By Nick WoodActing Editor GREEN BAY – When it’s in motion, the Weidner Center’s new mobile stage looks like a Phoenix in flight, complete with glowing eyes made of blown glass. When it parks, a 10 x 10-foot stage folds open and the five-foot aluminum wings retract into a backdrop for a pop-up performance that …
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By Heather GravesEditor BELLEVUE – Though Administrator Ben Krumenauer has called the Greater Green Bay area home previously, he said his return to the area as the new administrator of the Village of Bellevue is different. “I think the big thing that I saw value to Bellevue is it’s a progressive community,” he said. “It …
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WNA awards Press Times with top honor for weeklies in the State of Wisconsin By Press Times Staff MADISON – The Green Bay Press Times prides itself on producing a high-quality, community-focused newspaper week in and week out. Not always an easy task – but one all involved aim for each and every week. Those …
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By Victoria WittenbrockIntern BROWN COUNTY – There is a lot of history behind the thousands of businesses that call Brown County home. A new book from local author Phil Hauck takes a look at businesses whose names are part of the bedrock of the Greater Green Bay community – those that were on the cutting …
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Though Maryssa Paulsen has only called Brown County home since 2015, when she moved here from a tiny town just north of Eau Claire (“I like to tell people my graduating class was 37.”) to attend the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (UWGB) – to her, it’s home. The 25 year old said her family – …
By Heather Graves Editor BROWN COUNTY – From retail stores and restaurants to daycares and school districts – the list of job vacancies throughout the area is long. Teacher shortages are an issue school systems have grappled with for years – and a global pandemic surely didn’t help. Many area districts said the amount of …
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GREEN BAY – When Amy Wolf and Bob Howe with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay bring new research partners or students out to the restored Cat Island chain in lower Green Bay, their reactions are memorable. “To see people’s expressions when they enter the midst of thousands of loud, often smelly and sometimes defecating birds …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – For Rick Warpinski, managing the Shorewood Golf Course at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay was more than a job. For him, it was a second home. “My kids grew up at the course,” Warpinski said. “I recall playing a final round at the course (last fall) with my …
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GREEN BAY – University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (UWGB) Director of Athletics Charles Guthrie has named Will Ryan as the head coach of the men’s basketball program. Ryan and the university have reached an agreement in principle, with details of the final contract still being worked out. “What a great day for UWGB and Green Bay men’s basketball,” …
