Area: Gills Rock
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2017 Door County 4th of July Events
Door County 4th of July Parades 10 am: Baileys Harbor 1:30 pm: Egg Harbor Fireworks July 1 Fish Creek July 3 Egg Harbor Maplewood July 4 Baileys Harbor Gills Rock Sturgeon Bay Washington Island July 8 Sister Bay Egg Harbor 4th of July Parade and Fireworks All activities take place in Harbor View Park, 7809 […]
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This Week in Door County History: June 2 – 9
All items are from the Door County Library’s newspaper archives, and they appear in the same form as they were first published, including misspellings and grammatical errors. The Expositor, May 29, 1874 Our boys beat the Modocs at Ahnapee last Saturday in the match game at base-ball pretty badly. The Peninsulars scored 136 to the […]
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Steel Bridge Songfest, Sister Bay Goat Fest, and More Weekend Plans
Festivals abound this weekend in Door County. Whether you’re looking for outstanding live music, docent-led tours of some of Door County’s most remote (and not usually open to the public) lighthouses, or even to stand up in the fifth annual Roofing of the Goats parade, there are too many places to be at once. Friday, […]
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Gills Rock Maritime Museum Now Open
The Door County Maritime Museum at Gills Rock is now open for the season. The museum will be open daily through Oct. 15. After taking the scenic trip to the tip of Door County, visitors will find a wealth of maritime history awaiting them at the Door County Maritime Museum at Gills Rock. The museum […]
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Free State Park Weekend, Bird Fest & More Weekend Plans
With the season officially welcomed in with Memorial Day, next weekend’s activities are going to get you outside and keep you there. A great mix of park visits as well as strange Door County events are sure to keep you amused. Friday, June 2 City-Wide Garage Sale Taking place both Friday and Saturday of this […]
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Sgraffito Birds at Gills Rock Coffee
Kris Franzke and Barbara Spencer are two of the artists formerly represented by Charlene’s Gallery Ten, and they are both exhibiting for the season in Gills Rock Coffee. For the past two years, Franzke has focused on the sgraffito method of working with clay. This process incorporates the drawing up of the idea, building of […]
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Poem: ‘Ode to Our Wagon Wheels’
by E. E. Lewis A pair of wheels adorn our Door County drive. Hewn from wood more than a century past, four feet tall, they’re a wheelwright’s pride. Power and grace in our pair reside to greet our guests as they arrive. Strength and beauty they combine into one. How were these merged, […]
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Gills Rock Maritime Museum Opens May 26
The Door County Maritime Museum at Gills Rock will open May 26-28 for Memorial Day weekend. The museum will open daily for the season on June 3 and remain open through Oct. 15. The museum traces the area’s commercial fishing tradition and features a shipwreck and a scuba diving exhibit, including artifacts brought up from […]
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Ellison Bay Hosts Spring Art Crawl May 20 & 21
Spring in Ellison Bay is greeted by the first event of the season, the Ellison Bay Spring Art Crawl. The community welcomes back everyone to stroll, bike or motor through the newly emerging blossoms. The nine established artists, craftspeople and galleries received a lot of inspiration this winter through travel and time off, coming together […]
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‘Death in Gills Rock’ Release Date is May 23
The University of Wisconsin Press is proud to announce the second book in Patricia Skalka’s Dave Cubiak Door County Mystery Series, Death at Gills Rock, will be released May 23. After tracking a clever killer in Death Stalks Door County, park ranger and former Chicago homicide detective Dave Cubiak is elected Door County sheriff. His […]
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Door County Potters’ Guild Annual Studio Tour
The Door County Potters’ Guild invites everyone to their annual studio tour, May 6 & 7, from 10 am to 5 pm. This year’s theme is “New Things In Spring,” and nine unique studios on the peninsula are participating. The potters welcome guests to their studios and galleries to see new work created over the […]
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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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New Seasonal Tiles at Gills Rock Stoneware
Gills Rock Stoneware will present a new line of seasonal tiles during their holiday open house, Nov. 25 & 26. Each tile is a one-of-a-kind, hand painted treasure, perfect for coasters, trivets, or table decorations. Gills Rock Stoneware is located at 12020 Lakeview Rd. in Ellison Bay. For more information, call 920.854.2774 or visit […]
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Glenn Lester Olson was born July 3rd,1942 in Sturgeon Bay, WI to Lester and Viola (Krause) Olson. He married June Linden on September 7, 1963. He is survived by June, two children; Robin and Jim Seaquist; Kirby and Lynn Olson, seven grandchildren; Cole, Justin, Olivia, Mitchell, Lauren, Vanessa and Camille. Four (soon to be five) […]
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Participants in the Fall 50 will have a backdrop of peak fall colors when they take to Door County roads on Oct. 22. The course starts at the northern tip of the Door Peninsula at Gills Rock. The course travels south primarily on back roads along the western shoreline and passes through many villages and […]
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Letter to the Editor: Saving Door County From Itself
As we see one Door County icon after another fall to the ax of yet another naïve town, county, or DNR board or committee listening to engineering firms trolling for lucrative municipal projects, we should remember what makes Door County special. It isn’t a widened street that removes every mature tree, a redesigned traffic pattern, […]
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Ellison Bay Hosts 15th Annual Fall Art Crawl
It’s time again to head up to Ellison Bay for the annual Fall Art Crawl on Oct. 22 & 23, 10 am – 5 pm. At the tip of the Door Peninsula lies Ellison Bay, a community home to artists, craftspeople and galleries. Below is a list of stops on the crawl. For more information […]
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205 Coded Salmon Recorded in Gills Rock
Nick Legler, a Sturgeon Bay-based fisheries specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, recently reported what was found through the voluntary Chinook salmon snout collection in Gills Rock in 2015. A total of 205 coded wire tags were recovered from Chinook salmon snouts that were voluntarily collected in Gills Rock last year. These samples […]