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  • Moving the Horseshoe Bay Farms Cottages [Photos]

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    The next step in the preservation of Horseshoe Bay Farms took place Wednesday, Oct. 3, when two historic cottages were moved from the water side of the road to the farm property. The workers cottages were once home to the farm manager and assistant farm manager’s families. The Nicholas family purchased the farm from Glenn […]

  • The New Eagle Tower – Pulse Podcast

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    Andrew Kleidon and Myles Dannhausen are back this week to discuss some interesting news featured in this week’s Peninsula Pulse. Andrew also sits down with Alissa Ehmke about her recent interview with US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith. Our feature this week centers around the DNR’s sketches of the new Eagle Tower design, featuring a […]

  • Family Keeps Charitable Spirit of Jim Sarkis Alive

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    Nearly 20 years ago, when Jim Sarkis was on the board of Door County Child Care Center, the organization was proposing a rummage sale to raise funds for new play equipment. “That’s going to make us what, a couple hundred dollars?” he said. He wasn’t having it. Instead, he created a golf outing, corralled dozens […]

  • Horse and Pony Trail Ride in Egg Harbor

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    The 2018 Door County 4-H Horse and Pony Fall Trail Ride takes place Oct. 14 at Mary and Phil Bley’s farm, 6832 Cty T in Egg Harbor. The trail ride is the largest fundraiser for the Door County 4-H Horse and Pony Project, and supports educational opportunities for youth who have a passion for horses […]

  • Egg Harbor Administrator Ryan Heise Wins State Arts Award

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    When she operated Dovetail Gallery in Egg Harbor for 21 years, Kathleen Mand Beck expended a lot of brainpower on how to get people into the gallery. That eventually led her to the idea that art isn’t a place and it doesn’t stop at the gallery door. She sold the gallery four seasons ago, but […]

  • Pumpkin Patch & Haunted Mansion: Weekend Primer Podcast

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    Andrew and Matt are back again with your weekend primer. Events include: Hans Gruber and the Die Hards at Door County Brewing Co. Taproom and Music Hall The Brussels Haunted Mansion Apple Festival at Seaquist Orchards Run Wild at Potawatomi State Park and Pumpkin Patch in Egg Harbor.

  • Sold: Horseshoe Bay Farms – Pulse Podcast

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    This week on the Door County Pulse Podcast Andrew Kleidon is joined by Myles Dannhausen, writer and editor for the Peninsula Pulse, to talk about the future of the Weborg fishing property in Gills Rock, and the registration for the 2019 Door County Half Marathon. For our feature this week, we discuss the sale of […]

  • 12-Week Qi Gong Course

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    Dancin’ On The Door is hosting a 12-week Qi Gong course with instructor Jen Aldrich. The class begins Oct. 2 and ends Dec. 17. Classes are held from 8:30-9:30 am.   Students will learn the Golden Qi Ball routine. These movements are part of a sequence that is geared for the five seasons in traditional […]

  • Nonprofit Formed to Preserve Horseshoe Bay Farms

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    For more than a century the barns of Horseshoe Bay Farms have been an imposing presence on Bayshore Drive near Murphy Park. Thanks to the work of two generous families those barns will stand for decades to come. Lori and David Nicholas have entered into an agreement to purchase the farm from Glenn and Barbara […]

  • Golf League Results: Sept. 14-21, 2018

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    MAXWELTON BRAES End of Season Nor-Door Golf League Results Final Top Four Teams:  Team 5 (Rossol, Picha, Cobb, Grady, Novotny); Team 1 (Podlasek, Skogsbakken, Whiteman, Steele, Quinn); Team 7 (Michalowski, Siegel, Fitzgibbons, Naleway, O’Brien); Team 2 (Thomas, Reeve, Beutler, Celusta, Joseph) Top 3 Low Gross Scores:  Hellen (37); Podlasek, Thomas, Rossol (39); Carlson, Leach (40) […]

