DOOR COUNTY NEWSWIRE
Ephraim’s Christmas in the Village Brought Holiday Cheer
Ephraim, Wis. (December 9, 2024) – Ephraim was bursting with holiday cheer at the Ephraim Business Council’s annual Christmas in the Village celebration on December 7, 2024. Santa arrived on the Ephraim Fire Department’s fire truck and was welcomed into […]
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Early Ice Covers Unsafe, DNR Warns
Madison, Wis. (December 10, 2024) – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) urges the public to practice early-winter ice safety on all of Wisconsin’s waterbodies and remember that no ice is safe ice. The temperature swings that mark the final […]
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Birch Creek Music Performance Center Announces New Executive Director
Egg Harbor, Wis. (December 9, 2024) – The Birch Creek Music Performance Center Board of Trustees is thrilled to announce the appointment of Jenna Ferdon as its next Executive Director. This announcement marks an exciting new chapter in Birch Creek’s […]
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A Collaboration for the Holidays: Local Nonprofits Unite for “A Glimpse of Christmas Past”
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (December 6, 2024) — Step back in time this December as the Door County Historical Society’s Heritage Village comes alive with the sights, sounds, and spirit of the holiday season during A Glimpse of Christmas Past. Presented by the Door County […]
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UNCOMMONLY FINE WRITING ABOUT THE COUNTY
Night Tree
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. “Night Tree” is a cherished tradition at Crossroads at Big Creek. “Night Tree” also is a children’s book by Eve Bunting that tells the story of a family driving out “to where the […]
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Celebrate the Season with Those You Love
By Jerod Santek, Founding & Artistic Director, Write On, Door County December often feels like the world is in fact running wild. In what should be a season to slow down and appreciate what we have, too many of us […]
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Bird Census
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Depending how one counts, at least eleven world religions celebrate holidays in December, and although the twelve days of Christmas and the eight day celebration of Hanukkah begin on December 25, we […]
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November is National Family Stories Month
“Unlike stories from books, family stories are always free and completely portable. You don’t even need to have the lights on to share with your child a story about your day, about their day, about your childhood or their grandma’s.” […]
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DOOR DINING NEWS
By Marise Redmann (Originally published in 2023 Door County Go! Guide) A life well-lived is even better when it involves great food. For couples, it can also be a shared bond. Gabrielle and AJ Dillon, for instance, who share both a life and a love of great food. Gabrielle is a photographer and political science […]
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Column 7, July 30, 2024 by Jim Berkenstock The day following our recent “Grieg Piano Concerto with Jeannie Yu” program, I ran into one of the audience members who had been there. Harry (not his real name) said to me with a very serious look, “I’ve attended my last Midsummer’s Music concert!” I was too stunned […]
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February 6, 1934 – October 3, 2023 Jean Wideroe Berkenstock, 89, passed away with her husband at her side on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at Evanston Hospital in Evanston, IL. She is survived by her husband of nearly 50 years, James Turner Berkenstock, a daughter, Nina Swanson, a stepson, Paul Berkenstock, grandchildren Jake Hoogheem, Keven […]
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September 18, 2023 By Norbert Blei Working in a converted chicken coop north of Ellison Bay, for 40+ years writer Norbert Blei (8/23/1935 – 4/23/2013) chronicled Door County through the lives of its inhabitants. A revised edition of DOOR WAY: The People in the Landscape, the first book in Blei’s “Door Series,” was published August […]
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