The city of Blaine has scheduled a public hearing to discuss proposed reductions in Blaine’s urban growth area for 7 p.m. May 26 at city hall.

Point Whitehorn grand opening Monday • Birch Bay Fiber Fest this weekend • Explore the shorelines with naturalists • Candidate filing week begins June 1 • Most liquor stores open Memorial Day • Hybrid sales tax exemption to end Aug. 1 • Border agencies apprehend B.C. woman

Several Whatcom County law enforcement agencies will be participating in the nighttime seat belt patrols Thursday, May 21 through June 7.

A grand opening celebration for Birch Bay Square is planned from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 23.

After 59 years, MIA Blaine soldier Robert George “Bobby” Schoening will be laid to rest this Memorial Day.

Former Blaine City Council member Dr. Ken Ely has written and published Sons of the Waves, a young adult novel that skillfully combines a contemporary coming-of-age story with a true sailor’s yarn that has everything from pirates and square-riggers to desperate struggles for survival and narrow escapes.

John George of Blaine started the website for the Ladies Diamond Poker Club last month and has already had more than 11,000 hits.

If you thought that you had to live in New York City and be fluent in Italian to enjoy the opera, think again.

We’re all hearing about the President’s “Call to Action,” and the need for us all to pull together and help each other out in these hard times.

Three Blaine students were among 30 outstanding math, science and technology students from 11 Whatcom County high schools to be recognized Saturday, May 9.

Spencer is new basketball coach • Boys, girls finish well at subs

Twenty-one Blaine track athletes have qualified for the district tournament this week at Bellingham’s Civic Stadium. Preliminaries for most events were run Wednesday, May 20, and finals will be run Friday, May 22 beginning at 3:30 p.m. To get there the Borderite finalists had to finish among the top nine at last week’s sub-district meet in Burlington.

When Cherish Morrison arrived in Blaine last July she had already set her sights on the state track meet.