Archive for 'Heritage'
Pirates Return to the Sturgeon Bay Waterfront Opening May 19
Posted on 15. May, 2012 by Bob Desh.
The Door County Maritime Museum has yet to match the success it enjoyed with the “Pirates!” exhibit in 2007 when it smashed all attendance records at the Sturgeon Bay museum… That exhibit’s curator, Jon Paul Van Harpen is back now and so are the pirates in a new exhibit that the museum promises will be [...]
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Egg Harbor Board Votes for Immediate Demolition of Historical Lena’s Sip & Chat Building
Posted on 10. Apr, 2012 by Stephen Kastner.
By a four to one vote, Lena’s is lost to the wrecking crew. It will be gone in 30 days. There were a lot of terms tossed about by experts and individuals at the April 9 meeting of the Egg Harbor Village Board. Eyesore, firetrap, blight and run-down bar quickly come to mind… but the [...]
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Lena’s Sip & Chat Architectural Remnants Placed in Auction, Martha Egan Letter to Egg Harbor Board, Meeting Tonight at 6 pm
Posted on 09. Apr, 2012 by Stephen Kastner.
On Monday, April 9 at 6 pm, the Egg Harbor Village Board will hold a regular meeting at the Paul J. Bertschinger Community Center and you are invited to attend! There will be time provided for public commentary. We hope to present Nancy Fisher and her board members with more than 500 names and comments [...]
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Historical Image of Lena’s Sip & Chat when it was the Egg Harbor Restaurant, Board Meets April 9
Posted on 05. Apr, 2012 by Stephen Kastner.
Lena’s in the 1930′s, known as the Egg Harbor Restaurant, advertised “Good Food” and also sold Shell gas with four pumps and Pleck’s Ice Cream. On Monday, April 9 at 6 pm the Egg Harbor Village Board meets to determine the fate of a historic, Main Street, architectural heritage site. Many people are expressing their [...]
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Petition to Save Historic Egg Harbor Landmark to be Presented at April 9 Board Meeting
Posted on 26. Mar, 2012 by Stephen Kastner.
President Nancy Fisher says the Village of Egg Harbor Board Meeting, to be held at Paul J. Bertschinger Community Center, 7860 Hwy 42 in Egg Harbor on April 9 at 6 pm, will provide time for public commentary. A classic Door County bar and dance hall built in 1935 is slated for destruction without any [...]
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Lena’s Could be Worth a Small Fortune, Petitioning for a Fact Finding Mission
Posted on 20. Mar, 2012 by Stephen Kastner.
When historical experts made the State of Wisconsin aware of $2 million dollars in savings by restoring the Steel Bridge instead of building a new replacement, the tone of the conversation took an abrupt turnaround. Our SignOn Petition: The Village of Egg Harbor legislators should undertake a complete study that includes all of the options [...]
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Village of Egg Harbor may Soon Lose a Historical Landmark
Posted on 12. Mar, 2012 by Staff Reporter.
The Village of Egg Harbor and the Robert Cowles Family announce the purchase of a 1.23 acre property at 7740 State Highway 42 in Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, the site known as the former home of Lena’s Sip & Chat. When a new building is constructed at that location, it will be known as the Robert [...]
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Purinton to speak at Door County Maritime Museum, Nov 29
Posted on 22. Nov, 2011 by Bob Desh.
Winter is rapidly approaching so it seems appropriate the Door County Maritime Museum’s 2011-2012 Speaker Series kicks off Tuesday night, Nov. 29, with Richard Purinton presenting a program centered on winters on Washington Island. This initial program on will provide an excellent holiday shopping opportunity with the museum’s gift shop open for business and a [...]
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15th Season Coming to a Close at Sister Bay Historical Society’s Corner of the Past Museum
Posted on 11. Sep, 2011 by Staff Reporter.
The Old Anderson House, centerpiece of the Sister Bay Historical Society’s Corner of the Past Museum, will close out it’s 15th year of operation on the weekend of September 24-25. However, the grounds of the facility and the popular Saturday morning Farm Market will remain running through Saturday, October 8. In addition, the Saturday Heritage [...]
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Jacksonport Historical Society Presents Kurt Scharrig Family History, Sept 24
Posted on 09. Sep, 2011 by Staff Reporter.
Join us on Saturday, September 24 at 7 pm at Jacksonport Town Hall on County V in Jacksonport as we visit with the Kurt Scharrig family. The Scharrig Family history in Jacksonport dates back to 1922 when Minnie (Scharrig-Pleck) Knutson moved here as a war bride from Domson, Germany and her brother Kurt Scharrig came [...]
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