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Door County lost a long time friend when Bernard Fowler Rogers passed away on September 10, 2010. His death resulted from complications following open-heart surgery that had been performed two days before.

In the article “Filling the Fridge for Less” printed in the November 12 issue of the Pulse, we printed an incorrect web address for the SHARE program.

Kyle Will and Brittany Fonferek are new homeowners. Their home, made possible by Door County Habitat for Humanity (DCHfH), is a charming addition to its Sturgeon Bay neighborhood.

The latest Door County room tax returns are in, and the upswing in collections continued in September. September collections were up 0.9 percent over September 2009, a figure likely to increase slightly when late returns are filed.

In a small community where “one person touches so many lives,” three residents have created a Service of Community Remembrance to reflect on those lives Northern Door has lost in the last two years.

An obscure Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) regulation could cost local municipalities thousands of dollars. When the FHWA updated its Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) in 2003, it included new regulations for regulatory signs meant to improve safety.

The slower pace of the Door County winter can lull some folks into hibernation, but there are plenty of opportunities to get off the couch and out of the house when the weather turns.

We dug around dozens of sites and articles to try to find the best explanations of health care reform, and though there’s no simple, one-stop shop, these five sites are your best bets for digestible information.

$939 billion The cost to the federal government, over 10 years, of the health care reform bill 2 Percent of the federal budget represented by spending related to the health care reform bill 3 Percent of overall health care spending in the United States that spending related to the health care reform bill represents $124 billion The amount the health care reform bill is estimated to reduce the federal deficit over 10 years, due to taxes and fees enacted to pay for the bill 32 million Number of uninsured Americans who will become insured under the health care reform bill by 2014 $35 billion The cost of uncompensated care provided to people without health insurance in 2008 772,000 Number of Wisconsinites on BadgerCare Plus $1 billion The cost of BadgerCare Plus, 60 percent of which comes from federal sources 400,000 Number of BadgerCare recipients who work or are the spouse of someone working 9.

The Affordable Care Act will have major implications for many of Door County’s small business owners. Though most of the act’s strongest provisions affecting small businesses won’t take effect until 2014, businesses are prepping for the changes now.

In October, the Wellness Center of Door County hosted “Health Care 101: What Health Care Reform Means for Women and Their Children.” The presentation, featuring Sara Finger of the Wisconsin Alliance for Women and Rachel Currans-Sheehan of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, focused on the aspects of health care reform that improve access and equality for women in the health care marketplace.

Those vehemently against health care reform, and those passionately in favor, usually share one large swath of common ground – neither knows much about what it actually means for them.

Once a month, Ellison Bay resident Don Heeringa drives to Sturgeon Bay to pick up the groceries, but they aren’t for him. Heeringa picks them up and delivers them to Sister Bay for distribution to the Northern Door families who have ordered them through the Self Help and Resource Exchange, better known as SHARE.

When Kerry Weir was an eighth grader at Southern Door Middle School in 1987, she decided to raise a puppy for the Leader Dogs for the Blind Program as a 4-H project.

Joe Parent unveiled a long-rumored plan to build a 59-unit assisted living facility on the southern end of Baileys Harbor Tuesday night at a joint meeting of the Baileys Harbor Town Board and Plan Commission.

Republicans held on to seats in the Assembly, Senate, and Door County Sheriff’s races Nov. 2.

The 2010 mid-term elections will be held Tuesday, Nov. 2, Polls will be open from 7 am – 8 pm.

The 1st Assembly District race features familiar foes, in more ways than one. Democrat Dick Skare of Fish Creek challenged incumbent Republican Garey Bies of Sister Bay in 2008, giving the five-term assemblyman the tightest race of his political career.

Door County’s bike route planning received a big boost Wednesday as the county was awarded an $80,000 matching grant to support a countywide Comprehensive Bike Plan.