Notes from the Island — April 11

• The Northwest Workforce Council Career Center in Friday Harbor is offering free assistance to any workers displaced by last week’s fire who need help finding a new job or who are ready to start a new career. Call 360-378-4662 to learn more.
• This first-person account of last Thursday’s events reminds us how fortunate we are to have such dedicated teams of first responders here in the Islands and in our neighboring communities.
• Major road construction on the two blocks of First Street north of Spring starts tomorrow. It’s expected to last through the end of May.
• The spring ferry schedule started yesterday.
• There’s a ribbon-cutting ceremony today at the Village at the Harbor at 1:30 p.m. The San Juan Update recently wrote about what the Public Hospital District’s acquisition of the facility means for its residents and employees.
• Cask & Schooner is back to its normal hours following a fire-related closure.
• McMillin’s is open seven days a week again.
• Island Rec is hosting a flashlight egg hunt for students in grades six through 12 at Jackson Beach this Friday from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. There’ll be a bonfire, too. Bring a flashlight and a bag for collecting eggs.

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