideshow demonstrates the visual attractiveness of the roadsides. Roadsides […]

  • ‘Flicker of Hope’ Screening at Fish Creek Community Church

    Fish Creek Community Church will screen the short documentary Flicker of Hope: Empowered HIV+ Women of Kenya on Feb. 27, 6 – 8 pm. Come learn about Kenyan women who were saved from near death by the USA and Kenyan-based humanitarian organization Health Education Africa Resources Team (HEART). The women are guided on a path […]

  • Noel S. Farber, Sr.

    Obituary: Noel S. Farber, Sr.

    Aug. 26, 1966 – Feb. 19, 2016 Noel S. Farber, Sr., “Medicine Man,” 49, of Sturgeon Bay, died at Ministry Door County Medical Center after an apparent heart attack. He was born in Waukesha, the son of Gary and Marcie Farber. Noel married Kathleen Ann Zubella on Oct. 16, 1997. His memory will ride on […]

  • Northern Door YMCA Closing Men’s Locker Rooms through March 11

    The Door County YMCA’s Northern Door Program Center in Fish Creek will close the men’s locker room from Feb. 22 to March 11. As part of their Phase 2 capital projects, all shower rooms and bathrooms in the facility will be renovated in the next six weeks. Call 920.868.3660 with any questions.

  • Letter to the Editor: Care for Creation

    First of all, thanks for “The Climate Corner,” which keeps these crucial issues before your readers. In response to Dan Dieterich’s recent article [“Responding to a Moral Imperative”] I’m happy to say that my church is one of those which has spoken out about the necessity of addressing issues of climate change. Whether one argues […]

  • Sturgeon Bay Breakfast Rotary Club Announces Trivia Night

    The Sturgeon Bay Breakfast Rotary Club presents the 13th annual Trivia Night on March 19 at the Jaycee Clubhouse in Sturgeon Bay. Teams of up to eight people will compete in 10 categories (100 questions). Registration is at 6:30 pm and trivia will be from 7 to 10 pm. There will also be door prizes […]

  • In Search of Ice in El Niño Winter

    By Tim Sweet Immediately after work on Friday, Feb. 12, I hightailed it for The Sweet Retreat in Sturgeon Bay. I was Washington Island-bound for the Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands (FOPPI) winter board meeting. The weekend forecast called for the coldest weather of the winter. When I arrived at the Retreat the National […]

  • Manners Matter: Feb. 26, 2016

    Dear Mary Pat,   My grandmother has been in a nursing home for just about a year and during the last several months, her personality has changed drastically. Mostly due to dementia, my once sweet, wonderful, caring granny is now belligerent and says terrible things in front of me and my children. My husband doesn’t […]