Egg Harbor News

The next Door County Women in Business gathering will be at 8 a.m. July 23 at Alpine Resort in Egg Harbor.

The Door County Folk Festival begins Wednesday and continues through Sunday. This event is staffed by some of the best dance leaders, teachers and callers in the Midwest.

"Our orchards are blessed with a very nice crop of both sweet and tart cherries this year," said Jim Seaquist, a partner in his family's Seaquist Orchards in Sister Bay, which produces more than half of the county's tart cherries and about one-tenth of the lesser-known sweet cherries.

Happy Fourth of July! Congratulations to Ruthmary Cardy Browning, who will be this year's Egg Harbor Fourth of July parade marshal.

Your guide to Fourth of July celebrations in Door County: Egg Harbor's Independence Day celebration, presented by the Egg Harbor Business Association, begins Friday, July 3, in Harbor View Park with beer, brats, hot dogs, popcorn and soda starting at 3 p.m. Live music from the Mango Brothers plays from 5-9 p.m. at the park.

Egg Harbor's Tom Stark survived heavy pressure from New Franken's Shawn Kilgore to capture the IMCA modified feature win June 27 at Prestige Yacht Coatings Thunderhill Raceway in Sturgeon Bay.

Egg Harbor pounded out 25 hits and seven home runs en route to a 16-10 victory over Maplewood on Sunday in a game between co-leaders in Door County League baseball.

The following are recent motor-vehicle accidents involving injuries, according to accident reports filed with the Door County Sheriff's Department: At 1:15 a.m. June 20 in the town of Gardner, Eric Mack, 27, of Algoma, was injured when he lost control of his motorcycle on Riley's Bay Road.

We are looking forward to the Fourth of July Parade at 1 p.m. Concerts start at Harborview Park on Thursday, with The Mango Brothers at 5 p.m. Sponsored by the town of Egg Harbor, these are free to the public.

Taxpayers in Egg Harbor will be asked once again to help fix an ailing breakwall in the village's marina.

Egg Harbor village trustees tried again Monday to nail down language for a July 28 second referendum on construction of a new municipal marina.

The Egg Harbor Village Board plans to meet late Monday afternoon to adopt language for a second referendum on the community's municipal marina, after selecting July 28 as the date for the vote.

Host Sister Bay upset league-leading Maplewood 6-3 on Sunday to create a four-way logjam at the top of the Door County Baseball League.

The concerts are returning to Egg Harbor. At 7 p.m. June 28, Richie Havens and special guest Harry Manx will be in concert at the Peg Egan PAC, kicking off the free Sunday concerts series.

County residents can celebrate Door County's Festival of Blossoms in their own backyards by ordering six kinds of spring flowering bulbs - including the Door County USA daffodil.

Actress Cindy Morgan, who played Lacey Underall in the classic golf movie 'Caddyshack,' made a guest appearance Monday at the Door County Charities Golf Classic at The Orchards in Egg Harbor.

Twenty-six young women from around the state arrived Sunday for the start of the 2009 Miss Wisconsin pageant week of activities and competitions in Oshkosh.

Two Door County teenagers were injured in two separate accidents last week in the town of Sevastopol.

Congratulations to Jenifer Moore, daughter of Pat Moore, who received the Sister Bay Lion's Club Dr.

The Cookery Restaurant has reopened after closing due to a fire in May 2008. Dick and Carol Skare have owned the business since 1977.