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Guest Opinion | Be prepared for Prune Alley
||| from Fred Klein ||| Main Street, Eastsound If you love and appreciate Eastsound, listen up. If you experience and enjoy the look, the feel, the ambiance of Eastsound’s Main Street as you enter the
Orcasional Musings | On the Black Ball Ferry line up in Seattle
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| Have you tried to go to or from the mainland lately? Did you have any difficulty making a reservation? Was the ferry running late? Washington State
Letter to Editor | Open letter to WSF asks for explanations
||| from Bob Distler ||| Mr. Sterling, It is now 7:10 p.m. [Wednesday, September 9, 2020] The m/v Samish is not shown on Vessel Watch information, but the map shows the boat in Anacortes. The m/v Yakima apparently has
Guest Opinion | Keeping score: Trump’s broken promises
||| from Hedrick Smith, ReclaimTheAmericanDream.org ||| Maybe you’ve forgotten, as I had, how sharply candidate Donald Trump declared war on Wall Street back in 2016, savaging Hillary Clinton as ”the puppet” of Wall Street –
Village Voices | What will you most remember about the summer of 2020?
||| by Minor Lile, Staff Reporter ||| It’s Labor Day weekend, the traditional end of the summer season. Which leads to this month’s Village Voices question: What will you most remember about the summer of
Orcasional Musings | What shall we do about illegal aliens?
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| Back when I was a child, World War Two was going on, and all of our country's farm workers had grabbed their guns and joined the fight to
Letter to Editor | Kiwanis says thanks, requests new members
||| from Velma Doty ||| Kiwanis wishes to THANK all who participated in our yard sale at the American Legion Parking lot last Saturday. We did our best to make it a safe day as
Letter to Editor | Your support needed to fund school outdoor learning program
||| from Hilary Canty and Janet Brownell ||| Thank you for your generous support of the Community Emergency Response fund. With your help, Orcas has been able to keep families and Seniors fed through the Food
Guest Opinion | Open letter to Dist. 2 council candidates
||| from Tom Eversole ||| This is an open letter to Cindy Wolf and Rick Hughes as candidates to represent District 2 on the San Juan County Council. Elders in our community and their families
Letter to Editor | Mary Pugh delivers great programming service to islanders
-- from Tom McDonough -- Sometimes you never know who is in the background doing something pretty darned important. They go unnoticed but really they need to be applauded for all their efforts. So welcome to the
Letter to Editor | What about social distancing for whale watchers?
||| from Tracy McQueen ||| 5:35 PM on [Saturday], Doe Bay looking east toward South Peapod Island, there are at least six whale hunting boats including Western Explorer II, Blackfish IV, Island Explorer 5, and
Letter to Editor | Thanks from Durland, along with a candidate endorsement
||| from Michael Durland ||| I ran for County Council District 2 Orcas because I feel that the current Council is not in touch with the wishes of the citizens of San Juan County. I ran
Letter to Editor | About that ferry service…
||| from Eric Gourley ||| I read with interest the WSDOT Ferry explanation for their inexcusable delays. Laying the blame on Covid 19, increased ridership, insufficient crews, unscheduled maintenance, and lack of revenue inadequately explains
Editorial | We didn’t all fall in love with the same island
||| by Lin McNulty, Orcas Issues Editor ||| When I came to Orcas Island in 1991, there was a flashing yellow light at what is now Main Street and North Beach Road, right near the
Letter to Editor | Open letter to our Senators and Congress folks
-- from Norm Zimlich -- The United States Postal Service is being sabotaged by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, in support of President Trump’s quixotic and self-serving campaign to undercut and discredit voting-by-mail in the coming
