Category: Bulletin

• Sturgeon Bay Mayor Tom Voegele announced that he will not run for another term. Voegele will finish his first term as mayor, which began when he won the election in April of 2007.

• Sturgeon Bay’s West Side Food Co-op is hosting a meeting to discuss its future Dec. 16. The meeting will be at the Sturgeon Bay library from 6:30 – 7:30 pm and will focus on membership and how to fulfill member needs.

• The Baileys Harbor Town Clerk’s Office will be closed through Nov 29. Those who need assistance can call Town Supervisor Barbara Anschutz at 920.493.

• The new pavilion and concession stand for the Sister Bay baseball field is near completion. Located at the Sister Bay Sports Complex, the pavilion will provide shelter for events and be used for Door County League Baseball games.

• The Sevastopol School Board approved a 2009-10 budget of $9,636,341, with a tax levy of $7,399,063. The next school board meeting is Nov. 23 at 7 pm.

• USDA Rural Development representative Julie Felhofer will be at the Door County Senior Resource Center at 832 N. 14th Avenue in Sturgeon Bay on Nov.

• The Sturgeon Bay City Council postponed discussion and action on turning the rest of the one-way streets downtown into two-way streets. Two aldermen were not in attendance at the Oct.

• Veterans Day ceremonies will be held Nov. 11 at Sevastopol School and on Washington Island at the Trueblood Performing Arts Center. The Sevastopol ceremony will begin at 10 am and will feature guest speaker Colonel Thomas “Tim” Lawrie.

• BadgerCare Plus Core Plan enrollment was scheduled to be suspended by the state of Wisconsin at noon on Oct. 9. New applications will be added to a waiting list.

• Gibraltar/ Sevastopol soccer will play Southern Door in the first round of the WIAA soccer playoffs Oct. 13 at 4 pm. The game will be played at the Baileys Harbor Recreation Park on Summit Road just south of town.

• The Sister Bay Parks Committee and citizens discussed the expansion of the swimming pier at the village’s public beach Sept. 15. JJR Engineers presented a plan that would extend the pier by 60 feet.

• The Door County Sheriff’s Department is sponsoring a medication collection day Sept. 26 from 9 am – noon. Turn in old human prescription meds, over-the-counter meds, liquids, creams and pills at the Sister Bay/ Liberty Grove Fire Station at 2258 Mill Road or at the Door County Justice Center, 1201 S.

• The Door County Board of Supervisors is accepting applications for the recently vacated seat of District No. 13 supervisor Will Jeanquart. Anyone interested in the position should submit a letter of interest to County Administrator Michael Serpe at 421 Nebraska Street, Sturgeon Bay, 54235.

• Southern Door and Sturgeon Bay schools received over $700,000 in federal stimulus funds. Southern Door will get $314,957, including $65,567 in Title I funds, $238,132 in IDEA K-12 funds and $11,258 in IDEA Preschool funds.

Bay Shipbuilding Company, a subsidiary of Fincantieri Marine Group LLC, in Sturgeon Bay will lay off 405 employees, beginning in October.