Category: Community
Door County community news from the Peninsula Pulse. Find information about health programs, fundraisers, announcements, and more to keep you in the loop in your community.
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Upcoming Loaves & Fishes Community Meal Dates
Need a great hot meal? All ages are welcome to the free, family-style Loaves & Fishes Community Meal, which is served all year on the first, third and fourth Friday of the month. Upcoming dinner dates are Oct. 4, 18, 25; Nov. 1, 15, 22; and Dec. 6 and 20, with no meal served Dec. […]
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Door County Mentors Needed for Big Brothers Big Sisters
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Door County is raising awareness about the need for mentors countywide. “When children and teens have the influence of a caring adult, they are more likely to stay focused in school and stay out of trouble,” said Katie Hess, executive director. “Being matched with a Big Sister or a Big […]
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STRIDE Mental-Health Project Receives $4,000 Grant
STRIDE, a school-based mental-health project that is a strategic partner of United Way of Door County, has received a $4,000 sustainability grant from the Door County Community Foundation. The project provides one-to-one counseling for Door County youth at each public school; students are referred by a teacher or school counselor. At this time, STRIDE is […]
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Ann Hill Received Lions Club’s Melvin Jones Fellowship Award
Lion Ann Hill received the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award at a recent Sturgeon Bay Lions Club meeting. She is an active member and participant in its many worthwhile projects and activities. She recently accompanied the Corpus Christi Life Mission team to St. Louis for mission work.
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Meet Dewey, a two-year-old softie who’s available for adoption at the Wisconsin Humane Society (WHS) Door County Campus. Dewey is a sweet cat who gives great head butts and loves to be scratched behind his ears. If you’re lucky, he might just give you a little chirp of approval! Like all cats at WHS, Dewey […]
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Back Forty Mine Opposition Offers Day of Music, Speakers to Door County
Join the Coalition to SAVE the Menominee River on Sept. 21 by taking a road trip on a bus to have fun and encourage your Door County neighbors to help protect the Menominee River. Egg Harbor Village Administrator Ryan Heise will host the bus tour that will visit three Door County locations to present speakers […]
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Washington Island Students Tag Monarchs
Washington Island School’s fifth-, sixth- and seventh-graders went to Plum Island on Sept. 6 to learn how to tag monarch butterflies and track their migration. Dustan Hoffman and Frank Gercz of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service led guided hikes around the island, and Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands volunteer Amanda Danforth demonstrated how […]
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Are you a car buff? Do you have a car, truck or motorcycle you’d like to show off? Attend Baileys Harbor’s Classic Car Show – part of AutumnFest – on Sept. 28, 9 am – 3 pm, when trophies will go to People’s Choice, Best in Show, Emergency Vehicle, Louie Oldenburg Best Motorcycle and Top Vehicle in each […]
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Harvest Fest in Sturgeon Bay Sept. 20-21
Get into the fall spirit Sept. 20-21 in Sturgeon Bay! Starting Friday at 6 pm, the second annual Classic Car Parade, sponsored by the Old Bolts Car Club, will leave from Tractor Supply on Egg Harbor Road and end at the Lodge at Leathem Smith. At dusk, the City of Sturgeon Bay and the Sturgeon […]
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Smet on Board for Granary Project
The Sturgeon Bay Historical Society (SBHS) has hired Smet Construction as the general contractor for the restoration of the Teweles and Brandeis grain elevator. SBHS’s agreement with the City of Sturgeon Bay requires that it create a public gathering space on the structure’s first floor, but the group has chosen to design an option that […]
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This Weekend in Door: Fall Challenge, AleFest & Wet Whistle Wine Fest
Peninsula Century Fall Challenge The annual cycling event will take 700 riders along rustic roads and scenic vistas in Northern Door. Riders begin at Waterfront Park in Sister Bay where they will embark on a 25, 50, 62 or 100 mile. Riders return to a meal from Thyme Catering, a beer from One Barrel or […]
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Jan. 19, 1937 – Sept. 8, 2019 Roger James Crewe, 82, of Sturgeon Bay died at Sturgeon Bay Health Services. He was born in Athelstane, the son of James Edelbeck and Stella I. (Buchanan). Roger graduated from Green Bay Southwest High School in 1955 and enlisted to serve his country with the United States Air Force the […]
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Sept. 12, 1957 – Sept. 5, 2019 Pamela Price (née Wilke) entered eternal rest surrounded by her loving soul mate and husband, Daniel Price, and close family and friends after a lengthy, valiant battle with cancer. Pam was born to Harold and Delores (Gauthier) Wilke. She married Daniel D. Price, the love of her life, on July 23, […]
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Pastoral Living at Whitefish Bay Farm B&B
Gretchen and Dick Regnery were UW — Milwaukee students when they married in 1970. She later became a registered nurse, managing a large home-health service, and he worked for the Social Security Administration. But this urban couple had a dream: They wanted to own a bed-and-breakfast in Door County. And not just any B&B, but […]
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Dessert Demo, Wine Sampling at Blessing of the Grapes
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help will celebrate the Feast of the Nativity of Mary and the third annual Blessing of the Grapes – a time to give thanks for the growing season – on Sept. 8. Enjoy a farm-to-table picnic luncheon featuring celebrity chef Ace Champion – fresh from Thursday’s food-segment challenge on […]
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Rotary Youth Exchange Meeting for Students Interested in Studying Abroad
High school students and parents, learn about spending a year abroad as an exchange student at the Rotary Youth Exchange information meeting Sept. 9, 6 pm, in the Gibraltar School’s Media Center. To be eligible, students must be between the ages of 16 and 18 in 2020 and interested in living and studying abroad.Local Rotary […]
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Prince of Peace Hosts E3 Conference Sept. 13-14
The E3 Conference is coming to Sturgeon Bay for the first time Sept. 13-14. This educational conference, to be held at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, seeks to equip, encourage and engage parents, grandparents and youth leaders as they walk through life with teenagers. Keynote speakers Duffy Robbins and Frank Gil bring more than 50 […]
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Faith, Philosophical Questions Posed during Stella Maris Screenings
The Stella Maris Parish in Sister Bay welcomes all to its screenings of the free, global Alpha series on Saturdays, 9-11 am, starting Sept. 14. The series examines large faith and philosophical questions through 30-minute talks that are designed to encourage conversation. The morning begins with a free meal; the video and small-group discussions follow. […]
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PFLAG Meeting at Sturgeon Bay Library Sept. 17
PFLAG of Sturgeon Bay/Door County will hold an informal meeting Sept. 17, 6-7:30 pm, at the Sturgeon Bay Library, when PFLAG and community members can talk about what the organization has accomplished during the past year and how to make Door County more inclusive of diversity and supportive of LGBTQIA+ folks, their families and friends. […]
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Obituary: Helen Marie Abrahamson
May 18, 1931 – Sept. 5, 2019 Helen Marie Abrahamson, 88, of Valmy died peacefully at the Pete and Jelaine Horton Skilled Nursing and Hospice Care Center in Sturgeon Bay with family at her side. She was born in Racine, the daughter of Eben Roy Hanson Sr. and Loretta E. (Grovogel) Hanson. Helen’s family moved […]