Thu, Dec 2, 2004
Newbuilding receives rave reviews
“Theyput a lot of thought into this new building, and it shows,” saidCindy Coleman, office manager for Alan Finston’sWhatcom Physical...
“I’ma passionate guy,” laughed Bob Rieke,the new pastor at Blaine’s United Church of Christ(UCC), happy to be at his new post and...
OurBlaine parks include many small “street-end” parklets.These small but important parks are along the waterfrontareas for the most part, and...
Statesenator Dale Brandland visits schools
Statesenator Dale Brandland, R, Bellingham visited Blaine publicschools on November 22, something he said he tries to doin each district once a year. &...
Driverconvicted after ether claim derided
JohnLagerwey of Portland, Oregon, was convicted last week ofthree counts of vehicular assault with aggravating circumstancesstemming from his role in a...
Apair of quick-thinking construction workers saved theday for a Blaine resident and her pets after they discovereda fire in a house in the 9700 lock of...
Takea walk on the sunny side of the street
Takea walk downtown for some of the comfort and joy thatmakes a small town Christmas memorable. There’splenty of public parking around city hall ...
Delaysand access top concerns of residents
Inthe second meeting in as many weeks, Blaine residentsreacted strongly Tuesday night to federal plans to expandthe Customs and Border Protection (CBP)...
Thu, Nov 25, 2004
If youwere thinking about buying your kid one of those motorizedscooters this holiday season, you may want to think again.
The local fishing fleet has been busy with salmon fishingfor chum salmon out of the Blaine harbor area. There wasa successful catch for most salmon fishers...
TheBlaine schools music department will present its annualBlaine community Christmas holiday concerts on Tuesday,December 14, and Wednesday, December 15...
Theyouth pastor who was caught last year trying to smugglea 16-year-old girl into Canada by hiding her in the trunkof his car has been sentenced to seven...
Resultsare in from a telephone survey asking citizens if theywant more of Semiahmoo Spit to be public lands, and theydo. They just don’t wantto pay...
Downtownplanning sessions highly lauded
Thecity of Blaine’s planning departmenthosted a group planning exercise known as a charrettelast week in the city council chambers, and as a resultwill...
BirchBay to revise water, sewer rates
TheBirch Bay Water and Sewer District commissioners haveapproved a revised rate structure effective January 1,2005.
Thu, Nov 18, 2004
November is American Diabetes Awareness Month. Accordingto the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, diabetesis the sixth deadliest disease in the...
GivingTree program gets underway
TheBlaine Chamber of Commerce is once again sponsoring theGiving Tree program this Christmas season to help bringChristmas to needy children in the area...
Here’syour chance to have a fine dinner and enjoy some poeticjustice
Enjoya fun evening of fine food, drama and murder. Blainecommunity theater is presenting Poetic Justice, a dinnertheater/murder mystery that is sure to...
Here’s a winning combination. You can help needyneighbors by donating to the Blaine Food Bank and get achance to win one of local artist James Williamson...
APortal’sMonumental Secrets:Part One – Peace Arch Personalities
Occasionally,I think I should have left her alone. For nearly 70 yearsthe Peace Arch had kept her secrets. Curiosity promptedme to uncover them, first ...
Volunteersgive kids the business
Localcommunity leaders provided educational Junior Achievementprograms through a one-day event at Blaine elementary schoolon November 15. Referred to as...
“Ihave authorization from the city manager to proceed,” saidBlaine city attorney John Sitkin following an executivesession prior to council...
TheBlaine Community Assistance Program’sannual Thanksgiving Basket effort is underway and withincreasing unemployment, the need this year is even...
Customsand Border Protection (CBP) officers seized an estimated$5.6 million worth of marijuana last Saturday at thetruck crossing in Blaine. The contraband...
After26 years, there’s a new horizon for Shirley
ShirleyThorsteinson, a one-time Blaine bartender who rose throughthe ranks at city hall to become city clerk in 1992,is calling it quits after 26 years...
GSApresents drafts of border expansion
Analphabet soup of state and federal agencies was presentat an open house hosted by the U.S. General Services Administration(GSA) last Tuesday evening ...
Thu, Nov 4, 2004
Here’show to be a chum to a wet chum
TwoUnited States Coast Guard Auxiliary members rescued anelderly man Wednesday after he slipped and fell intothe 40-degree waters of Blaine Harbor Marina...
Older Articles: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250
Subscribe to the News
RSS Feed