Brussels News

Port-A-Pier, 9580 Rica Lane, Brussels, is having an open house and festivities from noon until 5 p.m. Friday, July 3. A cookout, meet-and-greet with employees, tours of the new building, in-water display and door prizes will be part of the afternoon fun.

Egg Harbor's Tom Stark survived heavy pressure from New Franken's Shawn Kilgore to capture the IMCA modified feature win June 27 at Prestige Yacht Coatings Thunderhill Raceway in Sturgeon Bay.

A huge fireworks display will cap off a big night of racing Friday at Luxemburg Speedway, presented by Pepsi-Cola Bottling.

The possibility of a new Brussels-Union-Gardner fire station in the town of Union was discussed briefly Tuesday at the Town Board's monthly meeting.

Two Rivers' Kyle Kudick made the high line work and shot past Brett Wenzel with three laps to go, winning his first IMCA modified feature of the season at Prestige Yacht Coatings Thunderhill Raceway in Sturgeon Bay.

It is time to make plans for Fourth of July fireworks viewing. There are two local fireworks displays to enjoy.

Robert C. Davis was voted Ephraim's 1999 Fyr Bal chieftain and was crowned Saturday night at the official ceremony in front of the downtown Village Hall.

Marie Jane Peters, 79, Maplewood, passed away at her home Thursday, June 18, 2009.

The Egg Harbor Village Board plans to meet late Monday afternoon to adopt language for a second referendum on the community's municipal marina, after selecting July 28 as the date for the vote.

Matthew Carl Hanson, Sturgeon Bay, was named to St. Cloud State University spring 2009 dean's list.

A town of Gardner board member reported to the Door County Sheriff's Department that his car was vandalized on three separate occasions while he attended a Brussels, Union, Gardner Fire Department Board meeting.

There's too much politics in the Brussels-Union-Gardner Fire Department, according to many of the roughly 40 people who turned out for a Tuesday evening meeting called by the Union Town Board to discuss fire protection issues.

The fourth annual Parade of Ponds will take place June 27 and will showcase various types of water features created by WaterScape Designs, as well as several water gardens created and installed by homeowners.

HALADA, Allison and Matthew, Darboy, are the parents of a daughter, Abigail Faith, born Tuesday, May 19.

The Algoma Area Chamber of Commerce Shanty Days Committee has announced this year's Shanty Days Theme: "Pumped Up for Shanty Days!" The dates for the 2009 festival are Aug.

Under the direction of county nurse Marion Writt, a vaccination drive to prevent the spread of smallpox to Door County is being organized.

Just a reminder that the Brussels Lion's Club medical equipment loan program provide people with the use of walkers, commodes, canes and crutches and exercise bikes, but there are also a number of hospital beds with electronic controls, battery-operated wheelchairs and scooters, as well as magnifying equipment for people with reduced vision.

Although he won the IMCA modified points title for the sixth time in 2008, Algoma's Todd Dart didn't win a single feature race last season at Thunderhill Raceway in Sturgeon Bay.

Participants pulled their weight and then some on Saturday in the third annual Alaska Brussels Connection Tractor Club's Antique Pull in a high-powered display, a reminder of these vehicles' glory days.

BRUSSELS - Pinch hitter Nikki Bruening's RBI line-drive single with two outs in the seventh inning gave Luxemburg-Casco the lead and an eventual 3-0 victory as the second-seeded Spartans shocked top-seeded Southern Door in a WIAA Division 2 regional final softball game on Thursday.