Ellison Bay News

The schedule of events for The Big Read Door County 2010, featuring "My Antonia" by Willa Cather : Monday, Jan.

Saveur magazine begins the new year with an issue dedicated to the 100 things that readers can't do without, food-wise - from spiced dipping salt and salt cod to wild chanterelles and sharpening stones.

On Dec. 10, a gun was reported stolen from Daniel J. Dowland at 501 Europe Lake Road in Ellison Bay.

Door County began its first cold wave of the season Monday, when the mercury dropped to zero and was followed by readings of minus 6 degrees and minus 9 degrees Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.

Door County is considering entering into a three-way deal that would double the size of Door Bluff Headlands County Park.

Keeping a journal was just about the last thing Dick Purinton had in mind for a 2007 New Year's resolution.

The Milwaukee School of Engineering announced its fall quarter honors list. Tracy Lee Borkovetz, biomedical engineering, and Jay Anthony Stasiak, industrial engineering, both of Sturgeon Bay, were named to the dean's list for having grade-point averages of 3.2 or higher.

Local officials are gearing up for the unknown as the year closes in on the new century.

As a young man, Arni J. Richter made a promise to make crossing Death's Door a safe passage for his community and its many visitors.

After addressing the species of shrubs that were planted by a landscaper to control beach runoff at the Ellison Bay Community Center, the Liberty Grove Town Board last week authorized payment for the project.

Walter 'Bud' Teichen, Jr., 89, Sturgeon Bay, passed away peacefully in his home in Sturgeon Bay, on Monday, Nov.

Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, we are looking forward to the long-anticipated Christmas season.

Conventional wisdom must be having a difficult time keeping up with the Door County art community.

We hope you all had a very happy Thanksgiving and also survived Black Friday. The holiday season has truly begun.

It will be good news for Northern Door residents, especially those in Gills Rock and Ellison Bay, to hear that Charlene Berg's Gallery Ten in Gills Rock will remain open all winter.

Britta Lyne Tencate and Charles Jason Wolfe, both of Crystal Lake, Ill., were married Aug.

Registration is now open for the Clearing Folk School's winter session. Classes begin Jan.

Peter Burress, 15, son of Richard and Jane Burress of Sister Bay, has earned the Eagle Scout Award, the highest advancement rank in Boy Scouting.

Concerned about the varieties of shrubs and grasses planted to reduce the potential for beach runoff at the Ellison Bay Community Center, the town of Liberty Grove's Parks and Property Committee tabled action on the proposal.

The last golf day at Maxwelton Braes was Saturday. Many loyal folks came out to golf in the rainy, cold weather.