By Hay­ley Day Pre­lim­i­nary results for the local 2020 Gen­er­al Elec­tion are in as of 8 p.m., Tues­day, Nov. 3. Chris­tine Min­ney is in the lead for San Juan Coun­cil Res­i­den­cy Dis­trict 1 with 51.34 per­cent of the vote. Cindy Wolf is in the lead for San Juan Coun­cil Res­i­den­cy Dis­trict 2 with 53.09 per­cent of the vote. As  Con­tin­ue Reading

By San Juan Island Cham­ber of Com­merce Here are the win­ners of the first-ever Scare­crow Con­test, spon­sored by the Friends of the Library and the San Juan Island Cham­ber of Com­merce. We had over 200 hun­dred vot­ers and all of the con­tes­tants received votes. The fol­low­ing three entries received the most votes.

By San Juan Islands Com­mu­ni­ty Net­work Join San Juan Coun­ty school lead­ers to dis­cuss respons­es to the COVID-19 cri­sis and address ques­tions about stu­dents, staff and com­mu­ni­ty safe­ty at 1 p.m., Sun­day, Nov. 8, online via Zoom and YouTube. Reg­is­ter at www.SJICN.org. Sub­mit your ques­tions via email to info@sjicn.org. The forum is capped at 100  Con­tin­ue Reading

By San Juan Coun­ty One new pos­i­tive COVID-19 test result has been report­ed in San Juan Coun­ty, for an Orcas Island res­i­dent. This is the 37th case report­ed in San Juan Coun­ty. Based on com­pre­hen­sive inter­views, it appears there is a con­nec­tion between this test result and a pre­vi­ous­ly con­firmed case. Test­ing and mon­i­tor­ing are  Con­tin­ue Reading

By Water­Works Gallery Water­Works Gallery presents Art Aisle with Tere­sa Smith from Nov. 5–28. Join us wear­ing your mask for a social­ly dis­tanced Pros­ec­co Night, from 4–7 p.m., Thurs­day, Nov. 5. Our fea­tured artist for Novem­ber is Tere­sa Smith. Tere­sa cap­tures the pacif­ic north­west land­scape, allow­ing the oil paint­ing to unfold in a con­tem­pla­tive or med­i­ta­tive  Con­tin­ue Reading

By Com­pass Health Com­pass Health’s Build­ing Com­mu­ni­ties of Hope Gala raised more than $165,000 in sup­port of the organization’s child, youth and fam­i­ly behav­ioral health ser­vices dur­ing a vir­tu­al event held on World Men­tal Health Day, Sat­ur­day, Oct. 10.  Funds exceed­ed Com­pass Health’s goals by $15,000, as more than 250 com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers gath­ered vir­tu­al­ly to cel­e­brate  Con­tin­ue Reading

By San Juan Island Nation­al His­tor­i­cal Park San Juan Island Nation­al His­tor­i­cal Park announces its sea­son­al clo­sure of the 4th of July Beach park­ing area effec­tive, Sun­day, Nov. 1. The clos­ing of the park­ing area is an annu­al event to pre­vent dam­age to the area due to high rain­fall, poor drainage, and heavy vehi­cle use. Access out­side of  Con­tin­ue Reading

  By David Bent­ley   Oct. 31, 2020, was Hal­loween, but it was also the 25th anniver­sary of Serendip­i­ty Used Books.   Be sure to wish Car­ole Jack­son and Dilys Good­man a hap­py anniver­sary. The store opened on Hal­loween 1995 with about 3,000 titles. You can read more about the his­to­ry of the store in this  Con­tin­ue Reading

The staff at Islanders Bank cel­e­brat­ed Hal­loween a day ear­ly, on Fri­day, Oct. 30, at the Fri­day Har­bor branch.

By San Juan Islands Muse­um of Art Being cooped up in our homes for many weeks, being on alert to main­tain social dis­tanc­ing and not being able to trav­el or see rel­a­tives is stress­ful. We could all need some time to decom­press and reduce anx­i­ety. Vis­it­ing an art muse­um is a relax­ing and serene way to  Con­tin­ue Reading