Sec­ond Act con­sign­ment bou­tique is end­ing 2022 with four weeks of pro­gres­sive­ly deep­er dis­counts. This week it’s 10 per­cent off all cloth­ing and footwear, fol­lowed by 20 per­cent next week, 30 per­cent the week after, and 40 per­cent off from Dec. 26–29. The store will be closed for the month of Jan­u­ary and February.

Island cel­list Sasha Von Das­sow will per­form both clas­si­cal and hol­i­day music in the Main Salon of the San Juan Island Library on Thurs­day, Dec. 8, start­ing at 4 p.m. If you aren’t able to attend this week’s event, Sasha will also be per­form­ing at the Library next Thurs­day, Dec. 15 — also at 4  Con­tin­ue Reading

Fri­day Har­bor’s Old-Fash­ioned Hol­i­day Mar­ket returns this week­end — Fri­day, Sat­ur­day, and Sun­day — at Brick­works. The event fea­tures more than two dozen ven­dors offer­ing an array of crafts, food prod­ucts, health sup­ple­ments, and oth­er gifts for the hol­i­days. Fam­i­lies can enjoy hayrides on Sat­ur­day and pony rides on Sun­day. Local musi­cians will be per­form­ing  Con­tin­ue Reading

The San Juan Coun­ty Coun­cil will hold a reg­u­lar meet­ing on Tues­day, Dec. 6 at 10 a.m. at Lopez Cen­ter for Com­mu­ni­ty and the Arts, 204 Vil­lage Road on Lopez Island. The meet­ing includes a pub­lic hear­ing for the 2023 bud­get mid-bien­ni­al review. Items up for dis­cus­sion or action include: Adopt­ing Coun­ty staffing lev­els and  Con­tin­ue Reading

Long-time islander Michael­Jean Smith is still look­ing for some help after a major stroke in Feb­ru­ary caused paral­y­sis on both sides of her body. “She has pro­gressed to using a wheel chair, and is alert and aware and able to speak,” says Min­nie Knych, a friend of Michael­Jean’s. “She is in reha­bil­i­ta­tion at a care cen­ter  Con­tin­ue Reading