Rock the Harbor, which will be held in conjunction with Harley-Davidson’s 110th anniversary celebration, edged one step closer to reality Tuesday as the Common Council approved closing roads for the festival.

    The street closings for the Aug. 30 event will be similar to those for the Community Street Festival, City Administrator Mark Grams said.

    East Grand Avenue will be closed from the corner with Wisconsin Street east to Rotary Park, and Franklin Street will be closed from Grand Avenue to Jackson Street.

    Pier and Washington streets will be closed east of Franklin Street to Lake Street, and Main Street to the cul-de-sac on its east side. Harborview Lane will also be closed from Jackson to Washington streets.

    Jackson Street will remain open, as will Lake Street so marina tenants can access the lakeshore.

    The marina launch ramps will close at noon on Aug. 30.

    With Tuesday’s approval of the street closings, festival organizers have almost all the permits from the city it needs. They still need to get a liquor license, Grams said. Businesses that plan to serve alcoholic beverage on the street also need to obtain city permission.

    The free festival, which will run from 3 to 11 p.m., will be headlined by country singer Darryl Worley.

    Festival co-chairman Cathy Wilger told aldermen that Worley is a good fit for the event, noting his shows have a military orientation that goes over well with Harley owners.

    Rock the Harbor, which is patterened after the city’s successful Community Street Festival, is expected to have three music stages for local bands and national acts set up throughout the downtown and marina.         Vendors — primarily Port Washington area businesses and organizations — are expected to set up booths along Franklin  Street and East Grand Avenue.

    Organizers anticipate the free festival, which will run from 3 to 11 p.m., will attract 15,000 to 20,000 people over its eight-hour run.

    Rock the Harbor is a partnership between Port Washington Main Street and Suburban Harley-Davidson in Thiensville

     Fish Day officials will need to buy an additional $1 million umbrella insurance policy in order to receive a license for the festival this year, Port Washington aldermen agreed Tuesday.

    The city’s insurance consultant, asked several weeks ago by the Common Council to review the coverage, had recommended the additional insurance.

    However, Fish Day officials said they had not budgeted the $800 needed for the additional coverage and asked that it not be required until 2014.

    “We completely agree the extra coverage is necessary,” said Matt Nelson, a member of the Fish Day Committee. But without having budgeted the money, it will be difficult to attain this year, he said.

    “I disagree,” Ald. Kevin Rudser said. “I find it unacceptable you can’t find $800. With the size of the event, I don’t think we should move forward without it.”

    Nelson questioned why only Fish Day is being required to carry the coverage, instead of all festivals.

    “I might argue the limits were too low for too long,” City Attorney Eric Eberhardt, said. “Considering the size and scope of Fish Day as an event, I couldn’t in good conscience not require the additional coverage.

    “There are events, and then are events. Fish Day is the granddaddy.”

    Unlike other festivals, Fish Day not only draws the largest crowds, it also has a long parade, helicopter rides, carnival rides and many other attractions that could pose a potential risk, aldermen noted.

    Fish Day is also the only festival that needs a civic license from the city due to the number of civic organizations involved in staging the event, City Administrator Mark Grams said.

People who inadvertently drive away from gas stations without paying for the fuel they’ve pumped happens fairly often, but two nuns left a Port Washington station without paying last week because their debit card wouldn’t work.

    The nuns walked into the Sai Mart gas station at 1880 N. Wisconsin St. in Port Washington May 20 to pay for their gas after their debit card wouldn’t work at the pump.

    The card also didn’t work inside when they tried to pay for the $45.55 in gas they had pumped, according to police. When the nuns told the clerk they were leaving, he reminded them they still had to pay, according to police.

    One of the nuns said she was leaving anyway, and they did, police said.

    Later, another nun at the Felician Sister’s House in Belgium returned to pay for the fuel, police said.

    The incident was one of four gas drive-offs reported to police last week.

    A Port Washington woman was called after her husband drove off without paying for $20 in gas at Mad Max Convenience Store at 1100 S. Spring St. May 22. The couple returned to pay the bill.

    On May 19, a Belgium man returned to Beck’s Mobil to pay for $53 in gas he drove off without paying for.

    That same day, a Port Washington man drove away without paying for $87 in gas, but later returned to pay for the fuel, police said.

    In other police news:

    • A park bench valued at $100 was reported stolen from its location next to a kiosk on Johnson Street across from the Light Station May 20.

    • Three dogs were taken to the Ozaukee Humane Society in Saukville after they were found wandering in the city.

    A Labrador and whippet mix was found in the 200 block of South Spring Street May 22, the same day a golden retriever was found at the marina.

    A male beagle mix dog was found in the 100 block of North Montgomery Street on May 23.