The Town of Fri­day Har­bor shares an update about the First Street over­lay project. Strip­ing is sched­uled for Tues­day, May 24 on First Street from Spring Street up the hill to Court Street, as well as on the West Street park­ing area from First Street to Over­look Park. The work sched­ule is weath­er depen­dent. Both  Con­tin­ue Reading

The Cham­ber sends along news about this year’s Fourth of July parade. The San Juan Island Cham­ber of Com­merce is pleased to announce the theme for the 2022 Fourth of July Parade in Fri­day Har­bor is Unit­ed We Stand, salut­ing heroes, helpers, and essen­tial work­ers. A full day of food, enter­tain­ment, and music will cul­mi­nate  Con­tin­ue Reading

Wolf Hol­low Wildlife Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­ter offers some help­ful advice to keep some of our most vul­ner­a­ble island res­i­dents safe this spring. Red Fox kits have become a great attrac­tion on San Juan Island. This is the time of year when they are first ven­tur­ing out of the den to take a look at the world.  Con­tin­ue Reading

The library shares an update about out­door pro­gram­ming com­ing to two Fri­day Har­bor parks this spring and sum­mer. The San Juan Island Library, in part­ner­ship with Island Rec, is offer­ing two sto­ry walks that will be open to the pub­lic Memo­r­i­al Day through Labor Day. A sto­ry walk is a cre­ative way for peo­ple to enjoy  Con­tin­ue Reading

The IOSA sends along news about their new inter­im exec­u­tive direc­tor. The IOSA Board of Direc­tors would like to share with the com­mu­ni­ty the news that IOSA’s Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Tony Parkin is step­ping back from the posi­tion at the end of May. Cur­rent Board Mem­ber Paul Ham­dorf has gra­cious­ly agreed to serve as IOSA’s Inter­im  Con­tin­ue Reading

The Sculp­ture Park shares news about their upcom­ing sum­mer pro­gram­ming. Sum­mer fun is wait­ing for you at the San Juan Islands Sculp­ture Park. Every Sat­ur­day begin­ning June 18, join the fun with a BYOP — bring your own pic­nic — fol­lowed by a fam­i­­ly-friend­­ly group sculp­ture event. The fun kicks off with Alche­my Art Cen­ter  Con­tin­ue Reading

The EDC shares news about its new Tech Accel­er­a­tor Train­ing Ini­tia­tive. In an effort to train local work­ers into high-wage, skilled tech jobs, the San Juan Coun­ty Eco­nom­ic Devel­op­ment Coun­cil has launched a Tech Accel­er­a­tor Train­ing Ini­tia­tive to serve island youth, unem­ployed and under­em­ployed work­ers, and busi­ness own­ers need­ing tech­no­log­i­cal assis­tance for their enter­pris­es. This  Con­tin­ue Reading

San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre shares news about a one-night-only con­cert tak­ing place next Mon­day. Cana­di­an vocal­ists Clifton, Fras­er, and Vic­tor cre­ate the award-win­n­ing and mul­ti-plat­inum-sel­l­­ing band The Tenors. They will be per­form­ing live for one night only at San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre on Mon­day, May 23 at 7:30 p.m., accom­pa­nied by brass soloist Jens Lin­de­mann.  Con­tin­ue Reading