It’s tomorrow morning at 2:00 AM – Daylight Saving Time begins. Spring is almost here and the days are getting longer. Don’t forget to set your clock forward one hour – so at 2:00 it will really be 3:00.

A slide presentation by Judy Chovan at the Mullis Senior Center, Wednesday, March 12 at 7:00 pm Havana was the playground of the rich and famous in the early half of the 20th century – Hemingway, Churchill, Astaire, Lansky all came to enjoy its casinos, music, rum, cigars, and tropical lifestyle. But in 1958, Americans  Continue Reading

Here’s Captain Hobbes with this week’s update… As I write this on Friday morning, there are transients on the west side and the Gray’s are coming! Like clockwork, #53 — nicknamed “Little Patch” — is the first gray whale to show up in the northern part of Puget Sound for the second year in a  Continue Reading

Insurance Settlement for the SSL Building The Friday Harbor Port Commissioners are pleased to announce that they have arrived at a settlement with the Port’s insurance companies regarding losses from the fire that destroyed the Spring Street Landing building and Downrigger’s Restaurant. The settlement is in the amount of $2.635 million. The Port is insured  Continue Reading

Daylight Saving Time – some people love it – some people hate it. Twice a year, every year we all change our clocks. Sometimes it’s lighter later, or darker earlier. Sometimes we get to sleep an extra hour, or we have more trouble getting up for work on Monday. What do you think? Do you  Continue Reading

Soroptimists Raffle Kaua’i Condo Stay “E komo mai!” (Hawaiian for “welcome”), will be heard by the winner of the raffle for a 7-night stay in an ocean-front Kaua`i condo for two. Soroptimists of Friday Harbor is holding this raffle as part of their biggest yearly fund-raiser, the St. Patrick’s Day Extravaganza, March 15th at the  Continue Reading

Just got this note in from Lisa, the new owner of KO’s Subs about their event on Saturday… KO’s Subs is celebrating its Grand Re-Opening under the direction of its new owner and  new manager. Lisa Finelli and Don Adams will be serving samples of our three most popular sub sandwiches. There will also be  Continue Reading

Port Commission Meeting at San Juan Island Yacht Club Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 7pm Meeting Agenda 1. Citizen comments/requests: For items not on the agenda citizens can make a brief presentation and ask the Commission to schedule a topic for discussion at a future meeting. 2. Regular Business A. Approve minutes for February 26, 2014  Continue Reading

In February the Friday Harbor High School Jazz Band participated in the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival at the University of Idaho. Both the Friday Harbor High School full jazz band and a six-member jazz combo performed for adjudication. 130 schools attended the 4-day event. Over two thousand students participated and 200 soloists were recognized. Among  Continue Reading

I just heard from Peg over at Friday Harbor Dentistry that they have a new dental associate. Here she is with the story… We’re pleased to announce that Dr. Horn has added a new dental associate to his team: Dr. Greg Fisher. As you’ll see in the attached backgrounder/press release, Dr. Fisher is a very  Continue Reading