What Hap­pened with the Group’s Rec­om­men­da­tions?   From The Whale Muse­um The Whale Muse­um will host a lec­ture on orca pol­i­cy updates and the new com­mer­cial whale-watch­ing licens­ing pro­gram at 6 p.m., April 28 online.  Julie Wat­son from the Wash­ing­ton Depart­ment of Fish & Wildlife will dis­cuss progress since the governor’s Orca Task Force deliv­ered  Con­tin­ue Reading

From San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre   San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre and San Juan Islands Muse­um of Art col­lab­o­rat­ed dur­ing the lull in nor­mal oper­a­tions to pro­duce a series of mini-doc­u­­men­­taries high­light­ing local artists. April 16, a video on Danielle Dean pre­miered. Dean is an artist and edu­ca­tor whose “pho­tog­ra­phy is born out of a series  Con­tin­ue Reading

  From San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre   This sum­mer, San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre is host­ing out­door per­for­mances at the San Juan Coun­ty Fair­grounds in accor­dance with all state and local COVID-19 safe­ty guide­lines.   Start tun­ing up your voice because the the­ater will host a Broad­way Revue Con­cert show­cas­ing the musi­cals “Guys and Dolls,” “Les  Con­tin­ue Reading

From Fish For Teeth Islanders can receive afford­able den­tal care, thanks to the local non­prof­it Fish for Teeth. The mobile den­tal van will be at the Mil­lis Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­ter on San Juan Island in Fri­day Har­bor from Wednes­day, May 5 through Sat­ur­day, May 8. “Many vol­un­teers and local busi­ness­es work as a team to bring this ser­vice to  Con­tin­ue Reading

From Ani­mal Pro­tec­tion Soci­ety of Fri­day Har­bor The Ani­mal Pro­tec­tion Soci­ety of Fri­day Har­bor would like to acknowl­edge the San Juan Island Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion for the many oppor­tu­ni­ties it pro­vides for San Juan Island non­prof­its to receive sup­port from the foun­da­tion and its donors. On March 9, the ani­mal shel­ter received two grants from the  Con­tin­ue Reading

From the Joyce L. Sobel Fam­i­ly Resource Cen­ter In Novem­ber 2020, the Joyce L. Sobel Fam­i­ly Resource Cen­ter received a Child­care Part­ner­ship Grant from the Wash­ing­ton Depart­ment of Com­merce to con­duct a com­­mu­ni­­ty-wide assess­ment of child care needs and cre­ate an action plan to improve capac­i­ty. Options include infant and tod­dler care, longer child care  Con­tin­ue Reading

From Ani­mal Pro­tec­tion Soci­ety of Fri­day Har­bor Age: Approx­i­mate­ly 2 years Sex: Female Breed: Cat­tle Dog mix Appli­ca­tion: www.apsfh.com/adoption-program/canine-application/ Mor­gana is the sweet­est, good girl look­ing for her for­ev­er home! She arrived from Mex­i­co with sev­er­al oth­er dogs about one month ago, but we don’t under­stand why she hasn’t been cho­sen yet! Mor­gana can be a lit­tle ten­ta­tive and  Con­tin­ue Reading

From Wash­ing­ton State Parks Mount Constitution’s tow­er­ing height and unique geog­ra­phy have made it a gath­er­ing place for diverse human and nat­ur­al com­mu­ni­ties, for thou­sands of years. Wash­ing­ton State Parks and Recre­ation Com­mis­sion has sit­ed this new inter­pre­tive cen­ter con­tain­ing sig­nif­i­cant inter­pre­tive exhibits below the tow­er near the sum­mit of Mount Con­sti­tu­tion in Moran State Park. Zer­vas Group  Con­tin­ue Reading

From Skag­it Val­ley Col­lege Skag­it Val­ley Col­lege invites all adult learn­ers to attend Skag­it Val­ley Col­lege Achieve Week April 19–23. Achieve Week is designed for indi­vid­u­als who may be con­sid­er­ing start­ing at Skag­it Val­ley Col­lege for sum­mer or fall quar­ters, and who are inter­est­ed in high school com­ple­tion or cer­tifi­cate or degree com­ple­tion. Whether you  Con­tin­ue Reading

Port Townsend, Coupeville Route won’t Receive Sec­ond Boat Until June 6   By Pat­ty Rub­stel­lo, Assis­tant Sec­re­tary, Wash­ing­ton State Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion Fer­ries Divi­sion Because of crew­ing chal­lenges, we made the dif­fi­cult deci­sion to delay the addi­tion of a sec­ond boat on our Port Townsend and Coupeville route until no soon­er than Sun­day, June 6. We’re still  Con­tin­ue Reading