Can’t miss it now…that’s a nice new wooden sign Michael Horn has in front of his office on Spring Street, across from Spring Street International School & Harbour at the Village.

It was fun to drop by the Music on the Lawn at the Historical Museum on Wednesday & see all the folks dancing….here’s more from Recreation Director Sally Thomsen at Island Rec: Hi, Ian! Despite the dreary weather over 150 people attended Island Rec’s Music on the Lawn free concert last night. The crowded enjoyed  Continue Reading

In our ongoing series about people who are in this year’s Relay for Life – this week, it’s Brian & Rachel: My wife, Rachel, and I walk in memory of my mother Lynda, and all those who have lost loved ones to cancer.  We also walk for the survivors who are fighting. We walk in  Continue Reading

In our ongoing series about people who are in this year’s Relay for Life – this week, it’s Brian & Rachel: My wife, Rachel, and I walk in memory of my mother Lynda, and all those who have lost loved ones to cancer.  We also walk for the survivors who are fighting. We walk in  Continue Reading

You already know that Mike Vouri is doing his final performance at General Pickett this weekend (a few tickets remain – call now at the Community Theatre), but there’s more – here’s more from Oren at the Front Street Ale House for Saturday night: 10% discount Friday evening for The Life & Times of General  Continue Reading

You already know that Mike Vouri is doing his final performance at General Pickett this weekend (a few tickets remain – call now at the Community Theatre), but there’s more – here’s more from Oren at the Front Street Ale House for Saturday night: 10% discount Friday evening for The Life & Times of General  Continue Reading

Get it clean! This weekend, you have a lot to do, but one thing you don’t have to do is wash the car. Here’s why, from Corey at Islanders – let them do it for you: Islander’s Bank Relay for Life Team invites everyone to the Islanders Bank Parking Lot at 225 Blair Ave. for  Continue Reading

Get it clean! This weekend, you have a lot to do, but one thing you don’t have to do is wash the car. Here’s why, from Corey at Islanders – let them do it for you: Islander’s Bank Relay for Life Team invites everyone to the Islanders Bank Parking Lot at 225 Blair Ave. for  Continue Reading

A number of you have written in saying you wanted to find those pictures we took for the Fourth of July (heck, there’s 250+ of ’em, and you ARE in there, probably). It’s easy – click here to see ’em! – and see the smiling faces from last weekend’s sunny day (that’s Jenny from Whale  Continue Reading

I checked in with Diane at the Land Bank about that photo exhibit they were putting together, and she sent me a few examples, plus the story about what it looks like: County Residents Participate in Land Bank Photography Exhibit Inspired members of our island communities shared favorite photographs of Land Bank preserves for the  Continue Reading

For many of us, water simply flows from a faucet, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We have lost a sense of respect for the wild river, for the complex workings of a wetland, for the intricate web of life that water supports. Sandra Postel

In our ongoing series spotlighting the folks who are volunteering at Lime Kiln this summer, this week we’re saluting Don & Ann – here’s more (with questions we asked them): Name: Ann and Don Jarrell Number of years visiting &/or living in the San Juan archipelago: 24 Occupation in your real, or unreal, life: Retired   Continue Reading

In our ongoing series spotlighting the folks who are volunteering at Lime Kiln this summer, this week we’re saluting Don & Ann – here’s more (with questions we asked them): Name: Ann and Don Jarrell Number of years visiting &/or living in the San Juan archipelago: 24 Occupation in your real, or unreal, life: Retired   Continue Reading

Science is wonderful. You can get such a wholesale return of conjecture from such a trifling investment of fact. Mark Twain

Just got a note from Brien Lautman at PeaceHealth that they’ve got a signed purchase agreement for a 22-acre site, located just across the way from the entrance to the airport, on San Juan Valley Road, just as you leave Town. Here’s more: Site Chosen for New San Juan Island Integrated Medical Center and Critical  Continue Reading

Hey, I checked with Sally at Island Rec and she says that tonight is the opening of the summer’s Music on the Lawn series on Wednesday nights, and things get rolling with the Jim Basnight Band (click here for more – these guys played at Roche Harbor last weekend, and they’re great). Far as I  Continue Reading