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It’s never been easy to sell Door County in winter, but if the beaming faces and air of pride that washed out of the Door Community Auditorium Saturday night are any indication, there are about 1,500 people with a new round of ammunition.

The embattled Egg Harbor Marina reconstruction and expansion project is in rough waters yet again. The Peninsula Shores Condo Association has filed for a contested case hearing with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) because the length of two of the floating piers in the marina plan that the DNR permitted Oct.

Door County Supervisor Marc Savard (District 20) announced that he will not run for re-election in 2010. Savard, who was first elected in 2000, will devote his time to his campaign for the Republican nomination in the 8th Congressional District race.

Bruce Hill took on a monumental project when he became the Door County Community Marketing Fund Coordinator in mid-May. Yet in the months he’s held the position, he’s managed to whittle away at the daunting task of helping county communities answer the questions: “Who are we?” and “How do we spend room tax dollars to bring tourists to our community?” The Community Marketing Fund (CMF) Coordinator position was created by the Door County Visitor Bureau (DCVB) as a means to administer room tax money to each Door County community for the marketing and promotion of each community outside of Door County.

The Door Community Auditorium (DCA) Board of Directors cut all five staff positions at the end of October as part of an ongoing reorganization effort spurred by the economic downturn, increased competition, and disappointing attendance.

The Door County Board of Supervisors adopted a $66,226,538 budget for 2010 at its Nov. 2 meeting. The total tax levy of $22,610,421 is a 1.67 percent drop from 2009, and the $3.

Dick Skare, the Fish Creek restaurateur and Gibraltar Town Board supervisor, will run again for the Democratic nomination for Wisconsin’s 1st Assembly District seat in 2010.

The Door County Planning Department has begun enforcement action against the developer of the Liberty Park Lodge condominium development in Liberty Grove for improper placement of a driveway on a state highway.

The United States Energy Information Agency is predicting a drop in heating prices this winter throughout the country. Average household expenditures for heating this winter are expected to drop about eight percent from last year.

In the Oct. 16 (v15i27) issue of the Peninsula Pulse in the article titled “A Tale of Two Cities,” we referred to “architect Amber Beard.” Beard earned a degree from the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, but is not a certified architect.

For a decade, they didn’t win a game. One season, they scored 12 points. But last night the Gibraltar Vikings football team advanced to the playoffs for the first time in its history by defeating Reedsville 36 – 26 in Fish Creek.

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.

Supervisors for the Town of Jacksonport were advised by county supervisors Oct. 13 to quit stalling on whether they want planning to proceed for a safe harbor at Schauer Park.

The Door County Highway Department is collecting your hazardous waste Nov. 6 in Sister Bay and Nov. 7 in Sturgeon Bay. Common household products like lawn and garden pesticides, automotive fluids, leftover paints, and other potentially harmful chemicals can pose a significant threat to the environment if not disposed of properly.

In professional sports, the term “journeyman” carries a negative meaning, used to describe a player who has spent portions of his career in many different cities, playing for many different teams.

The Door County Board of Supervisors will review the new county comprehensive plan at its Oct. 27 meeting. The Resource Planning Committee (RPC) rejected the expansion of the Baileys Harbor core map last month, putting to rest, for now, the most hotly debated aspect of the plan.

The Sturgeon Bay City Council approved to a preliminary Planned Unit Development (PUD) application from Wal-Mart at the Oct. 6 meeting. Wal-Mart has proposed a 120,000 square-foot supercenter at their location on Egg Harbor Road.

It’s one of the last things an entrepreneur worries about when launching a new business, but it can be the most infuriating. Designing and putting up a sign would seem to be a piece of cake after coming up with a sellable idea, finding a location, and securing financing.

The Wisconsin Legislature is on the verge of stiffening the state’s drunk driving laws, but some don’t think the state is going far enough to curb an embarrassing problem.