Thu, Apr 19, 2001
Closing in on Close-up show
If you feel its time for your star to be born, shine up those tap shoes and warm up those pipes; its Close-up talent show time again!
Flute pipes sounds of therapy
As you approach the simple wooden cottage outside Birch Bay, you can hear the melodic emanations from within, the birdlike sounds muffled by the rustic...
Boats need new tabs too!
The weathers getting warmer and boating season is just around the corner, so that must mean its time to renew your tabs.
County reviews pit proposal
Four miles outside Blaine on H Street Road, an almost bare 61-acre tract awaits its fate.
Blaine city light offers coupons for energy saving bulbs
Blaine residents can expect a nice surprise with their next utility bill.
Feds bare all at info and job fair
While demonstrators at the Peace Arch this weekend protest free trade throughout the Americas, representatives from border agencies will be explaining ...
Land trust offers nature tours
Each month for the next six months, excluding July, Whatcom Land Trust will sponsor a tour of property conserved by the land trust, visiting public parks...
Jorgensen to teach local fishing secrets
Jim Jorgensen has a fish story or two hed like to share with local sport fishers.
Peace Arch rally this weekend
As law enforcement agencies prepare for the April 21 rally against the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA), its organizers have been busy assembling...
Tide turning on manufactured homes?
Public testimony on proposed manufactured homes regulations wrapped up on a different note than when the hearing began. The planning commission public ...
Birch Bay chamber gets Discovery Days back on track
New leadership at the Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce has assured that little yellow ducks will be meandering down Terrell Creek and floats and people will...
Public asks for more tweaking on border designs
Citizens of Blaine and other communities packed the senior center last week to give the General Services Administration, the federal agency responsible...
Thu, Apr 12, 2001
HOME IMPORVEMENT SECTION
Home care is a family affair
Olde English Faire may wait a year
Although Peace Arch Kiwanis will probably delay its Olde Englishe market until next summer, Kiwanis vice president Ruth Green said efforts to muster support...
Chamber struggles with fireworks funding
The Blaine Chamber of Commerce is looking for help to pay for its Fourth of July fireworks display.
Ambulances keep rolling with new deal
After six months of uncertainty about Medic One ambulance service in Whatcom County, county council has unanimously voted for a new plan to keep emergency...
Schugt chosen new Blaine mayor
To fill part of the hole left by Florida-bound John Hobberlin, Blaines City Council appointed Richard Mike Myers to the vacant seat.
Local lunch mecca serves its last
After four years as one of Blaines lunch hour social hubs, Annies Place is closing its doors.
Power prices may put Intalco workers on the street
The nations power crunch may be hitting more than 900 local aluminum workers very hard.
Blaine prepares for mammoth trade rally
At last Saturdays town meeting to prepare for an upcoming demonstration at Peace Arch State Park, police chief Bill Elfo laid out the department&...
Thu, Apr 5, 2001
Fifty years of service honored
Now approaching his 56th year of membership, Wilbur Clausen, now 89, finally received recognition for his first 50 years of service to the post during ...
Amtrak to stop in White Rock
Stop that train! State senator Georgia Gardner, D-Blaine, wants Amtrak and the city of Blaine to reconsider the citys support of Amtraks decision...
Here come the Wobblies...
As many as 5,000 people from labor unions in Washington and B.C. may show up on Blaines doorstep April 21, and Blaine police want to be ready.
Council vacancy sparks interest of five
Five people want to fill the shoes of departing mayor John Hobberlin, and city council was more than willing to give them the third degree.
Mathletes from all over hit town
More than 1,600 students from 175 schools around the state swarmed the school campus to add it all up at Blaines 17th annual Washington State Math...
Thu, Mar 29, 2001
Semiahmoo museum to open
About two miles southwest of the city of Blaine, remnants of a significant era of the towns heritage are gathering dust, hidden from public view....
May the wind be at your back and the road rise up to meet you...
John Hobberlin is leaving the town he has served as mayor for almost ten years with a mixture of satisfaction and trepidation. While he feels his leadership...
Older Articles:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
Subscribe to the News
RSS Feed