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Eastsound Planning Committee Meets Tuesday
Tuesday, July 12 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall The monthly meeting of the Eastsound Planning Review Committee (EPRC) is held on Tuesday, July 12, instead of the usual first Thursday
Molly Gloss and Wild Ginger to Entertain on Shaw
Saturday July 16 at 11 a.m. at the Shaw Island Library -- from Alex MacLeod -- Shaw Island Library and Museum The Shaw Island Library & Historical Society will celebrate the 50th anniversary
Would You Take an Earlier Ferry to America?
-- from Cathy Ellis -- "How many ferry commuters are interested in an earlier scheduled departure from Orcas to Anacortes?" If a solution can be found to adjust schedules for an earlier departure from Orcas
Sheriff’s Report | June 29 – July 5, 2016
June 29, 2016 16-004323 Accident-HitRun 14:57:50 06/29/16 A Deputy in Friday Harbor received a report of a hit and run. The Deputy documented the incident and currently there are no suspects in this case. 16-004322
Eagle Forum Sponsors Candidate Forum
Wednesday, July 13, 5 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station -- from Cindy Carter -- Come to the Candidates Forum on July 13 at 5 pm at the Eastsound Fire Station. All of the San Juan Island
Statement from Gov. Jay Inslee on Dallas Police Shooting
-- from Jaime Smith, Governor's Office -- Martin Luther King, Jr. said, ‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.’ This feels like
Auditor Explains Undervotes, Overvotes, and Write-ins
The seventh in a series of articles about elections in Washington State by San Juan County Auditor F. Milene Henley. The County Auditor administers elections and voter registration in the County. (View first article HERE. View
San Juan County Council Candidates Speak Before the Public
-- by Margie Doyle -- Candidates for San Juan County Council, from left: Steve Wehrly, Bill Watson, Frank Penwell, Bob Jarman and Sheryl Albritton. All county voters will select two candidates from these five
Shibori in the School Garden: Indigo and Imagination
Colleen sharing how the indigo dyeing process works. -- by Ashley Randall -- On July 2nd the Farm to Cafeteria Program hosted its first of three summer workshops in the school garden. Our
Environmental Protection Rulings Upheld in B.C. Pipeline Project
--- by Nadia Prupis for Common Dreams -- Environmentalists and Indigenous rights advocates celebrated on Thursday [June 30] after a judge struck down the Canadian government's 2014 approval of a controversial pipeline project in a
An Art Auction for Every Taste
Saturday, July 9th at 4:30 p.m at the Orcas Senior Center -- by Emma Heikkinen -- Artists and staff at the Senior Center prepare for the July 9 auction Those who have never
LWVSJ Forum Tomorrow on Orcas
Tuesday, July 5, 5:30 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station -- from Clare Kelm, president, LWVSJ -- In San Juan County we have various choices before us as voters, coming up in the primary election. To keep us informed,
Stop and See the School Garden
-- from Judy Tepley -- [metaslider id=44959] At the Orcas Garden Tour, I was so taken with the school garden. I saw it several years ago and it was so-so but cool. This time it
It’s Going to be a Glorious Second, Third AND Fourth
From dawn Saturday morning until nightfall Monday night, Orcas Islanders are celebrating the Independence of the United States from Doe Bay to Deer Harbor. Saturday, July 2 PANCAKE BREAKFAST with Orcas Island Fire and Rescue
Flotsam & Jetsam: Experienced Ferry Commuters See It All
-- a semi-regular humor column by Maurice Austin -- Among the joys afforded San Juan Islands ferry commuters in the dark months of July and August, those occurring among the Anacortes ferry terminal’s multiples holding
Extra Ferry Runs for Extra Busy Weekend
-- from Washington State Ferries -- The Fourth of July weekend is Washington State Ferries’ busiest travel weekend of the year, so please plan ahead for heavy vehicle traffic heading westbound from Thursday, June 30
