Category: Business

With Intel’s unveiling of the Core i7-980X Extreme processor last week, the race in the technology sector to create faster computers continues. Many people still rely on machines that, while only a few years old, are ancient by modern computer standards.

“Super powers. Activate.” It sounds like an ad for the next superhero movie or video game, or a quote from a comic strip. And in fact, the HTC Hero can handle all those forms of media and many more.

Both Dennis Starr of ERA/Starr Realty and Kathy Ray of Kellstrom-Ray Agency recently received their REALTOR® Emeritus Certificates from the National Association of REALTORS® for 40 continuous years of membership.

A Sturgeon Bay landmark is getting some new blood pumped into it – Irish blood that is. What has long been known as The Stein on East Oak Street will officially open as Kitty O’Reilly’s Irish Pub on March 13, in time for St.

Dean Dvorak, Broker Owner of Century 21 Action Realty Group with offices in Sturgeon Bay, Manitowoc and Wautoma, announced the 2009 Company Awards for Production and Service in the Sturgeon Bay office.

• Gibraltar’s Entrepreneurship Class, under the direction of Mary Witteborg, launched GT, Inc. a customized t-shirt business managed by a student board of directors.

• Scott Bader, Broker Owner of Coldwell Banker Door County Horizons, recently honored his staff for 2009 accomplishments at a ceremony at Mojo Rosa’s in Egg Harbor.

In 1973 Richard Sheehy retired at age 50 to Washington Island to live fulltime on a farm named Havegard, a place he and his family had summered for many years.

While the nation and state’s housing markets begin their turnaround in 2009, Northeast Wisconsin continues to struggle to right itself. Nationwide, the housing market began to slowly gain momentum with each passing quarter, ending the year up an encouraging 4.

Last fall, as Microsoft released Windows 7 and Apple came out with OS X Snow Leopard, a third, lesser-known operating system quietly celebrated its own release.

Competition is one of the most important characteristics of a rebounding economy. Nowhere has this been more obvious over the last year than in the technology sector.

• A free tax preparation service sponsored by AARP and the IRS is offering two locations in northern Door County: the Town Hall in Baileys Harbor on Mondays and Scandia Village in Sister Bay on Wednesdays.

The Door County Board of REALTORS® announced its 2010 Board of Directors slate at the DCBR General Membership Meeting held on Jan.13 at the Log Den in Egg Harbor.

• The Peninsula School of Art is hosting a workshop series for artists who would like to learn business techniques needed to successfully market their artwork Jan.

• Baylake Bank and Cellcom recently teamed up to give away two grand prize packages that included a smart phone plus three months of calling and data service.

An architectural rendering of the plans for the C&C Supper Club building in Fish Creek shows major changes for the landmark location. Bob Pollman, owner of the Door Peninsula Winery, bought the property in November, which is being remodeled and will re-open as Cooper’s Corner in May.

• The Door County Home Builders Association (DCHBA) elected new members to its board of directors Dec. 10. The 2010 officers were installed by Doug Scott, president of the Wisconsin Builders Association, Madison, during the DCHBA annual membership meeting in Sturgeon Bay.

• For the first time in English Inn history, the restaurant will be open on Christmas Day. Owners Randy and Lisa Daubner welcome guests for the first time to celebrate Christmas with their English Inn family.