By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The November election is about a month away, and the City of Green Bay is helping facilitate a safe and efficient experience this go-around. “We are trying to achieve safe voting in the middle of a pandemic,” said Celestine Jeffreys, chief of staff. To achieve that, the city …
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By Josh Staloch Correspondent GREEN BAY – The 2020 summer tourism season is complete, and despite challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Green Bay’s Bay Beach Amusement Park has made it through the turbulent stretch. “For it to work, we really needed a buy in from our staff and from our guests as well,” …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The Green Bay city council unanimously passed a resolution in support of the Green Bay Police Department at its meeting Tuesday, Sept. 15. District 8 Alder Chris Wery brought the request forward at the Sept. 3 Protection and Policy Committee meeting, where it received full support. “Obviously, the …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – City alders unanimously approved updated plans to several of the city’s tax increment districts (TIDs) at a special meeting Friday, Sept. 4. Alders met briefly to approve a handful of reallocations and extensions for TIDs, one barely making the deadline for allowed changes. “We apologize for the short …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer GREEN BAY – An attorney representing Black Lives Matter protesters is seeking to dismiss citations issued to nine of his clients accused in early June of violating the city’s emergency curfew. In a Sept. 2 letter sent to Mayor Eric Genrich and City Attorney Vanessa Chavez, attorney David Hassel said …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Mayor Eric Genrich cast the tie-breaking vote to extend the city’s State of Emergency at the city council meeting Tuesday, Aug.18. Instead of extending the declaration to the next month, as council has done since spring, the newly passed resolution extends the State of Emergency to Dec. 31, …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The Green Bay city council approved a city-wide face covering, or mask mandate in a 7-5 vote at its meeting Tuesday, July 21. The ordinance, which goes into affect on Monday, July 27, will require people to wear a face covering inside all public areas. The vote came …
By Lea Kopke Correspondent GREEN BAY – Starting next Monday, Green Bay residents could be required to wear a mask while inside public spaces under a proposed face covering requirement plan by Mayor Eric Genrich. Genrich announced the plan during a press conference, which was originally planned to be held outside Green Bay City Hall, …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The Green Bay city council paved the way for local businesses to expand their spaces into the streets with its approval of a parklet policy at its meeting Monday, June 29. A parklet resembles decks or patios that are placed within parking spaces on city streets to allow …
By Ben Rodgers Editor This cannot be any more straightforward. If you plan to vote absentee in Brown County this August and November, request your absentee ballots now. As Aug. 11 gets closer, questions still remain about how many polling locations in the City of Green Bay will be fully staffed. The school district and …
