Thu, Jun 21, 2001
Evening of the Arts 2001
Blaine High School celebrated student accomplishments in visual arts, music and drama on the evening of May 30 at the Performing Arts Center. The event...
Record seizure at border
Canadian customs agents at the Pacific Highway Truck Crossing seized 49.5 kilograms (109 pounds) and $65,000 in U.S. Currency on June 14. It was the largest...
Community theater auditions
The Blaine Community Theater is holding auditions for the fall production of Moon Over Buffalo.
Blaine airport goes online
Pilots heading to Blaine can now check out the weather in Blaine before they head out into the wild blue yonder.
Tosco cleans up oil spill
An oil tanker unloading Alaskan crude spilled more than 1,500 gallons of oil into Georgia Straight June 13.
Plover to the rescue
Richard Sturgill, captain of the Plover foot ferry had an exciting first weekend running the passenger ferry between Semiahmoo and Blaine marina. Not only...
City hires new lawyers
Blaine city council voted unanimously to replace the law firm that has represented the city for more than a decade. After reviewing applications from two...
Boblett light top road priority
Blaines top transportation priority for the next five years is putting a stoplight at the intersection of Boblett Road and state route 543, where...
Skywater opens season of fun
This week will end with the summer solstice: the longest day of the year, the lowest tides and celebrations of the golden days of summer. From parades ...
Electricity rate hike tied intoconservation deal
Despite serious misgivings that the Bonneville Power Administration was locking the city into a rate increase, city council directed city manager Gary ...
Funding for regional sewer unlikely in 2002
The message we heard wasnt no way, but it was close, said city manager Gary Tomsic, reporting back to city council after a trip to Washington...
Thu, Jun 14, 2001
Music classes
This summer the Blaine school district will be able to offer an exciting new music experience using a technology-assisted program.
Concert series swells the PAC
The Pacific Arts Association (PAA) is bringing a world of art to Blaine this year.
State keeping a lid on local crab
Folks who are used to crabbing all year-round might be a little surprised they wont be able to drop their traps until mid-August this year. Washington...
Fireworks fundraising blasts off
All of a sudden people are getting on the bandwagon. We will have our fireworks, said chamber of commerce president Pam Christianson after ...
Boardwalk design going public
by Meg Olson
Birch Bay committee moves towards land use plan
Consultant Mart Kask projects that by 2020, Birch Bays population will more than double, increasing to at least 11,000 residents. But because many...
Noted aviators killed in crash
A plane flying from Point Roberts to Everett last Sunday crashed into a field near Point Whitehorn, killing both men in the small two-seater, Jerry ...
Thu, Jun 7, 2001
Fireworks need donations
The Blaine chamber of commerce is hosting a community-wide garage sale this weekend to raise money for the Fourth of July fireworks. The sale, which will...
Invitation to a bookish summer
Whatcom County Library System (WCLS) doesnt want teens to spend this summer forgetting what they learned this year at school. So for the third year...
Blaine grads: the next step
Blaine alumnus Ryan Kuttel is the Western Washington University outstanding student in history for 2001.
BP gives tech bucks to school
Blaine school district is receiving $100,000 from BP for technology training, including the purchase of laptop computers for home usage by low-income students...
Gearing up for summer fun
Organizers of Harborfest, Blaines summer-long party, are working to draw a record number of community members into the celebration. Parade ...
2001: An Odyssey in Excellence
A Message to Graduates from Dr. Gordon Dolman,Blaine School District Superintendent
Art explosion rocks Blaine
When Joseph Drayton, a civilian artist on Charles Wilkes voyage to chart the northwest in 1838, sailed into the harbor that would come to bear his...
Vice-principal leaves high school
by Kenneth Cunningham
Planners finalizing new sign rules for Blaine
Blaine planning commissioners hope to get their final licks in on the citys revised sign ordinance, sending it on to city council for final approval...
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