From the San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre Direc­tor Mar­garet Hall will hold audi­tions for ‘Mam­ma Mia!’ 2 p.m. Sun­day, July 11. They will be at the Whit­ti­er audi­to­ri­um at San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre. All nec­es­sary health pre­cau­tions will be observed. Due to the post­pone­ment of the pro­duc­tion in 2020, some cast mem­bers are unable to par­tic­i­pate. Sev­er­al  Con­tin­ue Reading

From the Ani­mal Pro­tec­tion Soci­ety — Fri­day Har­bor The Ani­mal Pro­tec­tion Soci­ety — Fri­day Har­bor is hap­py to announce Cindy Hansen as the vol­un­teer of the month for July 2021. Cindy is an island leg­end, known far and wide for her nur­tur­ing abil­i­ties of infant kit­tens of all ages until they are ready for adop­tion. It’s  Con­tin­ue Reading

From the San Juan Coun­ty Fire Mar­shal’s Office Fire dan­ger is high in San Juan Coun­ty. Refrain from burn­ing camp­fires. If you must have a fire, have water on site, do not leave the fire unattended,and put it. Soak the fire with water, stir, soak again. Com­mer­cial burn per­mits All com­mer­cial burn per­mits require online reg­is­tra­tion  Con­tin­ue Reading

From Fri­day Har­bor Ate­lier Meet the artists and view new work at the Fri­day Har­bor Ate­lier’s Sum­mer Open House from 4–7 p.m., Thurs­day, July 8 at 331 Spring St. in Fri­day Har­bor. The Fri­day Har­bor Ate­lier now has 11 mem­ber artists. Look for their work at our open hous­es this spring and sum­mer, and learn  Con­tin­ue Reading

From San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty Theatre’s pay-what-you-can, out­door sum­mer sea­son is up and run­ning. Tak­ing place at the San Juan Coun­ty Fair­grounds, the inno­v­a­tive sum­mer sea­son fea­tures live, in-per­­son music and the­ater per­for­mances through Aug. 28. Com­ing next is Broad­way star and island favorite Ben Jef­frey in con­cert 7 p.m. July 17. A mem­ber  Con­tin­ue Reading

Neg­a­tive Lodg­ing Tax Funds in 2020, to the Best Year in Land Bank His­to­ry in 2021 By F. Milene Hen­ley, San Juan Coun­ty Audi­tor I have always been amazed by four-way stops. Dri­vers learn as teens to nego­ti­ate these tricky, coop­er­a­tive inter­sec­tions, and most of us nev­er for­get. It’s a mar­vel of social engi­neer­ing. This past  Con­tin­ue Reading

From San Juan Mas­ter Chorale San Juan Mas­ter Chorale, con­duct­ed by Amber Lau­rid­sen, will per­form Handel’s “Mes­si­ah” Dec. 18 and 19. Audi­tions for both cho­rus and soloists are 1–5 p.m. Sun­day, July 11 and 4–7 p.m. Tues­day and Wednes­day, July 13 and 14 at Fri­day Har­bor Pres­by­ter­ian Church. Cast­ing for both soloists and cho­rus. If inter­est­ed,  Con­tin­ue Reading

Microplas­tics and Mus­sel Poops By Lyda Har­ris Lyda Har­ris com­plet­ed her PhD with Emi­ly Car­ring­ton in 2020 in the Depart­ment of Biol­o­gy at UW. For her dis­ser­ta­tion — much of it done at FHL — she stud­ied 1) the impacts of microplas­tic vs silt on marine mus­sel fil­tra­tion rates, 2) how microplas­tics affect the ben­th­ic-pelag­ic  Con­tin­ue Reading