Here’s Hobbes with a new recipe you gotta try… A wonderful warm bacon salad with a poached egg. This is one of my favorite salads, it’s so comforting, the soft poached egg brings all the flavors together. Very European and very wonderful… To make this easy salad, first tear up some sourdough bread into rustic  Continue Reading

Victoria from the SJC Economic Development Council sends over this announcement for you from the Orcas Chamber… Today, December 19, 2013 at 11:00 am, the Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce invites you to take part in this webinar. If you can’t attend, the Chamber will send out recap highlights. Here’s more info from the Small  Continue Reading

OPALCO Turns the Dial Up on Energy Efficiency and Conservation: $100,000 Matchin Grant Funds for Elibible Nonprofits As uncertainty in pricing and power supply dominate the energy landscape, OPALCO is building on its strong foundation of energy efficiency and conservation programs to activate the Co-op community towards greater action and reward. The 2014 budget has  Continue Reading

Come ring in the New Year with friends, family, music, food, and FUN at Island Rec’s annual Community New Year’s Eve Celebration! This year the festivities have relocated to the beautiful new Brickworks Building, but we’re bringing along some of our favorite NYE party activities, including the ever-popular hat-decorating station and photo booth. Adults and  Continue Reading

“What if Charles Dickens’ Mrs. Cratchit wasn’t so goody-goody?” That’s the premise of the holiday comedy presented in San Juan Community Theatre’s On Book! Readers Theatre series on Thursday and Friday, December 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge (Christopher Durang’s parody of the classic A Christmas Carol) centers on  Continue Reading

The Community Service-Learning Projects class at Friday Harbor High School is a chance for juniors to explore their passions and strengths by designing a project with a community partner that addresses a need in the community. By designing and completing a meaningful project it is hoped that students will leave a lasting legacy for the  Continue Reading

The folks at the animal shelter are making life a bit easier for island folks during the busy holiday season by being on hand at Marketplace this Friday, December 20 from 3:00 to 6:00 selling dog licenses and dog license renewals for 2014. Save yourself an extra trip and get your dog’s license renewed before  Continue Reading

Just got this announcement from the SJI Ag Guild – they are hosting FREE cookies and cider at this Saturday’s Farmer’s Market at Brickworks. Don’t miss it!

Sandy Strehlou would like you to know about the “Writing Our History” project. Here’s a brief introduction from her and there’s a link at the bottom to the full press release… The Writing our History project was launched last May. Recently we have had three articles published on HistoryLink.org, the on-line encyclopedia of Washington State  Continue Reading

Meet Andrea Berlatsky of Altier Salon. She moved here 17 years ago from Los Angeles, California and has been doing hair on the island ever since. She has built a client base that has kept her very busy (and kept them very happy). She says “I love to build relationships with my clients and it  Continue Reading