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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Door County Women’s Club to Award Scholarship, Looking for Applicants
The Door County Women’s Club is sponsoring a $500 scholarship for the fall term for women 25 years or older, living in Door County with financial need, who are returning to an accredited higher education institution. The application deadline is April 15. For more information contact RaeLynn Dalske at 920.495.6003 or 920.746.0580.
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Spring Candidate Meet-and-Greet at Door County Makers Space
On March 17, 12-2 pm, Door County residents are invited to a public meet-and-greet with several candidates on the April 3 spring ballot. These races include school board, town board, city council and county board. These races represent candidates from throughout the county, not just Sturgeon Bay. The majority of these candidates are women ages […]
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Scot Ross, Beau Liegeois to Attend Democratic Party of Door County Meeting
On March 22, Scot Ross will make an appearance at the Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion in Egg Harbor from 6 to 8 pm. Beau Liegeois, who will run for the 8th congressional district, will also be in attendance. Ross, One Wisconsin Now and One Wisconsin Institute Executive Director since 2007, has served as a […]
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Spa at Sacred Grounds’ Postcard Writing Event to Coincide with ‘March for Our Lives’
The Spa at Sacred Grounds is hosting a postcard writing event March 24 to coincide with the March for Our Lives events around the country. The event begins at 10 am, and Gloria Dougherty will have 1,000 uniquely designed postcards from Cardthartic that were inspired by her desire to make a difference and impact change. […]
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YMCA Summer Camp Registration Now Underway
The Door County YMCA opened summer camp registration for members March 12 and March 14 for the community. All of the YMCA camps share a common mission: to encourage character growth through caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. For more information about the camps or to register, visit DoorCountyYMCA.org, call 920.743.4949 or 920.868.3660.
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Door County Kayak Tours to Give Local Nonprofits Gift Certificates
Door County Kayak Tours calls on all local nonprofit organizations to submit their donation request by March 30 and qualify for a complimentary gift certificate. During the 16 years Door County Kayak Tours has been in business it has participated in thousands of donations local and nationwide. The family-owned company solidifies its effort with the […]
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Good Friday, Easter Service Information for Lakeside Community Church
It’s Easter season at Lakeside Community Church, and their Good Friday service will include music, scripture and communion. The Good Friday, March 30, service begins at 6:30 pm and childcare will be provided for children through age 7. Easter celebration services will be at 8:30 and 10:15 am April 1. Childcare will be available and […]
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Community Foundation Awards Grants to Kind Clipper Club, Door County Medical Center
The Door County Service Club Coalition, a fund of the Door County the Community Foundation, has awarded the Kind Clipper Club at TJ Walker Middle School a youth mini-grant. This grant provided the funds to purchase the materials needed for the sixth graders to create tie-blankets. The students used the funds to purchase fleece, then […]
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Door-Tran Receives National Recognition for Mobility Management Practices
This past January, Door-Tran was noted as one of seven mobility management best practices in the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) study, A Guide to Successful Mobility Management Practices for Improving Transportation Services in Small Urban and Rural Areas. The NCHRP study, completed by KFH Group Inc., researched more than 100 mobility management efforts […]
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Rotary Club of Sturgeon Bay Hosts NCAA Basketball Finals Fundraiser
The Rotary Club of Sturgeon Bay will host the 16th Annual NCAA Basketball Finals at the Fire Company in Sturgeon Bay on April 2. The event will once again support scholarships for graduating students from Door County’s five high schools. The event is open to the public. Tickets are $20 and include an opportunity to […]
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Gibraltar DECA Students Win at State Conference
Gibraltar DECA, the Association of Marketing, Management and Entrepreneurship Students, returned from the State Career Development Conference with several awards. The chapter earned a state award for general contributions to charities and community service work. The team of Andras Szakala and Ryan Kropuenske earned first place in the Virtual Business Challenge, an online business simulation […]
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Summer Job Fair at Gibraltar High School April 4
Gibraltar Secondary Schools will host a summer job fair from 12 to 2 pm, April 4. The event will provide students an opportunity to meet with local employers to explore work opportunities. Businesses interested in participating need to register by emailing Mary Witteborg at [email protected]. Email should include contact name, business and a telephone number. […]
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Door County Students Join National Walkout
Hundreds of Door County students joined in the nationwide walkout March 14 to protest gun violence and memorialize the victims of the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas School in Parkland, Florida. Students at Sturgeon Bay, Gibraltar, Sevastopol and Southern Door took part. At Gibraltar approximately 130 students in grades 7 – 12th grade […]
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The Missing Context for Sister Bay Hotel Debate
In the spring of 2007, the Village of Sister Bay stunned residents when it announced it was buying Helm’s Four Seasons motel for $4.9 million to expand its public waterfront. At the time, many residents and business owners complained vehemently to the board of trustees that removing Helm’s and its 42 rooms would devastate downtown […]
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Filmmaker Hopes to Highlight, Preserve County Lighthouses
Kewaunee filmmaker Jake Heffernan hopes his upcoming documentary film about each of Door County’s 11 lighthouses will not only bring awareness to the regional treasures, but help in preserving them as well. Slated for a spring 2019 release, the profits of Lighting the Door will go toward the organizations that work to preserve and restore […]
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Student Cast, Director of ‘columbinus’ Reflect on School Shootings
by Robert Boles It helped me understand what the students went through and what they felt and experienced that day. – Dylan Thornton, cast member of the 2014 production of columbinus at Third Avenue Playhouse In the spring of 2014, 11 Door County high school students participated in a production of columbinus at Third Avenue […]
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CCR Panel Addresses Hypothetical Case
Door County’s Coordinated Community Response (CCR) team is a multidisciplinary group of professionals and citizens who are committed to communicating with each other and coordinating a response to domestic violence and sexual assault that offers victims safety and holds offenders accountable for their behavior. CCR members met Feb. 27 to learn from those at […]
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News From This Week’s Past: March 9 – 16
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 March 6, 1874 Capt. Kirtland of Egg Harbor, he who used to sail steamboats for our benefit and his own, while he daily sang “Hit […]
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Pet Talk: Dogs and the ‘Green-Eyed Monster’
Do dogs really get jealous? Anyone who owns a dog will tell you it’s true, especially households with more than one canine. You can’t seem to pet one dog without another trying to force his way in for a pat. What about when your significant other gives you a hug? Is Fido there trying to […]
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This week readers are invited to meet Dickens, a 1½-year-old sweet retriever/lab. He weighs 37 lbs. and came in Feb. 13 as a stray. His physical condition implied he was neglected and didn’t have much human contact at all. Dickens was pretty skittish when he first came in but he’s gradually gaining confidence. He really […]