From San Juan Coun­ty Parks and Fair A new play­ground will be ded­i­cat­ed to res­i­dents and vis­it­ing chil­dren noon Sat­ur­day, Aug. 14 at the Vil­lage Green on Orcas Island. The Play­­ground-on-the-Green is a prod­uct of Orcas Island’s imag­i­na­tion, ener­gy and fund­ing, and was con­struct­ed by Orcas artists Chuck Green­ing and Zackarya Leck. The play­ground design, by  Con­tin­ue Reading

Busi­ness­es Encour­aged, not Man­dat­ed to ask Cus­tomers to Mask Up From San Juan Coun­ty As a part of a region­al effort to curb the ris­ing infec­tion rates in Wash­ing­ton, San Juan Coun­ty Health Offi­cer Dr. Frank James rec­om­mends that islanders mask up when enter­ing an indoor pub­lic space, includ­ing busi­ness­es, whether vac­ci­nat­ed or not. Local health offi­cers  Con­tin­ue Reading

From Rep. Rick Larsen’s Office July 21, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) announced he has secured $10,662,665 for ten Sec­ond Dis­trict projects in the Fis­cal Year 2022 House appro­pri­a­tions bills, includ­ing near­ly $700,000 to repair an erod­ing Lopez Island road.  “My pri­or­i­ty in shap­ing spend­ing bills is to invest in local com­mu­ni­ties to cre­ate well-pay­ing jobs  Con­tin­ue Reading

From Island Stage Left Island Stage Left­’s July 31 per­for­mance of “Much Ado About Noth­ing” has been can­celed. A neigh­bor has a rock con­cert that evening and you would­n’t be able to hear us! Sun­shine, humor and love reign eter­nal in Shakespeare’s roman­tic com­e­dy “Much Ado About Noth­ing.” We are set­ting the sto­ry in the Eng­lish coun­try­side  Con­tin­ue Reading

  From Browne’s Home Cen­ter   We’re excit­ed to be host­ing DIY class­es again!   Browne’s Home Cen­ter’s first kids DIY class of the year will be a chalk­board tool­box. Kids will be able to build and paint their own tool­box so they can help fix things around the house, or at least keep all of  Con­tin­ue Reading

Trav­el­ers Must Reg­is­ter Online and May be Ran­dom­ly Test­ed for COVID-19 From the Pub­lic Health Agency of Cana­da The Gov­ern­ment of Cana­da is pri­or­i­tiz­ing the health and safe­ty of every­one in Cana­da by tak­ing a risk-based and mea­sured approach to re-open­ing our bor­ders. Thanks to the hard work of Cana­di­ans, ris­ing vac­ci­na­tion rates and declin­ing  Con­tin­ue Reading

From the San Juan Island Friends of the Library The San Juan Island Friends of the Library will host its annu­al in-per­­son book sale Sat­ur­day, Aug. 14 at the library’s new loca­tion, the for­mer Life Care Cen­ter at 660 Spring St. in Fri­day Har­bor.  Friends of the Library mem­bers can shop from 9–10 a.m. and  Con­tin­ue Reading

From the San Juan Island Muse­um of Art Don’t miss this gem! The San Juan Island Muse­um of Art has extend­ed its hours from 7–9 p.m., Thurs­­day-Sun­­day through Sept. 11. This is in addi­tion to the reg­u­lar hours 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs­day-Mon­day. The muse­um is locat­ed at 540 Spring St. in Fri­day Har­bor. Vis­it the daz­zling Beck­with  Con­tin­ue Reading