In today’s edition: 82-year-old Brookfield resident found in water at Chambers Island, Egg Harbor will enter closed session for agreements on Joint Ballfield and Cemetery operations and Gibraltar schools approve curriculum updates.

The Agenda 

Upcoming items at local government meetings, sorted by issue

✈️ Transportation – Ephraim Village Board (Tuesday, 7 p.m.)

The Ephraim Village Board will hear a presentation from the Ephraim-Gibraltar Airport Commission on Phase 2 of the Airport Master Plan that includes proposed runway extensions, rebuilding runways and hanger development options at the board meeting on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The Commission unanimously supported a plan with a 3,000-foot runway, which is a 300-700 foot extension of the existing runway. Read the agenda. 

🪦 Governance – Egg Harbor Village Board (Wednesday, 1 p.m.)

The Egg Harbor Village Board will enter a closed session to deliberate and negotiate the purchase of public properties, the investing of public funds and other specified public business requiring competitive or bargaining confidentiality, specifically regarding agreements for Joint Fire Protection Services and Joint Ballfield and Cemetery operations at the board meeting on Wednesday at 1 p.m. The board will convene to open session to take further action. Read the agenda. 

🎒 School – Gibraltar Board of Education (Monday, 7 p.m.)

The Gibraltar Board of Education will approve the elementary social studies curriculum and approve updates to the coaches’ handbook at its meeting on Monday at 7 p.m. Read the agenda. 

This week’s full meeting schedule:

Monday

  • Gibraltar Board of Education – 7 p.m. (Agenda) 
  • Baileys Harbor Town Board – (Agenda) 
  • Sturgeon Bay Town Board – 6 p.m. (Agenda) 

Tuesday

  • Ephraim Village Board – 7 p.m. (Agenda)

Wednesday

  • Egg Harbor Village Board – 1 p.m. (Agenda)

Around Town 

What’s going on in your neck of the woods

🔊Announcements 

  • The body of 81-year-old Michael J. Kennedy from Brookfield, Wisconsin was found in the water near a dock at Chambers Island Marina on May 7, according to a Door County Sheriff’s Office May 8 Facebook post. The Gibraltar Police Department was notified at 5:15 p.m. on May 7, and requested the Sheriff’s Office’s assistance. Emergency personnel from the Gibraltar Fire Department, Gibraltar Emergency Medical Responders, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Door County Emergency Services, Gibraltar Police Department and the Door County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene. Based on preliminary findings, foul play is not suspected at the time of the Facebook post. The incident remains under investigation, and an autopsy is being conducted at the Brown County Medical Examiner’s Office.

🗓️ Community & Non-Profit Events

  • The Cove Preserve is hosting a “Birding in the Field Breakfast” with guided birding and a field-style breakfast with coffee on Monday at 6 a.m. 
  • The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County will host a “Know the Signs, Strengthen the Mind Work Sshop” on Tuesday at 1 p.m. The workshop will teach participants to recognize the common warning signs of Alzheimer’s diseases and how to approach someone about memory concerns. 
  • Turtle Ridge Gallery-Boutique will host a jewelry pop-up that will feature Laura Foote’s collection, along with several artisan pieces on Saturday at 10 a.m.

♥️ Joys & Concerns

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