Thu, Jul 11, 2002
State limits PSE electric rates
As of July 1, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) customers may start to see a decrease in their electric bills. The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission...
A string of musical delicacies
The curtain goes up on the third Pacific Arts Association (PAA) season next week and it promises to be even more successful than past years. The star-studded...
Council to put tax hike for streets to the voters
Blaine city council is ready to ask voters if they’ll pay more taxes to keep city streets from falling apart. “One more time we’re upping...
WTA buses will link Discovery Days and Artrain
Blaine and Birch Bay will get their summer bus link back for one weekend connecting the Artrain and international sculpture exhibition in Blaine with the...
Thu, Jul 4, 2002
Blaine will be one of five Whatcom County Libraries to launch the internationally celebrated Book Buddies program this July.The program is intended to ...
This art train is bound for Blaine
To see the awe-inspiring moonscape of Man’s First Step On the Moon, by Norman Rockwell, the famed Andy Warhol silkscreen of Buzz Aldrin, Moonwalk ...
NEXUS tweaking should speed up enrollment process
In their first two weeks of operation the NEXUS enrollment center at Pacific Highway processed just over 600 applications, a rate below initial estimates...
Police request federal radio bailout
Police chiefs from Whatcom County border communities met with U.S. congressman Rick Larsen during his recent visit to Blaine, asking for his help in keeping...
Thu, Jun 27, 2002
To celebrate the National holidays of Canada and the United States of America, the White Rock-South Surrey and the Blaine Community Chambers of Commerce...
Students from The Northern Light’s circulation area will graduate from the University of Washington this June.In alphabetical order, they are:Susan...
Paint the night red, white and blue
An expanded fourth of July celebration in Blaine this year is drawing on the resources and energy of a number of community groups to offer more than a ...
Committees formed to build Blaine’s tourist appeal
Blaine city staff didn’t have many action items to bring before city council, but did announce the birth of a bundle of new planning efforts.City ...
The NEXUS program officially lifted off this week, but more like an overloaded Airbus than the Concorde. Burdened with 30,000 applications only three weeks...
Thu, Jun 20, 2002
County health officials have issued red tide warnings for Birch Bay and Drayton Harbor, cautioning that local shellfish have high enough toxin levels to...
Eatin' at the dock of the bay...
Fingers are flyin’ at the Dock of the Bay restaurant, recently opened at the old Birch Bay Healing Arts location on Birch Bay Drive. The restaurant...
Stephani’s serves up all tastes
Combining location and menu, Stephani’s Restaurant opened at the Birch Bay golf course in early June. Stephani Smith and her husband Eric moved to...
Gallery sells art that comes alive
A new business is open in Birch Bay and its owner Gary Marley hopes people find The Bay Gallery and Mercantile a fun place to come and shop. Since Marley...
When driving along I-5, the Peace Arch Factory Outlet Mall in Custer may seem more visible than usual. That’s because the southern most three-fourths...
Some students go because they have to, some go because they want to, but whatever the reason they end up there, students at Timber Ridge High School have...
Goodbye, wobbly concrete road...
This summer’s road construction season will see traffic rerouted on some local roads, but not as much as some might have hoped. While the signal light...
Border runner tries to flatten local police officer
Blaine’s lone motorcycle cop narrowly escaped in one piece when a border runner tried to mow him down with a stolen Dodge Ram pickup. “That guy...
Summer will be busy in Birch Bay
Summertime is gearing up in the Birch Bay area and members of the Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce are expanding the menu of warm weather events this year...
Thu, Jun 13, 2002
Semiahmoo museum needs a new volunteer coordinator
It’s time for the Semiahmoo museum to open for the season, but Drayton Harbor Maritime (DHM) is without a museum coordinator to get the job done. ...
The Whatcom Humane Society is seeking donations of dog and cat food. Donated food is used to feed shelter animals and is also distributed at community ...
Julianne Erin Gibson of Blaine high school was awarded the Seattle Pacific University President’s Scholar Award of $5,500. This scholarship is given...
Senate funding bill gives extra dollars to border patrol station
A newly approved senate bill would increase funding for local Border Patrol facilities as part of a $31 billion emergency appropriations package to tackle...
Plots are still available in the Blaine community garden and it’s not too late to get a garden going.“We would like to see all of the plots spoken...
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