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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“Journaling to Gratitude and Grace” Workshop Held Dec. 1 at Nelson Healing Center
A writing workshop titled “Journaling to Gratitude and Grace” will be held Dec. 1, 6 – 8 pm, at Nelson Healing Center, 44 S. 2nd Ave. in Sturgeon Bay. The holiday season is opening amidst a period of national unrest and tension, and this workshop is a gathering in support of light and peacefulness. Author […]
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Austin Claflin Receives DAR Good Citizen Award
Austin Claflin, Southern Door High School senior, was selected by the faculty and members of his class as this year’s recipient of the DAR Good Citizen Award. Each year a senior who best exemplifies outstanding qualities of leadership, dependability, service and patriotism in his/her school, home and community is nominated for this award. The sponsor […]
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Door County Medical Center Foundation Receives Grant for Ministry Fund Program
The Door County Community Foundation recently awarded the Door County Medical Center Foundation a Sustainability Grant from the John and Nell Herlache Community Impact Fund and the Health and Human Needs for the Ministry Fund Program. The Ministry Fund Program is an initiative to improve the health and well-being of the people in Door County, […]
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Unity Joins #GivingTuesday Campaign
Unity is again joining #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide. Occurring this year on Nov. 29, #GivingTuesday is held annually the Tuesday after Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday. #GivingTuesday was […]
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USDA Offers Aid for Veterinarians to Repay School Loans
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded more than $4.3 million to 48 American veterinarians to help repay a portion of their veterinary school loans in return for serving in areas lacking sufficient veterinary resources critical to America’s food safety, food security, and to the health and well-being […]
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This is Rae Rae, a one-year-old German Shepherd mix. She recently came to the Door County Humane Society (DCHS) as a stray. Nowadays she spends time looking for a new family to call her own. The DCHS kennel staff describe her as a real piece of dynamite. She is also a smart little whippersnapper […]
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A Dream House from Modest Means
It was love at first sight between Boyd Stewart II and Door County. The Texas native graduated from the University of Texas — Austin in ’73 and was hired as an intern for a division of The New York Times. “They put me in Chicago,” he said. “We were doing a nationwide health and beauty […]
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How Baileys Harbor Got Its Name
If pioneer entrepreneur Alanson Sweet had been an egomaniac, Baileys Harbor might be known today as Sweets Harbor. Instead, the place was named for the captain of one of the Milwaukee businessman’s Great Lakes schooners, Capt. Justice Bailey. Fearing for the safety of the two-masted schooner Gazelle during a violent storm in October of 1848, […]
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Reaching for the Sky: Photographer Denny Moutray
For Gills Rock photographer Denny Moutray, “the thrill of the hunt” drives him to pick up his camera. As he has been coming to the Door Peninsula since 1970, he has shot much of the area’s flora and fauna, the shoreline and the forests, the orchards and old buildings. Now looking for new frontiers, “I […]
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Marcus Trana: No Escaping the Music
When music producer and drummer Marcus Trana came to Sturgeon Bay from his native Norway, he thought he was done with the music scene. “I was burned out,” he says. Trana relocated to Wisconsin in 2013 with his wife, Charlotte Baierl, a Door County native, and the couple started Nistebox, Sturgeon Bay’s signature food truck. […]
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The Bridgeport Waterfront Resort on Sturgeon Bay’s west side opened in June 1997, one of the first condominium properties in the downtown area. Dave Holtz, who was named general manager eight months earlier, has seen the 60-suite facility become a top-performing resort in Door County. Bridgeport includes one-, two- and three-bedroom suites with full kitchens, […]
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Twenty Years with a ‘Pulse’: Part 3 – The History of the Peninsula Pulse
In parts one and two of this series on the first 20 years of the Peninsula Pulse we looked at how the newspaper was started by two liberal arts graduates, up until 2001 when one of the founders, Thomas McKenzie, moved to Los Angeles. We take up this final installment with a new business partner and a […]
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Black Hawk in Baileys Harbor: Hockey Legend Tony Esposito
The average little boy in the U.S. is probably tossing a baseball with his dad or big brother by age three, so he’ll be ready for T-ball the next year. The timeline is pretty much the same north of the border, except that the sport (and the season it’s played) is different. In Sault Ste. […]
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Factory Demos, Beat Poets & Bar Napkins: Poet Jack Redell
“Fame might be only one bar napkin away,” Jack Redell joked, referring to the practice of jotting an inspiration on whatever paper is at hand, and then, like Wordsworth, recollecting that emotion in tranquility to write a poem. Redell’s journey toward becoming a poet began in the Windy City where he was raised. After graduating […]
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A Man Named Robert Noble And His Death-Defying Journey Across Death’s Door
On a cold winter morning at the very end of December in the year 1863, a man named Robert Noble pushed a small wooden boat he had borrowed from an 11-year-old boy into the waters off the shore of Washington Island. Little did he or the boy know that that trip — what was expected […]
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FRAMED: Gibraltar Girl Scout Troop
The 4th grade Gibraltar Girl Scout troop recently visited Blossoms Flower House to create floral arrangements and learn about the business. Submitted.
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Peninsula State Park Superintendent Bruns Resigns
Kelli Bruns, Peninsula State Park Superintendent since September of 2011, has resigned. Bruns is taking a position with the Minnesota Division of Parks and Trails at Fort Snelling in the Twin Cities area. She expects to leave after the holidays. Erin Brown, superintendent of Potawatomi State Park in Sturgeon Bay, will step in to offer […]
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Pet Talk: Helping Arthritic Dogs
Q: Charlie is our nine-year-old Labrador who is really slowing down. We’re thinking he may be getting arthritis. Any suggestions on how to help keep him comfortable? A: Slowing down can certainly be a symptom of arthritis but it isn’t the only reason for a decrease in an older dog’s normal activity, so […]
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Server of the Week: Cindy Phillips @ Gibraltar Schools
When you set foot in Gibraltar Elementary School Expect a smiling face to greet you Meet Ms. Cindy Phillips, school secretary Your go-to lady for elementary-related queries. A class act, always on top of her game, Providing a positive experience – that’s her aim!
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The Door County Humane Society (DCHS) would like to introduce you to Fred and Ethel. Unlike the loud, nagging and fame-hungry couple we all know and love from the I Love Lucy show, these two have a different story. Fred and Ethel were abandoned and then brought to DCHS in September 2016. Instead of being […]