Its BBQ time! The last Community Dinner of the year is always the best! We will serve in the High School Courtyard behind the Middle School and High School. Tables and chairs will be set up but feel free to grab a blanket and have a picnic on the lawn too. It will be a busy  Continue Reading

Washington State Attorney General Robert Ferguson will visit Friday Harbor Elementary School’s sixth grade students on Tuesday May 27th from 2:00 – 2:45 pm. Teachers will lead students in a question and answer session about what Mr. Ferguson does as Attorney General and how the office of the Attorney General fits into our state government.  Continue Reading

The Memorial Day Ceremony will take place at 10:00 am on Monday, May 26th. It begins at Legion Post 163 when members of the Legion, Legion Auxiliary and Sons of Legion members form up to march down to Memorial Park at the foot of Spring Street. This will be followed by a short ceremony to  Continue Reading

Island Rec is pleased to announce Lowell Jons as their new Recreation Specialist. Lowell will primarily be organizing Youth, Teen, and Family programs and events. For the last two years Lowell taught at Shaw Island School. Prior to that he has led a variety of youth and teen recreation programs and taught in the Port  Continue Reading

Effective May 15 The Reverend Elizabeth Purdum will begin serving as the Pastor of The Lutheran Church in the San Juans. a unique multi-island congregation with a presence on Orcas, San Juan and Lopez Islands. Pastor Purdum, a native of Seattle, is returning to familiar territory after acquiring over twenty-five years of experience in the  Continue Reading

Have you seen all the sawdust flying around over there at Acanthus on Argyle Avenue? You know – the old Cahail house? Well it is being renovated and will soon be Acanthus Suites, Vacation Rentals. Mother and son team Lynn Danaher and Ryan Bennett are in the process of creating 5 different suites, named after  Continue Reading

Terry and Janie Ogle have opened an Art Gallery in town called Ogle Fine Arts Studio. It’s right there on First Street, across from the Rumor Mill, next door to the flower shop. (180 First St. to be exact). They opened in mid-March and they have Terry’s wood carvings, watercolor paintings and abstract acrylic paintings,  Continue Reading

Too much going on to put it all right here, click the link below for more information. In brief, here’s what’s coming: Mozart’s Dark Comedy in The Met: Live in HD Series Mozart’s beloved opera about testing the ties of love, Cosí Fan Tutte, is presented in HD at San Juan Community Theatre on Sunday,  Continue Reading

Here’s Captain Hobbes with another report for this week… Transient orcas are still being seen in our waters. Still no sign of the resident orcas, although they should show up any day now. Sea lions are fewer in numbers but are being seen at East Point and Whale Rocks. Minke whales have been spotted this  Continue Reading

The San Juan Island chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution traveled to Bellingham on Saturday for the dedication of a house built by Army Captain George Pickett in 1856. The recent renovation of The Pickett House on Peabody Hill was partly funded by a grant from the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution,  Continue Reading