By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The West De Pere school board wants everyone at the table. The board voted 4-1 to limit remote meeting attendance by its members to four per district fiscal year. The board meets monthly for its regular meetings. Before this, the board had no policy on remote attendance. The …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The reasons someone is homeless varies drastically – but something all experiencing homelessness have in common is it doesn’t define who they are. “The guests who come to St. John’s Homeless Shelter are so much more than a singular identity of homeless,” said Alexa Priddy, St. John’s director …
By Heather Graves Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – In a close 14-11 vote (with one absence), the county board voted Wednesday, July 17, to adopt an ordinance that sets standard days and times for all standing committee meetings. The ordinance requires all regular meetings of the county’s six standing committees (Administration, Education and Recreation, Executive, Human …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – After some fine-tuning and minor adjustments, De Pere’s Board of Park Commissioners gave the green light to the final conceptual plan for the Legion Park aquatic facility. It’s not too dissimilar to a version made public several months ago, but a few shifts were made. They include: • …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Dozens of students from across Northeast Wisconsin are getting a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to show off their artwork on sails at this year’s Nicolet Bank Tall Ships Festival. This is the first year for the Arts in Schools program as part of the festival. Amy Shadian, event producer, said …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The Green Bay Packers, the City of Green Bay and Green Bay Metro Transit have teamed up to connect two staples of Green Bay – Titletown and downtown. “This is an exciting day for the City of Green Bay,” said Mayor Eric Genrich on Thursday, July 18. “This …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent ASHWAUBENON – Just short of 62 years after leaders broke ground for the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena (Sept. 22, 1957) and just shy of 33 years after the opening of the Brown County Exposition Hall, later Shopko Hall (Sept. 27, 1986), groups came together to break ground again, this time …
By Ben Rodgers Editor We lost a member of The Press Times family on Friday, July 12, and in her typical fashion she wanted to use her passing to send a message. Now is the time to legalize medicinal marijuana in Wisconsin. Melinda Anne Roberts came into our life as a subscriber who got a …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent BELLEVUE – The Village of Bellevue is sounding the alarm on teen vaping. Board members unanimously passed an ordinance at their Wednesday, July 10 meeting to ban minors from vaping or using all other forms of electronic cigarettes in the village. There was no hesitation by the board to make the …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer SUAMICO – After meeting in closed session Monday, July 15, the village board voted in favor of hiring a full-time fire chief in Suamico, said Village Administrator Alex Kaker. The board’s action comes two weeks after hearing a staffing committee’s recommendations related to future staffing needs for the fire department, …
