Thu, Feb 28, 2008
Golf course seeks new membership
The men’s club at the Grandview Golf Course is looking for new members. The club holds regular events during the golf season. From March until September...
Four ways to save on travel lodging costse
Those of us who remember when we could buy Loonies for 70 cents and White Rock was a cheap date, know that the Canadian dollar is now about par with U.S...
Jern's-McKinney staffs Blaine facility
A long-time funeral chapel in Blaine has staffed its local office to offer residents here a more convenient option.
Register children for kindergarten on March 27
The Blaine primary school’s kindergarten registration will be held on Thursday, March 27 in the Blaine primary school multipurpose room from 10 a.m...
Officials anticipate 'boon' for local business
Blaine business owners may be salavating over the anticipation of additional traffic expected with the 2010 Olympics but city officials are still grappling...
Deadlines aside, border traffic still an issue for 2010
By 2010, the Peace Arch border facility may be fully functional but that doesn’t mean four- to five-hour waits for cross-border motorists are out...
Washington voters prefer primary to caucuses
Washington voters overwhelmingly prefer the traditional primary voting process as opposed to the caucus system, according to one academically funded research...
Thu, Feb 21, 2008
Mature Adults... Quality Years, Quality Life
Richard Clark is perhaps best known locally as the unofficial historian of the Peace Arch who has also been something of a gadfly for peace in appearances...
In-home care offers seniors independence
When Diane Turner’s mother became ill with Parkinson’s disease several years ago, she had little idea the event would change her life and career...
Briefs
Birch Bay meetings
Harborside site to be auctioned off
The $7 million four story condo and retail development Harborside Place that was planned for the southwest corner of Peace Portal Drive and H Street has...
Users report a kinder, gentler NEXUS experience
Policies may not have changed, but practices at the border may be signs of a softer touch in the administration of the NEXUS trusted traveler program.
Blaine wrestler wins state championship
Blaine senior Shane Hicks won the state wrestling championship in the heavyweight division and veteran junior Jacob Humphrey nabbed a second place trophy...
Thu, Feb 14, 2008
Blaine students learn about quadratic equations
Blaine senior Paul Moore pulls the lanyard on a medieval catapult called a trebuchet. Moore and other students in Mike Dahl’s Advanced Algebra class...
Mature Adults... Quality Years, Quality Life
Senior center is young at heart
Nichols opens own shop in Blaine
After 17 years working in other people’s shops, hairdresser Chrissy Nichols opened her own business, Bella Hair Design, last December 1.
Septic tank talks delayed until April
The Whatcom County Council, faced with opposition to certain parts of proposed ordinances requiring frequent professional inspection of on-site septic ...
Southern visitors are surprised by peaceful border
Although it has been more than 30 years since she picked strawberries near her family's home in La Conner, Rosalinda Guillen said she still remembers the...
Blaine senior is national merit finalist
Kieran Lyons, an 18-year-old senior at Blaine high school, is the eighth and latest member of an exclusive group of Blaine students who have been named...
Briefs
Dakota Creek center to host dance
Council adopts youth sailing program
After a speculative cost-benefit analysis of providing recreational activities for youth, Blaine City Council voted 3-2 to approve a $1,500 service contract...
Council to approvevoting ward redistricting
In their regular meeting Monday, Blaine City Council moved toward shifting Blaine’s entire ward 3 voting district to Semiahmoo and ward 2 entirely...
Obama, Huckabee are Blaine caucus choices
Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama outpolled Senator Hillary Clinton in all of them except central Blaine where they tied.An estimated 700 or...
Thu, Feb 7, 2008
Mature Adults... Quality Years, Quality Life
The young at heart have happy, tapping feet
Bond would fund $40 million in capital improvements
Ballots for voters to decide the fate of the Blaine school district’s proposed four year maintenance and operations levy and a $40 million capital...
No traffic impacts as new border regulations eased in
The impact of new identification requirements was hardly felt as thousands of travelers crossed the border into the U.S. last weekend and only a handful...
Birch Bay officials urge conservation
The city of Blaine is working with Birch Bay Water and Sewer District (BBWSD) to promote indoor water conservation as an efficient way to manage their ...
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