Sunshine Alley Revitalization Plan receives Merit Award The Sunshine Alley Revitalization Plan commissioned by the Town of Friday Harbor was selected for a 2015 Merit Award from the Northwest Washington chapter of the American Institute of Architects (NWAIA). Architects of the plan were HKP Architects working in conjunction with Beckwith Consulting and SVR Design Company.  Continue Reading

San Juan County Parks & Fair Department is excited to announce the 2nd season of Drive-In Movies at the Fairgrounds. The series will begin Friday, April 24th at civil twilight and run every Friday evening through June 26th. Parking will be first come, up to an hour before the show! Please “Like” the San Juan  Continue Reading

National Park Week 2015 Encourages Everyone To Find Your Park San Juan Island National Historical Park joins parks, programs and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at FindYourPark.com. Launched March 30 by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, Find Your Park is  Continue Reading

The Law Office of William J. Weissinger PS in Friday Harbor is growing and changing. After 25 years in practice on San Juan Island, Bill Weissinger will be selling the law firm to his longtime associate attorney Mimi Wagner, effective this summer. Bill will remain available to provide legal services, assisting the firm’s clients as  Continue Reading

Kids and families alike had a great time at this year’s Easter Egg Hunt at Jackson’s Beach. The weather was great and the eggs were aplenty. Click here to see a 40 image gallery of all the fun. (Also – more photos here by Kevin Holmes)

Vonnie Harold shares this recap of last week’s Garden Club trip… The San Juan Island Garden Club hosted an excursion to participate in a Spring Garden Walk with John Christianson of Christianson’s Nursery on March 28, 2015. There were travelers not only from San Juan Island but Orcas Island and Seattle as well. The 20  Continue Reading

Friday Harbor novelist Anne L. Watson is celebrating the launch of her new Island Women trilogy by giving away the first book during the month of April. In “Cassie’s Castaways,” Amy Bendbowe receives a call for help from her dying mother, Cassie, and rushes from Friday Harbor to Mobile, Alabama, to see her. But Cassie  Continue Reading

Dear Island Neighbors, On behalf of the San Juan Island Service Scholarship Board I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who came out on March 26th to support our annual Dining for Scholars event. It was wonderful to see so many community minded friends and families dining out to support the  Continue Reading

Don’t forget, the first one of these poetry walks is today (Saturday, April 4th)… San Juan County Land Bank Celebrates 25th Anniversary In celebration of its 25th Anniversary, as well as National Poetry Month, The Land Bank, with help from its partners, SJI Library, SJI National Historical Park, SJI Trails Committee, Lime Kiln Point State  Continue Reading

Robin Meyer-Tate shares this beautiful photo and a note of thanks… The following is an artist’s thank you to photographer John Miller and the IMA Artist’s Workshop Program. I would appreciate it if you could share this with SJ Update readers. Our time is so precious; when one gives of it freely it seems divine.  Continue Reading