Remember Jeff who used to work at the Journal? He reports that he’s moving east – here’s more: Hey, Ian: Just a note to you and your readers. After some years reporting for the San Juan Islands Journal, I recently retired from the South Whidbey Record (now based in Coupeville for some strange reason), and  Continue Reading

When Canadians Suzanne Chisholm & Michael Parfit (from Sidney, BC) came & showed their film Saving Luna here in November 2008, it was awesome. You could see why it had won some 24 national & international awards. And in the crowd here there were so many people who knew the story of Luna – there  Continue Reading

Debbie Sandwith from the Roche Harbor Market passes on the news that there will be a celebration of a 1977 Friday Harbor High graduate’s life this weekend: Celebration of Doug Grossarth’s life (Oct. 2, 1959 – Aug. 1, 2010) ~ Saturday, August 14th, San Juan Golf Course at 4pm with a no host bar, salad,  Continue Reading

Henry V runs this week & next (Thursday-Sundays at 8:15pm at Roche Harbor), and the folks who have seen it have told me, “Wow.” Here’s a note from Brenda to tell you her thoughts: Please don’t let your summer go by without seeing Island Stage Left’s “HENRY V”. I went last weekend only because I  Continue Reading

The National Park Service is taking comments till midnight tonight – you can write yours up & deliver it to their place on Mullis Street, or you can click here & send it online.

Interesting weekend, as we finally got some rain (you could feel & hear the ground, loving it & soaking it up) on Saturday, sandwiched between sunny days on Friday & Sunday… • I’ve heard about the backups at the transfer station, but got to experience it first hand when I went three times on Friday  Continue Reading

Pretty exciting news – Layla’s here! Here’s more from proud parents Erin & Pete: Pete and Erin Ancich are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Layla Evelyn Ancich, on Tuesday July 27, 2010. Layla was born at Stevens Hospital in Edmonds, Washington at 1:00am and weighed 6 lbs., 8 oz and was 19.75  Continue Reading

You know those long, scientific-sounding messages we who live in Town get from the Town of Friday Harbor about how our drinking water is doing….I’d like to report a bit of good news from the last one. For the past few years, the levels of THM (Trihalomethane – here’s an explanation & here’s a bit  Continue Reading

Drop by Robin’s Nest (next to Island Studios) to see what she’s got!

Parish administrator David Bentley wanted you to know about how the Day School is doing: Hi, Ian! We’re pretty excited about enrolling a new group of kindergarten-aged children here at Saint David’s Day School. Margaret Barker and Carmen Tompkins, both certified teachers, have an exciting and engaging academic enrichment program going with a limited enrollment  Continue Reading