Shannon Evans is a 2nd grade teacher at Friday Harbor Elementary School, where she has taught since 2006. She and her daughter Joanna, a 5th grader at FHES, moved to the island for the Mayberry-esque community and the inspiring natural beauty. Click here to read more. ThisIsOurTown.com is a glimpse of the people and businesses that  Continue Reading

Congratulations to Ula Grace and Eden Light, two Stillpoint School students who were chosen as state semifinalists in the 2013 Letters About Literature program! Ula, a graduating 6th grader, and Eden, a 5th grade student, were chosen from approximately 3,400 students in Washington State to be selected as state semifinalists! Letters About Literature (LAL) is  Continue Reading

Island Stage Left will be presenting William Shakespeare’s  Taming of the Shrew this Summer. On Thursdays thru Sundays, July 11 – 28 at Roche Harbor, and Fridays thru Sundays, August 2 – 18 at 1062 Wold Road. Admission is free and donations are appreciated. More information is available at www.islandstageleft.org.

Eighth grade students from Catlin Gabel School in Portland, Oregon, will offer free performances of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta Iolanthe at three community performances during the first week of June: Monday, June 3, 2 p.m. at the Mullis Community Senior Center on San Juan Island Tuesday, June 4, 1 p.m. at the Shaw Community Center  Continue Reading

Board to Search for Replacement to Complete Term On Thursday, May 16th, the OPALCO Board of Directors accepted George Mulligan’s resignation from the board with great appreciation and gratitude for his five years of service. Board president Chris Thomerson said, “George’s ability to assimilate, refine and revealingly summarize complex financial issues provided the Board with  Continue Reading

Come enjoy Pie, Games, Campfire and Music at the Annual Brann Cabin Bake Off May 22, 2013 6:30pm-9:00pm San Juan County Park Free to the Public: Donations Welcomed Funds raised will contribute to the doors, window, interior finishing, landscaping and interpretation for the Brann Cabin For pie bake off instructions call: (360) 378-8420 or email  Continue Reading

Correction – – The location for Friday evening’s presentation is at the Historical Museum’s Resource Center on 405 Price Street – not at the library as was previously reported. When master carpenter William Crook arrived on San Juan Island with his wife and two children in November 1875 he had come to the end of  Continue Reading

We’ve got a great blues artist… and grammy nominee coming to the San Juan Community Theater… Ruthie Foster will be here on Saturday for a concert and a free guitar demo in the afternoon. Turn up the speakers and check out this video of her singing Phenomenal Woman… For the complete press release, follow this  Continue Reading

The Friday Harbor High School Concert Band will perform the Pacific Northwest premiere of a piece by Friday Harbor resident and nationally-renowned composer, Alex Shapiro On May 23, 2013 at the San Juan Community Theatre, the Friday Harbor High School Concert Band, under the Direction of Matthew Frost, will perform a new electroacoustic wind band  Continue Reading

San Juan Prevention Coalition sends over this invitation: We met Monte at the WA. State Prevention Summit in 2012, his stories and photos really spoke to our youth. We think you will find it illuminating, too! Please join us this Friday, May 17th 12:15pm-1:15pm at Friday Harbor Presbyterian Church. “I spent most of my professional life fighting  Continue Reading