Apply for low-income housing grants, loans by Sept. 30 San Juan County will award grants and loans totaling up to $28,000 in 2014 for projects that help make housing available to local residents of very low income. The Low Income Housing Fund, created by the state legislature in 2002, is funded by a surcharge on  Continue Reading

A “punny” spoof featuring a familiar TV series, Humpty Dumpty and other nursery characters will be the next production of San Juan Community Theatre’s Family Theatre. Auditions for the November play are being held on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 16 and 17 at 3:15 p.m. in the Whittier Theatre. Director Penelope Haskew will be casting  Continue Reading

A film about the history and future of nuclear power, Pandora’s Promise explores how and why mankind’s most feared and controversial technological discovery is now passionately embraced by many of those who once led the charge against it. Presenting as history, cultural meditation and contemporary exploration, the film aims to inspire a serious and realistic  Continue Reading

Here’s this month’s history column, submitted by the SJI Historical Museum… School bells are ringing once again, just as they did in 1960 when teacher Winnie Sundstrom gathered her Friday Harbor third graders for their class photo. The San Juan Historical Museum hopes you can help identify all these smiling kids. Anyone see yourself here?

Ghostbusters plays this week at Movies in the Park. Click the image above to enlarge.

San Juan Island teachers agree to two-year contract, avoid strike San Juan Education Association members and the San Juan School District have reached a Tentative Agreement avoiding a strike which was scheduled to begin Tuesday, Sept. 2. SJEA members signed off on the agreement this afternoon after hearing from the bargaining team. The two-year agreement  Continue Reading

Here’s a note from the School District to the San Juan Island community: The San Juan Island School District is pleased to announced that a collective bargaining agreement was reached this evening with the San Juan Education Association (teacher’s union). The agreement was collaboratively developed over the last several months and provides for additional teacher  Continue Reading

While the San Juan Education Association and the San Juan Island School District initially made progress in Sunday’s negotiations over a new collective bargaining agreement, negotiations stalled and no settlement was reached this evening. “It looked like we were moving forward earlier today, but we were not able to come to an agreement. I am  Continue Reading

Community Message: SJISD and SJEA Bargaining 8/31/14 August 31, 2014 8:30 pm Dear San Juan Island Community Both the San Juan Island School District and the San Juan Education Association (teacher’s union) met Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening to work on a new collective bargaining agreement to replace the agreement which expires today. Both sides  Continue Reading

It’s always good to hear about good things happening just across the water. On Lopez Island, they celebrated Guatemalan cooking with Chef Juan Carlos Mendoza. Here’s Barbara Keller with the story….” For years I have been excited about a wonderful community development program on the shores of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. This week ten lucky  Continue Reading