Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
Island Ways | Lease to Locals exceeds its goal and unlocks over 20 year-round rentals on Nantucket
||| FROM NANTUCKET INQUIRER AND MIRROR ||| Lease to Locals has been incredibly successful in helping local workers and their families secure housing. On Nantucket, the program offers homeowners incentives - ranging from $4,500 for a private room to $27,000 for bigger units that can house at least three qualifying
Got to get back to the garden 🎶
Invertebrates Return to Eden ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Cynthia Brast-Bormann Please join the Orcas Island Garden Club on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 when we welcome independent entomologist Cynthia Brast-Bormann with her presentation about turning your Curiosity into Conservation! Advocating for bugs in our yards, gardens,
Concerned citizens launch GoFundMe effort
||| FROM CLARK CUNDY ||| Dear Orcas Islanders and Property Owners, In June of 2023, a group of concerned citizens and property owners on Orcas began organizing to combat the proposed Orcas Fire and Rescue Levy, which was initially set at an all-encompassing 1.06/1000 of assessed property value. One goal
Hawaii could ban short-term vacation rentals for good
Booking through Airbnb or VRBO in Hawaii may become a thing of the past ||| FROM SFGATE.COM ||| Two Hawaii bills that will allow counties across the Islands to phase out short-term rentals have been moving through the state legislature. If passed, the counties would have the power to eliminate vacation rentals.
Seattle teens travel to Orcas to mentor Orcas F.E.A.S.T. Program youths
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND F.E.A.S.T. PROGRAM ||| If you see a lot of activity on your way to or from the ferry at Map Corner on April 20 th , it’s because several teens from South Seattle are traveling to Orcas Island to work alongside the Orcas Island F.E.A.S.T. youths
Midnight Mutterings | Eclipsed
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| No, I’m not headed for wherever it is that the people who do go there will experience a total eclipse of the sun next Tuesday, April 8, 2024. Because I have moved so much in my earlier life, I am content with having
Poetry Reading
||| FROM JULIE GREEN for TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| The Town and its Friday Harbor Arts Commission invite the public to celebrate National Poetry Month with a reading by local poets of their works currently on display in the Town’s poetry gardens. The reading will begin at 12:30 pm
Additional acreage next to Madrona Point to be returned to Lummi Nation
Nonprofit acquires 2.14 acres for $3 million ||| FROM RICHARD ARLIN WALKER for SALISH CURRENT ||| A nonprofit led by a former Lummi Nation chairman has acquired 2.14 acres of ancestral land on Orcas Island in Eastsound. The land will ultimately be turned over to the Lummi Nation. The land is
Letter to Editor | Vote YES on fire levy
...But stay engaged to ensure strong fiscal management ||| FROM PATTY MILLER ||| Vote Yes on the Orcas Fire Levy OIFR serves one of the most essential roles in our community and we as voters have a responsibility to provide appropriate funding to support the financial health of the organization.
Chair Yoga
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us for Chair Yoga, a soothing practice tailored for seniors and those with disabilities, held every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 10:45 am. No chair yoga Tuesday, April 2. This gentle technique incorporates the use of a chair for
Sheriff’s Report | March 27 – April 2, 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 24-001708 Citizen Assist 11:07:11 03/27/24 A Friday Harbor man was trespassed from a private residence. A trespass letter was served in person. 24-001718 Court Order Violation 15:10:40 03/27/24 A Deputy on San Juan Island responded to a report of
New research shows curtailing Chinook Salmon ocean fisheries will promote Southern Resident Orca & wild Chinook recovery
||| FROM EMMA HELVERSON for WILD FISH CONSERVANCY ||| This week, new research was published in the journal of Communications Earth & Environment sounding a grave warning for endangered Southern Resident killer whales (SRKW) and highlighting urgent conservation measures necessary to stem their pending extinction. While projecting rapid population collapse
Letter to Editor | Good leadership means making the right choices at the right time
||| FROM CINDY WOLF , DISTRICT #2 COUNTY COUNCILOR ||| Thank you for the opportunity to serve as your District #2 County Councilor for the 2021-2024 term. After giving careful thought to some recent family health news, I have made the hard decision not to run this year. I am
Congratulations to Orcas Community Resource Center
||| FROM HILARY CANTY ||| Congratulations to the Orcas Community Resource Center (OCRC) for being recognized as the Vital Service Provider of 2024 by the Chamber of Commerce. OCRC acts as the hub for social services and subsidies, connecting neighbors to medical, dental, and mental health services, housing support, utility
Ukulele Kanikipila
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Experience the joy of making music at Ukulele Kanikipila, Hawaiian for "play music," every Monday from 1 to 3 pm at Orcas Senior Center. This gathering is open to everyone with an interest in playing music for two hours each week.
Letter to Editor | Necessity of proposed levy is why I support it
||| FROM MILLY VETTERLEIN ||| In my 20 years on island I have used OIFD services twice and with a firm intention to stay put for my last decade I am voting enthusiastically for THIS proposed levy. We ARE an island. "Neighbors Helping Neighbors" is not just a slogan, but
