Category: Perspectives

January is National Stalking Awareness Month, which provides an opportunity to discuss a very hidden and disturbing behavior. According to the Stalking Resource Center, stalking can be defined as a series of actions that make one feel afraid or in danger.

If you are under the age of 30, you need to stop reading this column now. The words that follow are not for your eyes. In two weeks I will have something for you to read, but for now please turn the page.

Dear Mary Pat, I’m afraid that my life has no meaning now that the Packers have lost. I know that seems extreme, but I really had my hopes set on the Pack playing in the Superbowl this year.

Violinist Frank Almond, well known to area residents, continues with nothing but winning programs in his Milwaukee Frankly Music series. On January 10, we ventured to his latest offering, plowing through some of the messiest weather we’ve encountered in years.

With the holiday season well-heralded by two Green Bay Symphony Orchestra programs, we offer an additional gift suggestion for the dedicated music lover.

If your car battery is dead or even weak, you’re not going anywhere. It is the leading cause of starting trouble, whether because of lights left on, a charging system problem or other cause.

Our previous two Web Tips columns discussed how search engines (a.k.a. Google, Yahoo) work. A potential website visitor enters a word or phrase into the search engine’s search box and the results are matched against a database.

During the second week of November the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) held their 16th annual convention in Chicago – and over 22,000 people showed up.

I am a local shopper. At least, I try to be whenever possible. This certainly wasn’t the case a few years ago, when I believed that typing my credit card number over and over into little boxes in online shopping forms was a lot more satisfying than a jaunt to any store on the peninsula.

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.

As the holiday season approaches amid daily increasing darkness, many factors can contribute to intentional or unintended overuse of alcohol. Wisconsin statistics are pretty scary; they range from dangerous binge drinking on our campuses (60 percent of 18 – 25 year old males) and daily local DUI listings to fatalities on local and nearby highways.

Studies have shown that water-softener brine regeneration wastes not only harm the natural decomposition processes occurring in a wastewater treatment system, they can also cause the septic tank itself to discharge a greater concentration of solids, grease, and oil into the dispersal field.

[NOTE: With the holiday shopping season upon us, it’s time for me to remind you of one of my personal crusades. So this issue, I re-present (with a few updates and alterations) a column that is near and dear to my heart.

The very first introduction to the Peninsula Pulse.