Category: Perspectives

PEACHES, a female spayed orange tabby, 1-2 years old and SHIP, a male neutered black & white, are comfortable and compatible companions who will be calm additions to a household.

It has long been the policy of the Door County Environmental Council (DCEC) to support and initiate programs and projects that will maintain and improve the water that flows around and below our unique peninsula.

With autumn quickly approaching, open health insurance enrollment is coming for many area companies.

Jon Paul gives his regular look at the Great Lakes and those who sailed its waves.

There are few cultivated crops that intrigue and fascinate me more than a large field of sunflowers displaying their sunny smiles to whoever will enjoy them.

Why is it…that some people never seem to take responsibility for their actions?

This week millions of children took their inaugural steps into first grade classrooms across the country – millions of children born after the events of Sept. 11, 2001.

Here’s the Shelley Ryan Challenge: Pare It Down! From the list of fun garden ideas, select three that can be realistically accomplished indoors on a January day!

One of the favorite dog walkers at the shelter is a 60-year-old lady from Egg Harbor who had this to say about BENJI and CHULO, our one-year-old Chocolate Lab/Pit Bull Terrier brothers: “They are awesome together with tails always wagging.

Recently, many people have become concerned over the levels of nitrates in surface water supplies. Concern has been expressed that modern farming practices are contributing to the pollution of our state and nation’s drinking water, and some have gone so far as to suggest radical changes in farming techniques in hopes of solving the problem.

In last week’s column I documented that room tax dollars are intended to increase the occupancy of the lodging industry. During the past week, several of you have asked me, “If the room tax is intended to benefit the lodging industry, how does it help the gift shops, the art galleries, or the restaurants?”

The Peninsula Music Festival (PMF) is similar to many orchestras in the United States. We, like them, do not own the place where we perform. Though the performing arts centers are often referred to as the “homes” of these orchestras, the orchestra is only “at home” when they are either rehearsing or presenting a concert at the performing arts center.

I worry a lot about this peninsula I call home. Yes, I realize I’m prone to cynicism (hence, I write news). I probably overreact and sometimes too readily expect the worst and find the dark inside the silver lining of too many issues.

It’s not the normal image that comes to mind when one reminisces about their childhood, but for me, ever-present in many of my most dominant childhood memories is the newspaper.

When you grow up in Door County, especially Northern Door, you’re constantly reminded what a special place this is. As a kid, you don’t buy it, but it’s pounded into your head ad nausea by the newspaper, magazines, teachers, and – most vigorously – by the tourists you serve at your parents’ hotel, restaurant, or gift shop.

The Ruby-throated Hummingbird possibly captures the hearts of more people each summer than any other bird in Door County, and each year we learn more about these dazzling little winged jewels.

Diving in Door County for over 35 years I have always been amazed at the diversity of the shipwrecks sunk in our waters. The shipwrecks in the area run the gamut of time with brigs, schooners, steam-barges, wood steamers to steel steamers.

By now, almost everyone knows that the city of Sturgeon Bay and most of the rest of Door County are at odds over how this peninsula will be marketed to vacation travelers in 2009.