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  • Coming Back to the Pack

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    This week I bought my nephew an Aaron Rodgers jersey. It was probably one of roughly 100,000 Aaron Rodgers jerseys sold this week. Nothing special.

    But for me, it was a step back. A first foray in mending

  • Egg Harbor Host Pumpkin Patch Festival

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    Egg Harbor’s Pumpkin Patch Festival will be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 9 and 10. This free family-friendly festival will feature face painting, carnival rides, large inflatables, and bungee jumping.

  • Burnishing A Reputation at Egg Harbor’s Horseshoe Bay Golf Club

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    Ten years ago, Horseshoe Bay Golf Club opened in Egg Harbor with the promise of becoming Door County’s premier golf course. For Brian Ferrie, Horseshoe Bay’s superintendent and facilities manager, it was an exciting time.

  • John Carmody, Door County’s Last Thresherman

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    John had kept it running until 1980, making him the last farmer in Egg Harbor, and possibly all of Door County, using the old machine.

  • Egg Harbor Marina Dedication Set for August 14

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    After four years of debate, delays, and finally construction, the Egg Harbor Marina will be re-opened with a dedication ceremony Aug. 14. The new marina adds 22 slips to the old design plus three more transient slips, includes features to filter storm water runoff, improved boat launch design and many aesthetic improvements. It will now […]

  • Miriam Erickson Named Philanthropist of the Year

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    For Miriam Erickson of Egg Harbor, a difference made is far more important than a title earned. Ironically, that selflessness has earned her one more title – Door County Community Foundation Philanthropist of the Year.

  • Wildlife of the Niagara Escarpment

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    Wisconsin has cuesta (pronounced “kway-stah”) formed topography. A cuesta is a land elevation with a gentle slope on one side and a steep cliff on the other. Undoubtedly Wisconsin’s best known, understood and used cuesta is the entire landmass of Door County itself, stretching from the bay of Green Bay on the west to Lake […]

  • Should Government Get Social?

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    Log into Facebook and you’ll find debates on anything from politics to chocolate-chip cookies. Discussions on issues like the Subway proposal in Sister Bay have generated countless posts and comments and increased turnout at public meetings. So is it time for local government to jump into the social media fray?

  • Peninsula Players Mainstay Bob Thompson Dies

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    Bob Thompson spent parts of seven decades at Door County’s Peninsula Players.

  • Southern Taste, Northern Place

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    For carnivores, there is no greater scent than the smell of barbeque, of meats being slowly cooked over low heat produced by real wood. It’s the scent of backyard barbeques, competitive festivals and wildly popular restaurants around the country, with regional favorites from Texas to Kansas City, Memphis to the Carolinas. These days, Door County […]

  • Free vs. Paid: The Door County Concert Debate

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    This summer, I was part of an upstart company whose primary goal was to bring quality live music to Door County. To be fair, many other businesses and individuals have been doing this for years on the peninsula, but, like those enterprising people, we thought we might be able to fill a different musical niche.

  • From Peninsula Players to Pixar

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    Two actors stepped to the front of the empty stage to take a curtain call all their own. Before them, the seats were empty and cold, behind them, the stage was bare.

  • Ever Wonder…why are there two Egg Harbors?

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    While the divide between the Village of Egg Harbor and Town of Egg Harbor may go unnoticed much of the time by those outside their boundaries, the split has garnered attention again as the village grapples with its marina issues.

  • Emotions High as Egg Harbor Discusses Marina

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    Emotions were on full display at the Thursday, May 28 joint meeting of the Egg Harbor Village Board and Harbor Committee as a defensive village board discussed what to do in the aftermath of Tuesday’s vote against building an expanded marina in the tiny village.

  • Gibraltar Talks: The Life & Times of the Lundbergs

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    The Gibraltar Historical Association’s monthly historic talk series will begin on Tuesday evening, May 12 at 7:30 pm at the Old Town Hall located on the corner of Maple and Spruce Streets in Fish Creek.

  • Door County News: Booming Business – Local government ballooned as county developed

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    This is the first in a series of articles about the evolution of municipal government in Door County. The 1983 Liberty Grove budget was summarized in a small pamphlet with five pages devoted to the spending breakdown. It was supplemented by a two-page hand-scrawled budget worksheet. The Village of Egg Harbor’s 1984 budget audit is […]

  • Local Entrepreneur: Kim Jensen

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    For most restaurateurs, operating one restaurant successfully proves challenging to  even the most driven and talented of owners. For Kim Jensen, running three restaurants, a bakery and a catering business seems to be the most logical thing in the world. She is genuinely puzzled when people inevitably question:  “What possesses you to do this?” Perhaps […]

  • A Glimpse of Door County Wineries

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    People are drawn to Door County for a lot of reasons – restaurants, shopping, scenery, and of course, all things cherry – but you don’t find many people who come here with wine on the brain.

  • The Bistro at Liberty Square: The Story of an Old Storefront and a New Restaurant

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    When you arrive in the sleepy little village of Egg Harbor by way of Highway 42, the clean, glistening white storefront in the heart of town, across the street from Main Street Market, might surprise you a bit. Not by the fact that it’s there – the complex itself has been there for about 10 […]

  • An Evolution in Clay: Reneé Schwaller

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    It’s a bright Sunday morning as Reneé Schwaller sits at her wheel working on throwing a couple of pots before switching gears to get ready for a family party later on that afternoon. As she works the clay her children, Ava (8) and Wyatt (4), wander in to see what’s going on. The studio space, […]