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Local Swim Enthusiast Crosses Death’s Door for Door County Y

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Published Aug. 26, 2010 at 2:15 p.m.

Local swimmer, Margaret Carroll, swam across Death’s Door on Sunday, August 22, while raising $500 for the Door County YMCA.Carroll set out from Northport very early in the morning and swam the 4 miles across to Washington Island, stopping midway to take a break near Pilot Island. Mike Boryk accompanied her in his boat during [ ... ] ...

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Experiencing Door County, all grown up

Published Aug. 18, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.

OnMilwaukee.com Publisher Andy Tarnoff and his old friend, Eron Laber, have taken a nearly identical weekend trip to Door County for the past 16 years. For their 17th, they decided to stay in a hotel, eat some good meals and travel like adults. Here's their guide to taking a more refined vacation to their favorite peninsula.

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Wausau Democrat U.S. Rep. Dave Obey still promoting new financing system for political campaigns

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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 7:43 a.m.

WASHINGTON At the start of the latest congressional, U.S. Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wausau, once again called for the elimination of special-interest money in political campaigns and reintroduced legislation to establish a public financing system ...

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Philip Morris asking U.S. Supreme Court to throw out tobacco ruling

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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON The largest U.S. tobacco maker is asking the Supreme Court to throw out court rulings holding that the industry illegally concealed the dangers of cigarette smoking ...

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Cribs sold at Kmart, Wal-Mart recalled after 3 deaths

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Published Feb. 10, 2010 at 8:10 a.m.

WASHINGTON Government safety officials are recalling drop-side cribs sold at Buy Buy Baby, Kmart, Wal-Mart and other stores after the death of three infants ...

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Journalist, author Gwen Ifill to speak at St. Norbert College graduation in May

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Published Dec. 18, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

DE PERE Gwen Ifill, journalist, author and moderator of PBS Washington Week, will deliver the spring commencement address May 16 at St. Norbert College ...

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Author and Washington Island Ferryman Dick Purinton to Speak at Sister Bay Library at 1 PM Saturday, Dec 5

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Published Dec. 3, 2009 at 12:24 p.m.

“Dick Purinton has many great stories to tell. Come listen. Enjoy,” says Door County author and publisher Norbert Blei.For many decades the Washington Island ferry has been crossing through Death’s Door in the gusty, wet and wild days of late November and December. Author, blogger and ferryman, Dick Purinton will talk about his life and [ ... ] ...

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Traveling Back for Dec. 9

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Published Dec. 9, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

LI Deaths: Cynthia Martin, 53, Sturgeon Bay William Tassoul, 87, Brussels Lester Olson, 80, Sister Bay Charles Strege, 74, Sturgeon Bay Barth Rizzo, 87, Kewaunee John Taube, 72, Sturgeon Bay Mary Bennett, formerly of Sturgeon Bay, Albany, La. Lee Nolan, 79, Sturgeon Bay and Alma Ellefson, 80, Washington Island ...

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“Artists in the Schools” Brings Jazz Musicians to Washington Island Schools and Door County Public School Kids to Birch Creek

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Published Nov. 20, 2009 at 10:58 a.m.

Jazz musicians and Birch Creek faculty members Reggie Thomas and Rick Haydon Meet with Door County students on November 19 and 20.“Artists in the Schools” is an outreach program that reaches as many as 400 Door County public school students annually with Birch Creek faculty members visiting instrumental music classrooms and conducting two-hour seminars. They [ ... ] ...

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Residents decry county budget cuts

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Published Nov. 2, 2009 at 11:57 p.m.

A packed house at Washington Park Senior Center bore witness Monday night to a litany of impassioned pleas made to 19 mostly silent Milwaukee County supervisors to save programs threatened by next year's unusually tough budget ...

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