Area: Gibraltar
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Municipal News: Jan. 20-27, 2017
DOOR COUNTY City of Sturgeon Bay: The Zoning Board of Appeals meets at noon on Jan. 24. The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board meets at 3:30 pm on Jan. 26. The Community Protection & Services Committee meets at 4:30 pm on Jan. 26. County of Door: The Administrative Committee meets at 10 am on Jan. […]
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Municipal News: Jan. 13-20, 2017
DOOR COUNTY City of Sturgeon Bay: The Parking & Traffic Committee meets at 3:30 pm on Jan. 16. The common council meets at noon on Jan. 17. County of Door: The Library Board meets at 5 pm on Jan. 16. The Property and Finance Committees will hold a joint meeting at 8:30 am on Jan. […]
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2017 Door County Runs and Rides
We’ve made your planning easy with this guide to getting active with 2017 Door County runs and rides to check out. If you want plan to take on many runs, consider signing up for the Run the Door race series. Door County has become a hotbed for silent sports competition and experiences. Whether you want […]
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Peninsula Gun Club Seeks Zoning Change
The Peninsula Gun Club is seeking a zoning change at their two 20-acre parcels on Juddville Road to allow for potential relocation and expansion of the shooting range. After the Gibraltar Plan Commission did not recommend supporting the change, the town board voted unanimously to recommend the zoning change with Brian Merkel absent. The 60-year-old […]
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Northern Sky Presents ‘Home for the Holidays’
“It all started as an opportunity to extend that holiday feeling beyond Christmas morning,” said Holly Feldman of Home for the Holidays. “So many people talk about the ‘let down’ that follows shortly after the ‘build up’ for the holiday season.” The show “has been very popular with folks who cherish the season and don’t […]
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55 Acres of Trees Cleared at Ephraim-Gibraltar Airport
Residents near the Ephraim-Gibraltar Airport were surprised after being told there would be some brush cutting and tree topping around the airport to find a clear-cut operation that leaves a section of the airport along Maple Grove looking like a bomb was exploded there. Fish Creek resident Tony Fiorato, who lives on Gibraltar Road, just […]
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Christmas Bird Count, Holiday Tunes & More Weekend Plans
It’s the weekend before Christmas – why not share in the holiday spirit with your friends and community during this weekend’s play readings, holiday concerts and a special tailgate fundraiser for Sunday’s game? Friday, December 16 Holiday Readings Door County’s Learning in Retirement’s Winter Reading Theater presents the beloved classics, A Child’s Christmas in Wale […]
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Natural Christmas, Tree Lightings & More Weekend Plans
The Door Peninsula is alive with holiday festivities. Take it all in Door County style with an ugly sweater run, The Ridges’ Natural Christmas, and The Peninsula Singers annual Christmas concert. Friday, December 9 The Clearing Festivities Celebrate the sights, sounds and treats of the season with The Clearing Folk School’s annual holiday open house. […]
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Gibraltar Student Spends 11 Months in Czech Republic
She dreams about the bread. Although the 11 months Marcy Desotelle spent as an exchange student in the Czech Republic included two wonderful families that embraced her as a daughter, the opportunity to make friends from all over the world, acquiring fluency in a difficult foreign language, hiking and skiing in the mountains and two […]
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New Lineup for Northern Sky’s 2016 “Home for the Holidays” Concerts
Door County’s award-winning Northern Sky Theater has announced the lineup for its annual holiday concert at the Old Gibraltar Town Hall. Celebrating its 10th year, “Home for the Holidays” will feature three talented performers who last performed together in 2010: Eric Lewis, Doc Heide, and Holly Feldman. The all-new concert for 2016 will play for […]
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Gibraltar One-Act Heads to State Competition
Yes, they’ve done it again! For the 11th time since they first entered statewide one-act play competition, Gibraltar students and director Lizz Thomas have made it to the finals and will be competing for top honors at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, Nov. 17-19. “We started in 2004,” Thomas says, “with a play […]
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Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Releases General State Aid Amounts
As required by state statute on or by Oct. 15 of each year, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction provides the certified amount each public school district will receive from the $4.584 billion appropriated for general state aid for the 2016-17 school year, an increase of $108.1 million from the prior year’s appropriation. The actual […]
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Eagle Tower Wood Analysis Shows Severe Decay
“This is really scary,” was a common refrain by Bob Ross, a wood expert with the U.S. Forest Service, reviewing pictures of the deteriorated wood that was once Eagle Tower. Ross presented his team’s findings to the public on Oct. 18 after running hundreds of tests on each piece of wood from the dismantled Eagle […]
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Closing Date For Gibraltar Beach Expansion Purchase
The closing date for Gibraltar’s purchase of the York property to expand the beach is set for Dec. 31. Before then, the town board and the Parks and Lands Committee hope to walk through the property and building with builders from Peninsula Building Systems to review possibilities to repurpose the building that is currently on […]
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Northern Door Once Had 26 Rural Schools
Nyla Wickman Small, a product of a rural school in northern Door County and now a docent at the Door County Historical Museum, presented a program on the history of rural schools in Northern Door at a recent meeting of the Baileys Harbor Historical Society. Small and the other museum docents have also compiled histories […]
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Cross Country Packerland Conference Championship Results
Boys 5K Varsity Results Jacob Wahlers, Algoma, 16:22 Caleb House, Gibraltar, 17:12 Evan Henry, Gibraltar, 17:26 Lucas Stenzel, Sevastopol, 17:45 Michael Bertrand, Southern Door, 17:50 Derek Huber, Southern Door, 17:57 Isaac Ballone, Algoma, 17:59 Karl Meier, Southern Door, 18:01 Kyle Stoll, Oconto, 18:08 Riley Skarda, Oconto, 18:14 Girls 5K Varsity Results Hannah Lamack, Kewaunee, […]
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Local Prep Sports Standings: Oct. 16, 2016
Football Standings – Great 8 North Conference (Final) (8-Player) (School, Conference Record, Overall Record, Conference PCT) Green Bay NEW, 5-1, 7-3, .833 Lena/St. Thomas, 5-1, 5-4, .833 Sevastopol, 5-2, 6-3, .714 Gibraltar, 3-3, 4-5, .500 Menominee Indian, 3-4, 4-5, .429 Oneida Nation, 1-5, 1-8, .167 Bowler-Gresham, 0-6, 0-9, .000 Football Standings – Packerland […]
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Fall Theater 2016: Last Weekend to See It
Haven’t gotten a chance to see the great comedies, thrillers, and tragi-comedies on stage at local theaters this season? This weekend is your last chance! The following excerpts are from the Peninsula Pulse’s coverage of this season’s shows. Catch ‘em before the final curtain drops! And If Elected by Gary Jones Appearing on the stage […]
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Northern Sky Highlights Presidential History with ‘And If Elected’
During this year’s presidential campaign when the mud slinging often has included missiles of a more scatological nature, Northern Sky’s reprisal of their musical review And If Elected is a welcome relief, a veritable romp through the annals of American political history. Appearing on the stage of the historic Gibraltar Town Hall in Fish Creek […]
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Gibraltar Explores Separation from County Zoning
On Sept. 27, the Gibraltar plan commission held a meeting to hear from residents about their struggles with county zoning and to explore the possibility of the town adopting its own zoning ordinance. But Mariah Goode, department head at the Door County Planning Department, explained that state law dictates the town could not opt out […]