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Guest Opinion | Businesses and guests must work together to safely reopen
-- from Barbara Marrett for San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau -- The world may no longer resemble the one we knew in early March, but San Juan County has risen to the occasion of meeting the
Letter to Editor | Do we need street lights on Prune Alley?
-- from Chris Bean-Hearne -- A few days ago I saw the conceptual design for Prune Alley Street improvements. They include -- but are not confined to -- the installation of seventeen street lights, each
Letter to Editor | Kudos to Dr. Frank James, health department
-- from Lydia Miller -- I want to commend Dr Frank James, the Board of Health and County Council, for making the prudent, responsible decision to move San Juan County to Phase 2 and urge
Letter to Editor | I support the Orcas Island Health Care District plan
-- from Melinda Milligan -- I've recently become aware of a petition to exempt the University of Washington clinic from the need to submit a proposal for the establishment of a health care system/practice on
Letter to Editor | Say my name
-- from Sherry Vinson -- I’m wondering if I have the right to even write this letter; a privileged white woman living a privileged white life in a privileged white community. If Sean Bell were
Letter to Editor | Reopening is a symbiotic relationship
-- from Laura Saccio, Earthbox Inn & Spa -- More than 20 years ago, my grandfather, a New Mexican farmer, rescued me from a life of impersonal work in the financial industry. I had been
Village Voices | How are you feeling about all that’s going on in the world?
-- by Minor Lile, Orcas Issues reporter – And here we are in early June. With the monthly Village Voices series, we take the pulse of the Orcas Island community. Every month we’ll be out
Guest Opinion | Trump angling to contest the 2020 vote count
-- from Hedrick Smith, ReclaimTheAmericanDream.com -- Washington – The ominous danger lurking behind Donald Trump’s mindless, factless fear-mongering about mail voting is that his real aim is not to banish all-mail voting in 2020 but
Guest Opinion | Look back and weep
-- from Michell Marshall -- I feel an urge to share my reactions to recent events. As with so much else involving race, “it’s complicated.” People my age are reminded of the chaos of the
Letter to Editor | I vigorously oppose relaxing Phase 2 lodging standards
-- from Joe Symons -- I write to vigorously oppose relaxing the phase 2 standard toward lodging facilities as proposed by the San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau Board of Directors and Lodging Recovery/Reopening Committee. Missing from
Letter to Editor | We the People deserve better
-- from Ed Andrews -- Last Tuesday, the County Council had a long discussion about what to do with the $943,250 Federal CARES Act funding they received. It seems they have already spent $147,000 although
Aging Like a Guru | I am so alone or am I?
-- by Rosie Kuhn -- Experiencing moments of devastating aloneness is something that occurs for each and every one of us. It is an existential phenomenon: because we exist, aloneness exists. For me, the moments
Letter to Editor | Island living extends to on-the-water kindness
-- from Alex MacLeod and Willie Williams -- There are few things more special to life in the islands than the opening day of spot-prawn fishing. And there are few things less welcome than having
Letter to Editor | An open letter to Madrona Voices (and our community)
-- from Sadie Bailey -- Dear Madrona Voices: I appreciate your taking the time to survey us on how Covid-19 is affecting us. That said, as with your airport survey, I take issue with some
Guest Opinion| Orcas Island’s coronavirus future?
-- from Michael Riordan -- Image: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Thanks to a vigorous response to the coronavirus outbreak by the county health department led by Public Health Officer Frank James, M.D.,
