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Door County politics will take new shape April 1 when votes are tabulated for local government seats. The biggest change will occur in the chairman’s seat of the Door County Board of Supervisors, which Charlie Most will vacate after six years in the post.

Their title doesn’t do justice to the importance of their job. In an era when voter skepticism about election results is at an all-time high, those elected to handle the counts are under more pressure to get it right than ever, but many people don’t even know who they are.

When Tom Voegele ran for mayor of Sturgeon Bay his first priority was to open up city government to the people. In January he took a step toward his goal when the city hosted its first of what Voegele hopes will be regular town hall meetings.

While highway departments throughout the country are scrambling to keep their roads safe and ice-free – and paying a steep price to do so – Door County is sitting relatively pretty.

Residents of the Door Peninsula will head to the polls Feb. 19 to make their voice heard in the most competitive primary season in memory. It was thought by many that Super Tuesday, in which residents of 22 states voted, would create a front runner in each party, but on the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 6 the race was as muddy as ever.

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Do you have a 4-year-old in your house who can explain elliptical orbits? Were you surprised to hear that your 7-year-old thinks Apollo Astronaut Bob Lovell is a really cool guy? Do your teenagers fight to get a look at the Mir through the family telescope?