Category: Door County News
Door County news from the pages of the Peninsula Pulse and Door County Living, the peninsula’s trusted, local sources for information about Door County, Wisconsin.
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Getting to Know Essential Oils
Since traveling in Central America, Tea Tree Oil has become a vital presence in my medicine cabinet. It was an absolute lifesaver for itchy fly bites while gardening in the tropics.
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Bayview Bridge Work Pushed to 2013
A look at the news coming up in Door County.
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Doors Open to Sunset Hill Development
Action Realty and the Door County Economic Development Corporation held a ribbon cutting and open house for the Sunset Hills #2 workforce housing development in Sturgeon Bay Oct. 4.
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The widespread damage caused by the Sept. 29 windstorm knocked out power for up to three days for some Door County residents and forced Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) to put its emergency response plan into service to get the lights back on for 12,500 peninsula residents.
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The following is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s suggested materials for a basic emergency supply kit to get you through three days in the event of an emergency.
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There are eight steps to taking it to the course, and steps one through four (the cue, visualize your shot, make practice swing and pick an intermediate target) were printed last week. Here are steps five through eight to help you polish your game of golf.
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Door County Golfer Profile: Mark Hill
Years playing: My father taught me the game and my swing around the summer of 1970.
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Door County Named Best Weekend Getaway
Midwest Golfing Magazine has named Door County the “Best Weekend Getaway” in the publication’s sixth Annual Editor’s Choice Awards. The announcement came in the magazine’s recently released Fall 2011 issue.
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RESULTS Cherry Hill’s Big Cup 1st place (58): Sue Burlo, Paul Burlo, Pete Franklin and Tim Minkin 2nd place (59): Tod Olson, Carl Beckstrom, Eric Fairchild and Pat Cuculi 3rd place (60): Jason Fuller, Justin Borkovetz, Matt Ash and Corey Ash SHORT SHOTS Cherry Hills Top Scores for the Week Carl Beckstrom 79 Sue Burlo […]
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The Linden Centre Highlighted in Documentary
• Brian Linden from Linden Gallery and The Linden Centre were recently highlighted in a Hollywood produced documentary about China. The film, Dali- Love at First Sight, was directed by Chris D. Nebe, president of Monarex Hollywood Corporation.
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Broken Poles Slowed Door County Power Restoration
The Thursday, Sept. 29 windstorm that rattled the Door Peninsula with winds of up to 70 miles per hour knocked out power to 12,500 residents and caused hundreds of individual outages.
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Door County’s Bayview Bridge Closure Pushed from 2012 to 2013
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that work on Sturgeon Bay’s Bayview Bridge in Door County, originally scheduled for 2012, has been rescheduled to early spring 2013.
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Ferry Line gets grant to repower Robert Noble
Door County news in brief from last week.
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Sevastopol budget work session Oct. 6
Door County news to come.
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Frontier’s DSL rollout has been delayed as the company re-enforces it data backhaul.
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What’s Up With the New Power Lines In Sturgeon Bay?
Visitors to Door County may be jarred by the new welcome mat they find as they cross Sturgeon Bay’s Bayview Bridge. Waiting for them along the Hwy 42/57 bypass is a new line of industrial, rust-colored transmission towers installed by the American Transmission Company (ATC).
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Cellcom Preps for Next Generation Technology
Cellcom announced in August that it would build a fiber network from Green Bay to Gills Rock to expand its wireless network, increase data capacity and improve its high-speed internet service.
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Searching for Signal in Door County
If you have a friend who has visited the peninsula carrying a phone with an AT&T mobile plan, you’ve heard the complaints of spotty service, dropped calls, and a common refrain – “I hate AT&T.”
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To pet owners, getting their furry friends spayed or neutered is a cost they are happy to pay, but for Door County residents trying to control the feral cat population, the financial costs outweigh the benefits.
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Epic Poem Bridges Door County Schools, Students
In a mythical land known as Rock Island, students from Washington Island and Sevastopol joined together in celebration of the Olde English tale Beowulf, recreating the anonymously-written epic in a period setting Sept. 21.