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.
-
How can we attain economic prosperity without reverting to unsustainable practices? Do efforts at sustainability necessitate giving up the beauty of the natural landscape? What role does tourism play in sustainable economic development? These and other questions related to the relationship between economic prosperity and environmental preservation will be posed at the next gathering of Green Drinks, on Wednesday, March 24 from 4:30 – 6:00 pm at Glas, the green coffeehouse on Sturgeon Bay’s west side.
-
The lack of transmission capacity in the eastern United States is estimated to cost consumers $16 million annually.
-
Carmon Mabrey has been a gardener for many years, and for several seasons Carmon’s Gardens has been supplying Egg Harbor’s Greens N Grains Natural Food Store and an increasing number of restaurants in Door County with his fresh produce.
-
Vikings Fall in Regional Final
The Gibraltar Vikings came up just short of their first trip to the WIAA basketball sectionals March 6, falling 60 – 58 to Green Bay NEW Lutheran at Brillion.
-
Four From County on Packerland Boys All-Conference List
Gibraltar senior Sam Forkert led four Door County players named to the Packerland Conference 1st or 2nd Team. Forkert was the only county player named to the first team and is the first Gibraltar player to earn the honor since Paul Nelson in 1999.
-
Sister Bay Votes Yes to Buy Al Johnson’s Boutique
Four years ago, Mike Flood presented an idea to the Village of Sister Bay to revitalize its downtown through land aquisition and rezoning. It seemed at best a 20-year vision, at worst a pipe dream.
-
Final 2009 Room Tax Returns In
The final room tax returns have been tabulated for 2009, and collections were down .5 percent in comparable municipalities from 2008. The number of room nights filled, however, dropped 3.
-
Readers Weigh In On Door County’s Brain Drain
In January the Pulse began a series, Door County’s Brain Drain, devoted to the peninsula’s dwindling population of young adults. We’re looking into why they’re leaving, but more importantly, what might attract them back.
-
Sister Bay Makes $5 Million Offer For Al Johnson’s Boutique
The Village of Sister Bay will consider its second $5 million waterfront property purchase in four years at Tuesday’s Village Board Meeting. The village has discussed buying the Al Johnson’s Boutique property for at least 10 years, but most thought it wouldn’t be available for several years.
-
In the article “Gibraltar Basketball Nears Milestones” in the Feb. 22 issue of the Peninsula Pulse, we wrote that the last time Gibraltar boys basketball team defeated Southern Door was in 1995.
-
Northern Door Discusses Fire District
Fighting fires in even the smallest towns is increasingly complicated, and the volunteer fire departments that Northern Door relies on are bearing a burden that grows heavier with each regulation and mandate handed down by the state and federal governments.
-
• Last year’s snow removal expenses blew the county’s budget out of the water. The county had budgeted $445,000 for snow removal, but had to spend $555,999 thanks to heavy snow in early 2009.
-
• The Village of Sister Bay will discuss a proposal to purchase the Al Johnson’s Boutique property in downtown Sister Bay at its Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, March 9.
-
“Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” Funds Available
In September 2009 the U.S. Department of Agriculture launched its “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” initiative. The initiative promotes local and regional food systems by stimulating community economic development and ensuring equitable access to affordable fresh and local food.
-
Skare to Give “Green Building Project” Presentation
Dick Skare, co-owner of The Cookery in Fish Creek, is scheduled to give a presentation at the Wisconsin Restaurant Expo, outlining environmentally friendly aspects of the restaurant’s new building.
-
Volunteers Needed for Community Garden
Last year the Village of Sister Bay, through the gracious help of several volunteers, created a community garden next to the wastewater plant. The village would like to continue the project; however, the garden is entirely managed and operated by volunteers, so if enough volunteers don’t come forward the garden will not be available this year.
-
“City dwellers protect the ecological balance of the countryside by staying away from it.
-
Jacksonport Farmer’s Market 2010
Plans are underway for the 2010 Farmer’s Market held at Lakeside Park in downtown Jacksonport. Letters will be going out mid-March to those who were vendors in 2009, and new participants are welcome.
-
General Motors shut down production of the Hummer line, the preeminent symbol of the company’s decade-long commitment to manufacturing gas-guzzlers that helped send the auto giant into a tailspin.
-
130 Million tons of toxic coal ash produced each year by coal-fired power plant 1 Million, the number of railroad cars that ash would fill 80 The percent of America’s coal-fired power plants that could be closed if all 49 states raised their energy-efficiency level to that of New York, the most efficient state Source: Plan B 4.