By Emily Small – In a series of meetings in mid-November, Island taxpayers were given an opportunity to learn more about, debate, and ultimately vote on the Washington Island Fire Department’s request for new and improved infrastructure. The Door County Board of Supervisor’s decision this summer to purchase the Historic Island Dairy for an EMS […]
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High and dry
By Dick Purinton – The ferry Eyrarbakki sat on blocks in early November at the Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding dry dock facility for its five-year Coast Guard hull inspection, plus other scheduled maintenance work. Early in the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 18, when the winds were light, the ferry was lifted in slings by the overhead […]
