Thu, Dec 4, 2008
Cookie contest deadline Friday
This Sunday in Blaine is for the birds
This year’s Christmas Bird Count will take place on Sunday, December 28 with a pre-count bird walk this Sunday, December 7. Novice birders are encouraged...
Downtown holiday festivities begin Friday
This weekend’s focus is on downtown Blaine for the annual tree lighting ceremony that has become much bigger this time around thanks to a collaboration...
New UGAs may impact Blaine, Birch Bay
How much growth and where it should go? That’s the simple version of a complicated cluster of questions Whatcom County planners and stakeholders ...
Wed, Nov 26, 2008
High School Musical 3:Senior Year – Rated G ***The youth of America (and the parents they dragged with them) have spoken to the tune of $43 million...
At Beach Basket, the common thread is the yarn
The discounts were gigantic: 70 percent off in the first hour, decreasing 10 percent each hour until noon. About 200 people benefited. “If we had...
Local man recounts experience as prisoner of war
“There were 1,500 of us in the hold of the ship, but when we got to Japan 62 days later there were only 800 left,” said former prisoner of ...
Rockfish illustrate need to understand our watery world
Are rockfish stocks off the coast of Washington state in the same condition as rockfish population hundreds of miles away in California? Probably not, ...
Holiday Harbor Lights festival
Charges against border officials dropped
Misdemeanor charges have been dropped against two Blaine U.S. Customs and Border Protectionofficers following an off-duty brawl at a biker bar earlier ...
Habitat group seeks Blaine support
Whatcom County’s chapter of Habitat For Humanity is seeking support within the Blaine community to advise them on their local efforts.
City council to consider closing skate park again
After mounting problems of vandalism and maintenance issues, the city of Blaine may be forced to close the Blaine Skate Park once again.
School board struggles with project shortfalls
The Blaine school board heard superintendent Ron Spanjer warn of a coming “significant impact by what is happening in the over-all economy,&rdquo...
Thu, Nov 20, 2008
Blaine man, 19, faces two charges of assault with a deadly weapon
Jeffrey W. Chapman, 19, of Blaine, is being held on $150,000 bail after pleading not guilty to two charges of first degree assault with a deadly weapon...
In hard times, libraries are more important than ever. Human beings need what books give them better than any other medium. Since ancient nights around...
CJ Wijns events a mix of wine, food and fun
On a recent chilly Saturday night in November, a loosely-knit group of friends, acquaintances and residents from Birch Bay to as far away as Seattle, were...
Council gives county executive a hefty raise
A sharply divided Whatcom County Council voted 4-3 to give county executive Pete Kremen an 11 percent raise spread over two years last week, one side claiming...
Free Thanksgiving dinner Thursday
Low-income residents without dinner plans this Thanksgiving can join their neighbors for a complete turkey meal with all the trimmings at the Blaine Senior...
NWFRS to regroup after voters reject levy lid lift
By a two-to-one margin, area voters soundly rejected Proposition One, North Whatcom Fire and Rescue Service’s (NWFRS) proposed seven and a half cents...
DHS installs RFID readers at Blaine ports
Thu, Nov 13, 2008
Icelandic mystery writer to speak
Yrsa Sigurdardottir is the author of five children’s books, works as a civil engineer and has finished her third mystery novel featuring feisty lawyer...
Community-based enterprises are interdependent. Local residents do business with community banks, which in turn are a major source of loans for family ...
Canada is by far the United States’ most important trading partner, with exports to our northern neighbor totaling more than those to Mexico, Japan...
Medicare talks feature local doctors
Seminars are scheduled in Birch Bay for a new Medicare Advantage plan that includes Family Care Network physicians.
Contest shows off holiday recipes
A group of Blaine businesses along with the Blaine Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a holiday cookie baking contest. Residents of Blaine, Birch Bay and...
Point Whitehorn nature reserve now open to public
The Point Whitehorn Marine Reserve opened last week as Whatcom County’s newest park.
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