By Patrick J. Wood Publisher Dear Reader, Yesterday my grandson Michael Francis was born. Coincidentally or maybe not, Francis was the name of my father. His birth and my father’s death got me thinking…see below. Echoes What are we to bequeath of our lives Our graves will be overgrown with brush Later generations will trample over …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer SUAMICO – After further review of the village code, the Suamico village board wants the owners of 9.657 acres of property along Velp Avenue and at the end of Knightriders Lane to connect to municipal sewer and water service should they decide to build a house there. Board members in …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – In a continued effort to work more efficiently together, the Green Bay school board held a special meeting Tuesday, Sept. 24, with facilitator Drew Howick of Howick Associates from Madison. Board members spent nearly 2 hours clarifying responsibilities and roles of the board and the administration, as well …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – De Pere may be getting ready to chew over its policy on dogs in parks. About a year ago, Brown County began allowing well-behaved leashed dogs in county parks. All county parks are considered to be on-leash, dog-friendly parks except Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve, trails north of Lineville Road, …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – Approximately 40 people present for a public forum Wednesday, Sept. 18, in the Performing Arts Center received updated cost estimates related to possible referendum questions the district could hold next April. This was the second forum held for district residents to have the opportunity to ask questions and …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The school board took a step forward in its search for the district’s next superintendent by approving the hire of search firm Hazard, Young and Attea Associates, from Illinois, at a cost not to exceed $35,500, at its meeting Monday, Sept. 16. “The selection of superintendent is the …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – Multiple law enforcement agencies recently came together to net a big fish in the vast ocean that is the dark web for illegal activities being done in a Hobart home. Earlier this month, Christopher D. Bania, 26, Hobart, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of a controlled substance …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Students donned yellow kid-sized hard hats, and church leaders took up iconic gold shovels to symbolically break ground for the new Notre Dame School of De Pere. However, the ground has been broken wide open for weeks, and construction is well underway. Crews from Miron Construction are digging …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor On Monday, Sept. 16, the Green Bay school board made a major decision that no media outlet mentioned. It decided to award some of its legal notices to The Press Times. Those legal notices in the back of the paper hold massive amounts of important information, and being entrusted with them …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – Public hearings dominated the Tuesday, Sept. 17, Hobart village board meeting, with one item drawing around a dozen concerned residents. The majority of the public was there for a rezoning hearing to change parcels located in the 600-770 block of Trout Creek Road from R2 to R2R to accommodate …
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