  • ‘The Best of Billie Holiday’ with Mardra and Reggie Thomas

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    Each fall, Birch Creek’s dedicated volunteers, known as The Associates, present a festive evening of social time, delicious food and incomparable music. This year, Mardra and Reggie Thomas, Birch Creek Jazz Session faculty members and guest artists, bring “Body and Soul: The Best of Billie Holiday” to the intimate setting of Juniper Hall for the […]

  • Sofia Talvik in Concert at Lost Moth Gallery Oct. 4

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    Unmistakably Nordic in flavor, Sofia Talvik somehow still conforms to American interpretations of her own original music, a North Sea siren blending sparkle and melancholy and a veteran performer with six full-length albums as well as numerous EPs, singles and tours behind her. Growing up in Sweden, her music has always had a special tint […]

  • OBITUARY: Elaine Grace Kalms

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    Elaine Grace Kalms died Monday, Sept. 24, 2018 which would have been her 76th Wedding Anniversary. She was born on Sept. 29, 1921 in Sturgeon Bay to Louis and Grace Koessl of Sister Bay. Her parents at that time lived at Horseshoe Bay Farms in Egg Harbor where her father was employed. They later moved to […]

  • Contemporary Art Gallery Tour hits Martinez Studio, Idea Gallery, Cappaert, and Juddville Clay

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    Four festive receptions will run concurrently at Martinez Studio in Jacksonport, Idea Gallery in West Jacksonport, Cappaert Contemporary Gallery in Egg Harbor, and Juddville Clay Studio Gallery in Juddville on Sept. 29, 3-8 pm. Martinez Studio is a studio gallery showcasing the works of husband and wife, Sandra and Wence, as well as several other […]

  • 100+ Women Who Care Next Meeting on Oct. 10

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    The next quarterly meeting of Door County’s 100 Women Who Care is Oct. 10 at the Donald and Carolyn Kress Pavilion Great Hall, 7845 Church Street, Egg Harbor. A social period with appetizers starts at 6 pm with the formal meeting from 6:30 – 7:30 pm. For more information or to join this community organization […]

  • Spaetzle, Wiener Schnitzel & Kartoffelpuffer at The Alpine

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    On September 22, 2018, summer is departing just as Oktoberfest is beginning, making for a bittersweet change of seasons. With one hand we wave farewell to the season of sun, and with the other we hoist a stein of Franziskaner to cure our end-of-summer blues and celebrate our German ties. But Bavarian beer isn’t the […]

  • Door County 4-H Horse and Pony Project

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    Join the Door County 4-H Horse and Pony Project for a Fall Trail Ride on Oct. 14 at 10 am. Registration starts at 9 am. The Fall Trail Ride costs $20 and includes the trail ride, a scavenger hunt, and lunch. Horses are not provided for the ride. If you can’t attend the ride guests […]

  • Pro Arte Quartet Concert Sept. 22

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    Midsummer’s Music presents the Pro Arte Quartet on Sept. 22 at the Kress Pavilion in Egg Harbor. This event marks the sixth concert Midsummer’s Music is hosting in the exceptional space on Church Street. The evening’s repertoire features Joseph Haydn’s Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 76, No. 4 (“Sunrise Quartet”), Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. […]

  • Golf League Results: Sept. 7-14, 2018

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    ALPINE Women’s Golf League – Closest to Red Hole 9 on Second Shot Sept. 11, 2018 Winners:  Flight A – Mary Aiken; Flight B – Kathy Triolo; Flight C – Elaine Penpek; Flight D – Clare Plachetka Low Score:  Flight A – Diane Hanley (42); Flight B – Deb Staats & Kathy Triolo (49); Flight […]

  • Fourth Annual Cheese Masters Stinkfest Sept. 22

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    Wisconsin Cheese Masters presents the Fourth Annual Stinkfest Sept. 22, 2-4 pm. This outdoor event features free samples of the very aromatic Wisconsin Limburger and Wisconsin Aged Brick. Chef Jess of Egg Harbor will make grilled Limburger and Aged Wisconsin Brick sandwiches on Rye with onions as is tradition. New this year are souvenir hats […]