Calling all teens! Get ready to celebrate everyone’s favorite holiday at the annual Teen Halloween Party! Grab your friends, wear a costume, and head on over to Paradise Lanes for an evening of FREE bowling, pizza, refreshments, and more! The party starts at 7:30pm and goes till 10pm, so take a break from trick-or-treating and  Continue Reading

Wolf Hollow Needs Your Help! Only 3 days to go and we’re coming up short. We’ve created a crowd-funded campaign to help Wolf Hollow rehabilitate two Bald Eaglets. The main cost involved in raising these eaglets is FOOD – lots of it. They are big birds and need a lot of high quality food to  Continue Reading

As a candidate for Public Hospital District #1 I’ve received inquiries about my positions. I want to be as clear as possible: I support women’s reproductive services. I support the AG Opinion that facilities providing maternity care must provide the full range of women’s reproductive health services. My position is the Hospital District has a  Continue Reading

Just got this note about a new show opening at WM McCauley Gallery over on A Street…. We are excited to be highlighting works by well known San Juan Island artist Marsha McAllister. Working with traditional and nontraditional materials, Marsha mixes her oil, acrylic, wax and enamel paints using dry pigment and metallic flake, resulting  Continue Reading

Dana over at Spa D’Bune sent this note over to share what’s been going lately on in her neck of the woods…. This Wednesday, Wella Technical Specialist, Angelo Terracciano of Seattle, gave a hands on training with the staff of Spa D Bune focusing on hair color, new trends and new tools. Friday Harbor is  Continue Reading

Come to the ultimate swap meet and social event on Saturday, November 2, 2013 from 10:30 to just past noon at the Mullis Center, sponsored by Soroptimist International of Friday Harbor. Bring clean, good usable items—household items, tools, pet supplies, gardening stuff, etc. For every item donated you get a ticket which entitles you to  Continue Reading

Here’s a beautiful photo of the port docks with a foggy San Juan Channel in the background. This was shot by Kevin Holmes last Friday and he sent it over to share with you. Thanks Kevin!

Here’s Daniel’s statement for his candidacy for Port Commissioner: Daniel Miller is running for port commisssioner to help keep down property taxes. He would also like to help with careful spending and work for jobs and a good local economy. He would also like to help provide good publicity for port events. He received his  Continue Reading

Here’s a letter to share with you from Film Festival Director Lynn Danaher and crew… Dear Editor, The Friday Harbor Film Festival could not have enjoyed such great success without the generous support of our sponsors, enthusiastic dedication of our volunteers and all the community members of Friday Harbor who participated in the first annual  Continue Reading

At the Northwest Public Power Association’s annual Northwest Innovations Conference in September, OPALCO was honored with two of the top Excellence in Communication awards: First place for best annual report publication (2012) and another First place for a collection of commemorative items created for the Co-op’s 75th Anniversary celebration. The Excellence in Communication contest recognizes  Continue Reading