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  • Obituary: Robert M. Manson

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    Robert M. Manson died peacefully at home on Wednesday, March 29th. Bob was born on March 5, 1953 to Vernon and Lillian (Sis) Anderson Manson. Bob was a 1971 graduate of Gibraltar High School. As the owner of Casey’s Inn in Egg Harbor for many years, he has many wonderful friends and customers who treated […]

  • Door County April 4 Election Results

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    DOOR COUNTY   State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers (I): 5,174 (75.17%) Lowell E. Holtz: 1,696 (24.64%)   Justice of the Supreme Court Annette Ziegler: 5,078 (98.97%) Write-in: 53   Door County Circuit Court Judge Branch 2 David L. Weber: 5,426 (99.12%) Write-in: 48     CITY OF STURGEON BAY Common Council District 1 […]

  • Celebrity Golf Outing June 6th

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    The 8th Annual Celebrity Golf Outing presented by Jim Olson Motors exists to ensure great futures for Boys & Girls Club members in Door County. The date is Tuesday, June 6, at Horseshoe Bay Golf Club in Egg Harbor at noon. Cost for a single golfer is $225, including greens fees, cart, range balls, lunch, a golf-themed gift, […]

  • Artists Needed for Egg Harbor Public Art Project

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    The newly established Public Arts Initiative (PAI) of Egg Harbor announces their first call for permanent public art. The organization was created with a strong belief in the positive impact the arts have on our world and to celebrate the power of art in public spaces. Door County attracts more then four million visitors a […]

  • Egg Harbor Announces New Farmer’s Market

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    The Egg Harbor Business Association (EHBA) is happy to announce a new Farmer’s Market starting in downtown Egg Harbor. The Market will be located at 7740 Hwy. 42, formerly Lena’s Sip & Chat, on Fridays 8 am – noon beginning May 26. We are seeking Door County growers, producers and craftspeople to submit an application […]

  • From Moo to Music: The Creation of Birch Creek Music Performance Center

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    In 1975, Jim and Francis Dutton got the wild idea that a rural Egg Harbor farm with a dilapidated barn could be transformed into a music camp for aspiring youth musicians. That’s when the old Tishler family farm became the Birch Creek Music Performance Center. Four decades on it is one of the most respected […]

  • Lost Art of Quilling at Plum Bottom Pottery and Gallery

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    Plum Bottom Pottery and Gallery proudly introduces Heather Allard and her intriguing quilling art to Door County. Allard’s delicate paper filigrees celebrate vibrant color, beautiful dimensions and intriguing textures. With nature as inspiration, her lilacs, daisies, roses and abstract compositions are sure to delight the viewer. Her contemporary work as a quiller is helping to […]

  • Bluebird Box Building, Birch Creek’s History & More Weekend Plans

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    The Door Peninsula is known as a place that holds its nature and history in high regard, and this weekend’s events offerings are the perfect example. Head south for a night sky viewing night with members of the local astronomy club, make your way north for a hands-on bluebird nesting box workshop or sit back […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Write-In Candidate Seeks Support in Egg Harbor Election

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    If you are an Egg Harbor registered voter, or are about to register, I would like to kindly ask for your vote for president of the village board. Because many fellow concerned friends have encouraged me to run, I have decided I really would like this position and I feel we need a change of […]

  • Fishin' for Trouble. Rogue Theatre

    Rogue Theater Presents A Murder Mystery Dinner Show

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    Get out your jewels and furs, because Rogue Theater is about to unveil a mystery dinner show that spoofs celebrity fundraisers, questionable causes, and the “beautiful people” who support them. Penned by Tony Schwartz and Marylou Ambrose, the show, Fishin’ for Trouble (A Whale of a Fatal Tale), takes place at the annual gala fundraiser […]

  • Egg Harbor Historical Society Presents the History of the Tishler (Tischler) Farm

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    The Egg Harbor Historical Society will present their winter program at Birch Creek Music Center on County E on the history of the Tishler (Tischler) farm and Birch Creek on March 26 at 1 pm in Juniper Hall. Bill Tishler and Fran Dutton will be the presenters. Everyone is welcome. There is no charge for […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Needs Support

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    I am shocked to learn that the president’s proposed budget eliminates 97 percent of the funding for The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative that strategically targets the biggest threats to the Great Lakes ecosystem, including toxic substances, invasive species and pollution. As someone living near Lake Michigan all my life, and active in efforts to protect […]

  • Lost Moth Gallery Welcomes Singer/Songwriter Peter Mulvey

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    Peter Mulvey, singer/songwriter extraordinaire, comes to Lost Moth Gallery on March 18 with his accomplished guitar playing and a whole slew of incredible original songs. Writing with humor, tenderness and poetic lyricism, Mulvey fills up hearts and minds with his music. In his performance is a coiled intensity, a subtle power that comes through his […]

  • Letter to the Editor: Medicare for Everyone

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    The recently proposed Republican answer to replace the Affordable Care Act, AKA Obamacare, is a sham. Medical insurance will cost just as much if not more than under the ACA. It will not require citizens to purchase health insurance. The uninsured medical bills will be passed on to the rest of us by the medical community increasing […]

  • Egg Harbor Repeals Law that Prompted Library Lawsuit

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    Four days after Door County Circuit Court Judge D. Todd Ehlers issued an injunction against the Village of Egg Harbor that prevents the village from spending any more than $1 million of village funds on construction for the new library/community center, the village board voted to completely remove from their books the 2008 ordinance that […]

  • Obituary: Anne Marie Achterberch

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    Anne Marie Achterberch, 83, of the Town of Egg Harbor, Sturgeon Bay, died March 11, 2017. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 am on March 18, 2017 at Stella Maris Parish-Egg Harbor site with Fr. David Ruby as celebrant. Visitation for family and friends will be held at the church, Saturday morning, from 10:00 […]

  • Sculptors Needed for Egg Harbor Public Arts Exhibition

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    The newly established Public Arts Initiative of Egg Harbor announces their inaugural year of Celebrate! Wisconsin Sculptors. The organization was created with a strong belief in the positive impact the arts have on our world and to celebrate the power of art in public spaces. The Public Arts Initiative (PAI) of Egg Harbor invites Wisconsin-only […]

  • Judge Refuses to Halt Work on Egg Harbor Library, Holds Village to $1 Million Max Spending

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    Door County Judge D. Todd Ehlers issued an injunction against the Village of Egg Harbor that prevents spending any more than $1 million of village funds on construction for the new library/community center. Work on the $5 million building began last month. “I need to put the brakes on this thing,” Ehlers said at the […]

  • Wyatt Bultman and Wesley Wegner

    Framed: Snowman Master Builders

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    Winter sleeps, made from the snow remnants at Frank E. Murphy County Park south of Egg Harbor, courtesy of master builders Wyatt Bultman and Wesley Wegner. Submitted.

  • Egg Harbor Businesses Consider Farmers Market

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    At a recent meeting of the Egg Harbor Business Association, member Kathy Navis talked about plans for a farmers market in the village. She said as far as she knows, only Egg Harbor and Ephraim are without farmers markets in Northern Door. While details are yet to be worked out, she suggested Thursday or Friday […]