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The Editor: On behalf of Drayton Harbor Maritime (DHM), a maritime heritage 501(c)3 non-profit organization and its board of directors, I want to again say thank you to the Semiahmoo …
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5/27/15 05:05 PM
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Every year Fourth of July in Birch Bay is a special event with the night sky lit by fireworks all around the bay. But every year, Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce vilifies this most …
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7/13/22 06:43 PM
The Editor: Staff and patrons of the Blaine school district have learned that the recently proposed capital projects bond initiative has seen greater than a 70 percent approval rate. …
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2/18/15 05:40 PM
The Editor: Anyone who watched the March 6 CBS Sunday Morning’s TV coverage, “A Matter of Time” on the possible destruction in the Pacific Northwest by the “Big One” – the major …
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3/17/16 05:15 PM
The Editor: Public education is a hot topic in our state. I would like to know why we have so many school districts in Whatcom County as opposed to the Seattle school district, which has one. …
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2/13/19 07:37 PM
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Partisan manipulation has to stop. The investigation of Alicia Rule because there was a political flyer around the ballot is an absolute ruse. Anyone who has a mailbox or P.O. box …
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7/29/20 06:15 PM
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I’m a Renton resident who has visited Point Roberts on many occasions in the distant past, with many fond memories of this unique enclave of Washington state.
Today I …
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8/4/21 05:49 PM
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This year’s Thanksgiving Basket Program was a real challenge. Avian flu, or bird flu, caused a shortage of turkeys, packing boxes were hard to find and locating a site seemed …
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11/30/22 06:39 PM
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Wow, what a showing from our Whatcom County basketball teams at the state tournament in Yakima!
First of all, being a lifelong Borderite, I have to say congratulations to …
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3/15/23 07:20 PM
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Looking out the window, it is hard to believe that our annual Blaine Scholarship Foundation golf tournament is just three months (and small change) away – Saturday, June 1. We …
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3/13/24 03:49 PM
The Editor: I’ve been crab fishing with my stepson this crab season. We have brought up larger crabs and crabs appear to be more plentiful, or we just got lucky. We docked our boat …
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9/2/15 05:31 PM
The Editor: Twice, I read Mr. Agnello’s November 8 letter relative to the U.S. military. Initially, and for a while, I was irritated – very irritated. Eventually it morphed into …
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11/20/18 07:20 PM
The Editor: Many thanks your newspaper for printing our letters regarding our unfortunate permit issue with Whatcom County, and for the community support that you helped us …
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3/23/16 05:21 PM
The Editor: On Saturday, April 15 the Girl Scout troop 42579 will be picking up trash around Blaine. We call this project Beautifying Blaine. If you would like to help clean up …
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4/12/17 05:50 PM
The Editor: Blaine-Birch Bay Park and Recreation District 2 benefits the people of my church, Water’s Edge, and Water’s Edge Church by doing various volunteering within our …
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9/20/17 07:01 PM
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Let’s call what is going on in our country as white supremacy what it really is – ethnic cleansing! It is not that Caucasians should be number one, but rather the only …
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8/21/19 07:25 PM
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As the New Year begins, it’s a good time to highlight some success stories in healthcare.
I am a diabetologist so diabetes prevention is always at the forefront of my …
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1/4/23 04:54 PM
The Editor: This is a follow-up to my letter in the June 16 edition. On June 6, I emailed all three state legislators who represent Whatcom County to express my dismay over the $155,000 that …
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7/8/16 12:39 PM
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It appears our newly elected Whatcom County councilmember Ben Elenbaas is off to a running start, taking pages out of Trump’s playbook by name-calling, innuendo and false or …
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3/11/20 06:22 PM
The Editor: Earlier this week the lifeless body of a newborn seal pup was washed onto the rocks in the Blaine Marina. This senseless death came after days of reports and phone calls …
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7/6/17 06:11 PM
