Cask & Schooner staff sent the Update a taste of their Thanks­giv­ing options. The staff is offer­ing take out Thanks­giv­ing din­ner this year, and pre-order­ing is required. Check out the menu below. 

By Fran­cie Hansen, San Juan Island Have you been to the San Juan Islands Sculp­ture Park late­ly? It’s had a make-over, thanks to the park’s pres­i­dent David Jenk­ins and a small group of com­mit­ted islanders. It’s the per­fect place — win­ter, spring, sum­mer, or fall — to walk (the park is both dog-friend­­ly and child-friend­­ly),  Con­tin­ue Reading

By Island Rec Cel­e­brate com­mu­ni­ty and the spir­it of giv­ing with a free pilates mat class via Zoom on Thanks­giv­ing morn­ing. The class is for begin­ner to advanced stu­dents and will run from 9–10 a.m., Thurs­day, Nov. 26. Reg­is­ter in advance by email­ing Mor­gan John­ston at morgan@islandrec.org. The link will be sent out 30 min­utes pri­or  Con­tin­ue Reading

By Rep. Rick Larsen’s Office Reps. Rick Larsen (WA-02), Chair of the House Avi­a­tion Sub­com­mit­tee, Gar­ret Graves (LA-06), the Subcommittee’s Rank­ing Mem­ber, and Sharice Davids (KS-03), the Subcommittee’s Vice Chair, intro­duced a bipar­ti­san res­o­lu­tion des­ig­nat­ing the week of Nov. 16 – 22, 2020, as Nation­al Drone Safe­ty Aware­ness Week. Found­ed by the Fed­er­al Avi­a­tion Admin­is­tra­tion in  Con­tin­ue Reading

Sev­en New Cas­es On Orcas, No New Hos­pi­tal­iza­tion in Coun­ty By San Juan Coun­ty Orcas Island Since the last update, sev­en new cas­es have been iden­ti­fied on Orcas Island. This brings the total num­ber of cas­es in San Juan Coun­ty to 56. All of these new cas­es are tied to a nine-case clus­ter on Orcas  Con­tin­ue Reading

By SJI Farm­ers Mar­ket The San Juan Island Farm­ers Mar­ket is host­ing three hol­i­day craft mar­kets this year. Sup­port local ven­dors and stock up for the hol­i­days. The mar­kets will take place from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Sat­ur­days, Nov. 21, Dec. 5 and Dec. 19.  Join farm­ers, crafters, mak­ers and arti­sans for a safe and social­ly dis­tanced  Con­tin­ue Reading

By Cyn­thia Burke, Own­er, Cyn­thi­a’s Bistro Cynthia’s Bistro is offer­ing free take­away meals to any­one who needs a meal or wish­es to have a home-cooked meal. No ques­tions asked, just free food. Stop by Cynthia’s this Thurs­day, Nov. 19, from 4:30–6 p.m. to pick up your meal. When we run out of food, we will close  Con­tin­ue Reading

Most Restric­tions Start Nov. 16; For Restau­rants, Nov. 18 By Wash­ing­ton’s Governor’s Office On Sun­day, Nov. 15, Gov. Jay Inslee announced a four-week statewide set of restric­tions in response to the recent rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus in Wash­ing­ton and across the coun­try. The new restric­tions come as Wash­ing­ton sees con­sis­tent increas­ing dai­ly case counts,  Con­tin­ue Reading

By SJIMA Remem­ber a time on a sum­mer night when you laid on your back and stared at the night sky and felt insignif­i­cant in that vast­ness of space?  In “SPACE, MUSES, ETC.” at the San Juan Islands Muse­um of Art, Sam Stub­ble­field intends to deep­en that same sense of awe in us. The fog descends just  Con­tin­ue Reading

As cas­es spike dra­mat­i­cal­ly in San Juan Coun­ty, Wash­ing­ton, and the Unit­ed States, we would like to urge islanders to scale back their hol­i­day plans. Over recent months, we’ve been able to enjoy a slow reopen­ing of our islands. Restau­rants, gath­er­ings, shops, gyms, and most recent­ly schools have all made slow progress towards return­ing to a  Con­tin­ue Reading