Island Rec is offering its annual New Years Eve Community Celebration, a FREE event to count down to the New Year with family, neighbors, and friends! It is an all ages affair filled with games, Wii station, crafts, dancing, wild hat making/parade/contest, bingo, twister, snazzy photo ‘booth’, outdoor fire pit, and much, much more. Bring  Continue Reading

Update – Since there’s construction going on over at Spring Street Landing, Santa will land over at the Port’s Loading Dock (first ramp on the right from the Main Pier) instead of the traditional location over at the Spring Street pier. There will also be complimentary hot cider, cookies and Christmas Carolers at the Port’s Waterfront  Continue Reading

The Town of Friday Harbor has unveiled preliminary plans for urban improvements to the Sunshine Alley area and they are now available for review on the Town’s website.This is the result of months of research and collaboration by Town staff, the Public, Sunshine Alley stakeholders, and the Beckwith Consulting Group.  The process included interviews with property and  Continue Reading

San Juan Community Theatre’s partnership with Bolshoi Ballet Only in Cinemas gets a holiday start with screenings of The Nutcracker on Monday, December 22 at 7:00 p.m. and on Sunday, December 28 at 2:00 p.m. Considered one of the greatest classics in the world with iconic music by Tchaikovsky, this choreographic version of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s  Continue Reading

Mayor Carrie Lacher was joined by those involved in and affected by the Blair Avenue improvement project as she cut the ribbon to officially mark the substantial completion of the street renovation. Pictured at right, the Mayor also accepted a plaque from Greg Armstrong, Project Engineer with the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board memorializing the  Continue Reading

A Sunday afternoon of holiday family fun is on tap at San Juan Community Theatre on Sunday, December 21 at 2:00 p.m. The festivities start with free popcorn and soda from concessions and then move into the Whittier for a screening of the 1994 Disney classic, The Santa Clause, featuring comedian Tim Allen. Allen plays  Continue Reading

Great news sent over by Travis Ayers… The Friday Harbor Tigers 6th grade girls SWISH basketball team won their end of season tournament this past weekend. They only lost one game the entire season and scored decisive victories on Saturday to take home the 1st place trophy! Best regards, Travis

The Drive-In Movie folks at the Fairgrounds would like your input on movies for next year. Click the link below and tell them what you think… Hey there, We are conducting a survey to choose the final 4 movies that will be added to the 2015 Drive in at the Fairgrounds Movie line-up. Our Fair  Continue Reading

The Witsend Productions’ group of island actors and comedians are back for the holidays with a beloved American classic with a KWIT twist! It’s a Wonderful Life comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast at San Juan Community Theatre on Friday and Saturday, December 19-20 at 7:30 p.m. With the help of  Continue Reading

Were you a member of OPALCO in 1989? If so, you may be among the 4,158 people who will get a check from OPALCO later this month as capital credits are distributed. This is one of the distinctions that make an electric co-op unique: it is truly member owned and operated and we each have  Continue Reading