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Discovery Days moves tostate parkThe Discovery Days arts and crafts festival will be movedto Birch Bay State Park this year. Genée Haws Kay, president...
Hearingexaminer declines to rule on permit validity
Adecision by Blaine’s hearing examinerpro-tem will likely let the Seascape condominium projectbuilding permit stand as originally approved last fall...
HarborsidePlace project put up for sale by developer
Plansfor the proposed Harborside Place have been postponedafter developer Rick Osburn put his 19,000-square footcondominium building up for sale.
Sailing,dancing: The regatta will have it all this weekend
Thewaterfront from White Rock to Blaine will come alive thisweekend with the running of the annual Semiahmoo Bay Regattafor sailboats, sponsored by the...
Getout boatingSea Scout group is up and running beforethe wind
Withnine active members and only two and a half years ofparticipation under their keel the Blaine Sea Scouts – inscouting terms, referred to as The...
J. Micah Vitaliz, 2002 Blaine high school graduate, andson of former Blaine residents Sonny and Grace Vitalizwas recently named 2006 New York University...
Volunteersmake huge impact at Terrell Creek restoration project
Morethan 100 volunteers from our community and Whatcom Countyattended a work party along Terrell Creek this Earth Day,April 22, planting over 1,300 native...
Childbit by dog returns home after stay in hospital
A27-month old Birch Bay toddler is home with his motherafter being bitten by a dog that at a pre-school playgroundin Birch Bay on Wednesday of last week...
Atthe monthly school district meeting on April 24, thedirectors approved the selection of Kathy Newport asthe new principal at Blaine elementary school...
Arrivingfrom Canada? Boaters should be aware of new customs regulations
Asthe boating season gets underway, skippers entering U.S.waters should be aware they are no longer allowed toshow up unannounced at the Blaine Marina ...
The Blaine parksand recreation commission is asking for another off-leash area fordogs to be created in one of the city’sparks.
Expectdelays – many, many delays
Thethree year $35 million project to expand the truck routeto five lanes between Boblett Street and the border beginsthis May. Calling it a “congestion...
Neighborhoodto stay single family, proponents say
CentralBlaine residents packed city hall to tell council membersthey want laws changed to keep multi-family housing projectsout of their neighborhoods....
Intersectiondebated at Brown and Cole meeting
Nearly70 Birch Bay and Blaine area residents gathered at ameeting of the Birch Bay steering committee last Mondayto hear representatives from Brown and...
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Police Report -- April 27, 2006