This year’s annual old-fashioned Holiday Social, tree trimming and cookie potluck, scheduled noon to 3 p.m., Saturday, December 8, at English Camp, will have a decidedly international flavor. Visitors are invited to bring holiday cookies and ornaments that reflect yuletide and winter solstice celebrations throughout the world. As always, a tree will be erected in  Continue Reading

Friday Harbor Middle School Players will be holding auditions on Wednesday and Thursday of this week (Dec. 4 & 5) at the FHHS Drama Room from 3:00 to 5:00 PM for the upcoming production of “The Importance of Being Earnest”, a comedy/farce by Oscar Wilde. Click on the poster here for role information or get  Continue Reading

Jack has been here at the shelter longer than any of the other cats – over three years. The staff and volunteers all love with this sweet, gentle boy and know what a special cat he is. The problem is that he tends to be shy around newcomers and tends to disappear when folks come  Continue Reading

A workshop to learn ways to prevent a wild fire encroaching on your house, will be given at the San Juan Island Fire Rescue headquarters station at 1011 Mullis Street on Tuesday, December 3 at 6:30 PM. Anyone interested in starting up a Firewise Community with their neighbors should attend this one hour meeting. The  Continue Reading

San Juan Island National Historical Park will apply more than $800,000 in special project funds in 2014 on improvements to park roads, trails, grounds, and buildings at American and English camps, announced superintendent Lee Taylor. Additionally the money will provide paid summer work experiences for island youths via the San Juan Conservation Corps (SJCC), founded  Continue Reading

Thanks to all for another memorable Thanksgiving. We have much to be thankful for in this community. The Community Thanksgiving Dinner is a way of expressing that gratitude with more than 100+ volunteers working together with a positive and welcoming attitude that any fine dining restaurant would be proud of. These energetic volunteers prepared and  Continue Reading

Cynthia Burke shares some good news about what her daughter is up to these days in New York. Check this out… Thought I would send you some photos of Hanna in her role as “Mother” in Ragtime. Hanna moved to New York after graduating with a BFA in Musical Theater from AMDA in Los Angeles.  Continue Reading

[Updated] At 6:15 pm on Thanksgiving, the Sheriff’s Office received a call of a truck that collided into the building at Cannery Landing and other vehicles in the parking area. The driver was in the ferry lanes waiting to load the next ferry and had fallen asleep. When awakened by the ferry worker loading vehicles,  Continue Reading

Mmmmmm mmmmmm Good! Good times. Good Friends & Neighbors. Good Food. The Community Thanksgiving Dinner was… Good! Huge turnout this year. Minnie Knych told me they had so many people last year (about 400) that they decided to extend it for an extra hour this year. And that she was hoping, but wasn’t sure if  Continue Reading

The Island Artisans Holiday Market will be held Friday from 10:00 – 5:00 pm and Saturday from 10:00 – 4:00 pm at the Friday Harbor Elementary School. An additional section has opened up to allow for more artists, expanding the variety of local arts and crafts!