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  • Framed: Madelyn Jarosh

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    Four-year-old Madelyn Jarosh of Jacksonport visits the Stavkirke on a recent family daytrip of exploring on Washington Island. Submitted by Natalie Jarosh.

  • Bread & Water Hosts Presentation with Alzheimer’s Association Outreach Specialist

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    On Oct. 3 at 9:30 am, Vicki Johnson, outreach specialist with the Alzheimer’s Association, will present “The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia, and Alzheimer’s Disease” at Bread & Water on Washington Island. This 90-minute program is for understanding the difference between normal age-related memory changes and more serious memory problems that should be evaluated by a […]

  • Door County Public Health Department Sets Flu Vaccine Clinics

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    Flu vaccine clinics have been set by the Door County Public Health Department. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), everyone six months and older should get a flu vaccine this fall. The health department will give the quadrivalent vaccine this year, which includes protection from four different viruses. There will be a $36 […]

  • Autumnfest, Election Theater & More Weekend Plans

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    It’s the first weekend of autumn in Door County! Head to one of this weekend’s fall festivals, prep your cold-weather reading lists, or help Door Community Auditorium celebrate its first major anniversary. Friday, September 23 DCA’s Silver Anniversary Twenty-five years ago, the Door Community Auditorium in Fish Creek opened its doors. In the years since, […]

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  • Obituary: Marvin T. Bjarnarson

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    Marvin T. Bjarnarson, age 80, a Manitowoc resident, died Sunday, August 28, 2016 at the Manitowoc Health & Rehabilitation Center, Manitowoc following complications from a stroke. He was born on January 17, 1936 on Washington Island, Wisconsin, son of the late Marvin O. & Cecilia B. (Gunnlaugsson) Bjarnarson. On June 20, 1959 he married Darlene […]

  • Washington Island Ferry Might Break Records This Year

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    While he doesn’t have all the numbers yet, Hoyt Purinton thinks the 2016 ferry season might be the biggest yet for the 76-year-old Washington Island Ferry service. “If it wasn’t the busiest, it was pretty darn close from everything I’ve seen,” said Purinton, president and general manager of the family ferry service. “It was wild […]

  • Shake ‘N Bake BBQ Wins Grand Champion of Death’s Door BBQ

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    Tim and Teri Scheer of Shake ‘N Bake BBQ, a barbeque team from Washington, Missouri, were awarded the Grand Champion prize at the 5th Annual Death’s Door BBQ (DDBBQ) on Aug. 27 on Washington Island. This year, Death’s Door BBQ featured 42 teams from six states. The winning teams split $7,500 in prize money and […]

  • Laurel Hauser Named ‘Washington Island Observer’ Managing Editor

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    Laurel Hauser was recently named managing editor of the Washington Island Observer, the newspaper serving the Door County island community of 710 year-round residents. The Observer is published weekly during summer months and alternate weeks during the remainder of the year. Established in 1979, the Observer was purchased in 2012 by more than a dozen […]

  • Sweet Mountain Farm of Washington Island Featured on ‘Wisconsin Life’

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    Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) will feature Sweet Mountain Farm, of Washington Island, in a segment airing at 7 pm on Sept. 22. The segment is titled “Beekeeper Finds Russian Honeybees Uniquely Suited To Wisconsin.” WPT Producer Joel Waldinger sat down with Sweet Mountain Farm last summer to talk about how it started. They talked about honeybees, […]

  • “The 39 Steps,” Door County Century & More Weekend Plans

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    This weekend, take some time to celebrate the upcoming fall season. Get lost in a corn maze, squish some grapes, or bike across the county.   Friday, Sept. 9 Art/Speaks Come to write and to share work. This writing lab is for those interested in writing in response to art. 11:30 am – 1 pm. […]

  • Poem: “On Twilit Waters”

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    by E. E. Lewis   The surface calm, the wind quite still. our canoe glides smooth at paddles’ will. As we peer through water deep but clear, rocks and ridges’ forms appear.   Rings of ripples outward spread from where a gull dives through the sheen, where to a flopping fish its beak must cling, […]

  • A Failed Social Experiment: Prohibition in Door County

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    Eleven long and rocky years before America went dry by Constitutional Amendment, most of Door County voted to shut down its saloons. In the April 1909 election, all but two of the county’s municipalities voted to go dry. Baileys Harbor and Nasewaupee were the wet holdouts. In the city of Sturgeon Bay, the vote was […]

  • Trueblood PAC Screens “The Emissary”

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    On Sept. 3 & 4, The Emissary movie, which was selected to open the 2015 Green Bay Film Festival, will play at the Trueblood Performing Arts Center on Washington Island at 7 pm. The Emissary is a comical, family-friendly science fiction quest shot in scenic Door County. Mindfulness matters in a race to find a […]

  • The Sharrows, Marina Fest & More Weekend Plans

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    Labor Day Weekend is upon us, and with it comes incredible chances to take in Door County’s vibrant art, music and people. Guffaw your way through a hilarious fall comedy, gear up for some outrageous karaoke, or get your hands on some beautifully quilted pieces. Friday, Sept. 2 Opening Reception Step into The Hardy Gallery, […]

  • Book Review: ‘The Audacity of Goats’

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    After her debut 2014 novel North of the Tension Line, J.F. Riordan returns to Washington Island with her sequel, The Audacity of Goats. In the second novel former Chicago newspaper reporter Fiona Campbell continues to work as a freelance writer living in the old house she had purchased on the island, making occasional trips by […]

  • Island Orchard Cider Celebrates Five Years in Ellison Bay

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    A warm summer morning greeted the crew of Island Orchard Cider as they installed a new bar in the tasting room of the production facility on Garrett Bay Road in Ellison Bay. “A fine way to celebrate five years in this space,” observed Bob Purman, co-owner along with his wife, Yannique. The tasting room opened […]

  • Fort Frances, Mushroom Hike & More Weekend Plans

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    This weekend, take some time to enjoy art of all types. You’ll be blown away once you encounter the culinary creations, contemporary wearable art and thought-provoking theater available to you this final August weekend. Friday, Aug. 26 Fall Harvest Celebration Get some good gear at the rummage sale, silent auctions and raffles while supporting a […]

  • Door County Schools Receive Additional State Funding

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    Small rural districts across the state will share $17.7 million in sparsity aid for general school operations, which will be paid on the third Monday in September. For the 2016-17 school year, 141 districts qualified for sparsity aid based on enrollments of 745 or fewer students and membership of less than 10 pupils per square […]

  • Obituary: Scott Cornell

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    Scott Cornell, age 53, died Saturday, August 13 at his home on Washington Island. He was diagnosed with Huntington’s Disease at age 42. Scott was born on the Island to Gilmore and Angie Cornell on January 31, 1963. His first 16 years were spent growing up in Kenosha, Wis. His family moved back to the Island and […]