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 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 Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – It’s still unclear if using the four district high school gyms for polling locations for the August and November elections is a possibility after the school board spent more than an hour discussing the topic its meeting Monday, June 15. Though the request from the city’s adhoc elections …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Green Bay will continue to be under a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew until Monday, June 8, after the city council voted to extend the citywide curfew following a tense discussion at its meeting Tuesday, June 2. The curfew was originally enacted on Monday, June 1, after …
By Rich Palzewic Staff Writer GREEN BAY – The Green Bay city council heard recommendations from Kevin Vonck, community and economic development director, on how to use federal funds for COVID-19 relief at its Tuesday, May 19, virtual meeting. Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, he said the City of Green …
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By Rich Palzewic Staff Writer GREEN BAY – The Green Bay city council met remotely Tuesday, April 21 as Mayor Eric Genrich gave an update on the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our reality is getting a bit worse in Brown County,” he said. “Cases have been increasing fairly significantly in recent days, many of them associated with …
