Area: Sister Bay
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Construction Updates, Oct. 9, 2015
Hwy. 42, Forestville Schedule: Aug. 2015 to Oct. 2015 Length: 0.05 Miles Cost: $475,000 Location: Village of Forestville, between County X and County J Description of project: The project involves removing the existing box culvert and replacing it with a new bridge meeting current design standards for vehicular loading and structure design. Bridge approaches will […]
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Go Bo! Bake Sale Returns for Fourth Year
Standing in the garage of Funky Cookie Studio, owner Jill Wettstein opens a package that arrived at the post office that morning. Inside is a collection of cookies decorated to look like Batman, Superman and other playful designs. The box is one of about 330 that line the garage, meticulously organized into three categories: fall, […]
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Letter: Vote for the Residents
The website for Sister Bay states: “The Village of Sister Bay is a friendly, thriving community where residents and visitors alike enjoy the natural beauty of its surroundings enhanced by well-maintained parks and the natural environment….The Village has carefully controlled growth to maintain its charm, character and natural beauty.” How does a working quarry fit […]
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Letter: Does A Quarry Belong in Sister Bay?
The board of trustees at its October 20, 2015 Board Meeting will consider making a change to the ordinance #235-072815 to permit a conditional use permit to allow a quarry in the B-1 Business District. According to the village ordinance #235-072815 the legal document states that the improvement and development within the general business district […]
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Annual Chicken Dinner at Sister Bay Moravian
The Sister Bay Moravian Church will host its annual chicken dinner on Oct. 21, 4:30 – 7 pm. The dinner consists of chicken, mashed potatoes & gravy, dressing, vegetable, homemade rolls, dessert and coffee (or other beverage). All proceeds go to Ahuas Medical Clinic in Honduras. The clinic serves 44,000 people in a remote rural […]
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Dennis Connolly Focuses on Cuba in New Exhibit
The Meadows Art Gallery is proud to take visitors on a visual journey to Cuba with their latest exhibit, The People and Passions of Cuba, A Photographer’s View, an exhibit of Dennis Connolly’s photographs taken while he was in Cuba. An opening reception is scheduled for Oct. 10, 5 – 7 pm. Connolly is an […]
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John C. Marquardt, Sister Bay, died Oct. 2, 2015. Services were held Oct. 7 at the Gathering Room at the Meadows of Scandia Village in Sister Bay. Caspersonfuneralhome.com.
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Apple Fests and Cider Press This Weekend
Pumpkins’ time is coming with Halloween and Thanksgiving, but apples will be the star this weekend with the Fall Fun Fest and Cider Pressing Party at the Washington Island Farm Museum and Apple Festival at Seaquist Orchards Farm Market. Activities at the Farm Museum will run from 10 am to 4 pm on Oct. 10 […]
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Letter: Support Your Residents
At this years June and July Sister Bay Plan Commission meetings the former Village Administrator and the village attorney stated the judge has ordered us to settle this issue by mediation. If we do not accept this agreement, we don’t know what will happen. It was stated the zoning text change amendment, to allow quarries […]
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Party for a Purpose at the Bone Marrow Jam on Oct. 17
The Go Bo Foundation will present Party for a Purpose Bone Marrow Jam on Oct. 17, 9 am – 5 pm, next door to Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant in Sister Bay as part of the 70th annual Fall Festival. For the first time the Go Bo! Foundation is adding a donor registry drive to their […]
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Letter: History of Existing Quarry in Sister Bay
There is presently a stone quarry (behind the Shopko store) that has been in existence, for more than 45 years, as a very small and incidental operation that was only used occasionally. For most of those years the vast majority of Village residents never even knew about the quarry because its use was so casual. […]
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Local, Native, Tourist, or Transplant? Take our Door County Local Quiz
While writer Myles Dannhausen Jr.’s research confirmed that there’s no single answer to what makes someone a Northern Door local, he did get some ideas for some questions you might ask to test someone’s local credentials. Here’s a 20-question quiz made up of suggestions from a bunch of locals, a few transplants, and the Door […]
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Sister Bay Business Owners Comment on Construction
Sister Bay is tentatively a “war zone” as Jane Kayser from Domicile put it. But every Friday, work crews lay down asphalt over the massive holes they have blasted in the highway and open the road as if the only work they did was patching a few potholes. The village stops construction on the highway […]
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Letter: Sister Bay Has A “Small” Problem
Are you aware there is a quarry located in the Village of Sister Bay? It’s behind Shopko and the Mobil Station. Many people have, or had, no idea because it had been non-active for many years. It is owned and operated by Brandon Small who lives in the Appleton area. When the Small family business […]
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Music Works Magic: New Program Helps Scandia Village Residents with Dementia
Patrick Knapp, activity director at Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village, says participation in the Music & Memory program, begun in January 2014, has produced amazing results for residents with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. The Wisconsin Department of Heath Services chose Scandia as the Door County site for a program in 100 facilities statewide […]
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Journey to China at Next Travelogue Screening
On Oct. 9 the Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs of Northern Door present a fascinating journey to China – an ancient country and culture steeped in history and tradition. The show, aptly titled China Rising, will highlight the contrasts between old and new, ancient and modern. Moviegoers will be transported to such fascinating sites as China’s […]
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Franne Dickinson Book Signing at Bay Art
Bay Art Gallery will hold a book signing with Franne Dickinson on Oct. 10, 2 – 4 pm. Does this sound like a party to you? Well, for artist Franne Dickinson, it is a party that has lasted long because of her passion for painting, so evident in her book, Stay at the Party Long. […]
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Hwy. 42, Village of Sister Bay Schedule: July 2015 to June 2016 Length: 0.8 miles Cost: $5.8 million Location: Village of Sister Bay, between Country Walk Drive to Scandia Road Description: This project involves the reconstruction of Hwys. 42 and 57 in Sister Bay. The work includes traffic and erosion control, signing, storm sewer, sanitary […]