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  • Peninsula Pulse Server of the Week

    Melanie Hass is this week’s server of the week!

  • Horoscopes

    Gemini (May 21 – June 21): Your lucky musical instrument this week is the ukulele, which will serve as an astonishing lapel brooch.

  • Dear Mary Pat

    Dear Mary Pat, There is an epidemic of people not being able to filter their thoughts before ignorant comments come flying out of their mouths. I just don’t understand why people can’t exercise a little restraint before speaking.

  • Death of Yeardley Love, a Domestic Abuse Reminder

    On May 2, Yeardley Love, a University of Virginia (UVA) lacrosse player, was found dead in her bed; the result of “blunt force trauma,” according to police reports.

  • Barbara Poolkanska

    At the bustling café in the town of sister, and at the mission that is also a grille, there’s a busser so fast you’d think she was a twister, around whom you’ll happily pay the bill.

  • Door County Humane Society Featured Pets

    Ziggy is a wonderful ten-year-old DSH grey tabby. She is extremely talkative, loveable, and friendly. She would do best in a home where she could be the only cat getting all your attention.

  • Updates from the Top of the Thumb

    Welcome to the Notes from the Grove, providing Liberty Grove residents and visitors tid bits of information about goings on in town government. • Speed limit and pedestrian signage will be installed on Garrett Bay Road at the approach to the launch ramp area.

  • Useless Information For A Month of Weddings

    As I write this, the month of June is just a few short days away and, as we all know, the month of June is an extremely popular month to become married.

  • Forget-Me-Nots

    There is a non-native wildflower in full bloom now in northeastern Wisconsin that virtually carpets some damp, partially shaded roadsides and trails producing a pure light blue mist.

  • Horoscopes

    Aquarius (January 20 – February 18): Your fabric is over-softened, Aquarius. A little less snuggle and a little more starch is well starred.

  • Manners Matter

    Dear Mary Pat, We moved here from the Twin Cities two years ago when my husband retired. We purchased a six-bedroom house just so we would have enough room when all the grand kids come over (we have a lot of grand kids!!).

  • The Trout Lily

    One of the most delicate and widespread little wild lilies in North America blooms by the millions in northeastern Wisconsin hardwoods each late April into early May.

  • Door to Nature

    One of the most important native groups of bioindicators, the frogs, toads and salamanders, soon will be entering the reproductive stages in their life cycles.

  • …that the U.S. Census Bureau requires our racial designation?

    “Why Is It…?” was designed by Dr. Steiner to address readers’ questions about human behavior from a social psychological perspective in order to inform and stimulate dialogue about the ways in which our thoughts, feelings and behaviors are influenced by the presence of other people.

  • Snippets from Science

    • Each year there are 350-500 million clinical cases of malaria in Asia and Africa, and about a million people die of malaria or its complications. Certain mosquitoes carry the one-cell parasites (Plasmodium sp.

  • Town Meeting April 13

    Welcome to the Notes from the Grove, providing Liberty Grove residents and visitors tid bits of information about goings on in town government. • The Spring Election will be held on Tuesday, April 6 from 7 am – 8 pm at the Town Hall on Old Stage Lane.

  • A look at the world in numbers

    7 Percent increase in the number of inmates at federal prisons in 2009 1,403,091 Number of inmates in state prisons as of Jan.1, a six percent drop, due in part to budget cuts 1972 The last time there was a drop in the number of inmates in state prisons 15 Number of years that U.

  • Twittleborough’s Folly: a tale for children

    Twittleborough’s Folly: a tale for children The chief characteristic of the otherwise unremarkable city to Twittleborough is that it is almost perfectly bisected by the Karain River, both in terms of area and population.

  • Losing the Battle – When Family Inches Toward Bears Fandom

    Last month my sister Barb got married to a Baltimorian.

    It’s hard for me to believe, but she’s lived in the Charm City for eight years now, and has largely adopted Baltimore teams as her own.

  • News briefs from the Door County Community

    • The Door County Home Builders Association (DCHBA) is still accepting applications for two $1,000 scholarships it will award to Door County high school students who show enthusiasm and promise in the home building profession.