Thu, Sep 5, 2002
Birch Bay plan will get last tweaks at final meeting
After thinking their work was done last April, the Birch Bay Steering Committee (BBSC) found it still had work to do after hearing initial reactions to...
INS undertakes full review of NEXUS system
The Immigration and Naturalization Service is giving NEXUS its 60-day check up and considering an overhaul on policies and hours of operation. “We...
Thu, Aug 29, 2002
The first day of school is a big day, and it comes with a big list: pencils, erasers, glue sticks, color markers, notebooks, paper and, Kleenex. The family...
Blackberry House changes hands
On Friday afternoon Marsha and Charlie Hawkins will pack up their church pews and their recipes and lock the door to Blackberry House for the last time...
Volunteer blood screeners needed
Puget Sound Blood Center seeks volunteers to help at mobile blood drives and at donation centers.Volunteer opportunities include registering people before...
Their grand opening won’t be until September, but already Health Education Associates (HEA) has been up and running for a year. Owners Robbie Waldo...
Silver Lake Park is billed as a county park, but it looks and feels like a lakeside resort that just time-warped itself out of August 1956. Mom and dad...
After three years holding the reins for Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) inspections in the Seattle District, assistant district director Ron...
And another one bites the dust
Last week two of the city’s D Street giants came down, making Blaine a little more mysterious, and city director of community and economic development...
It’s finally happening. After years of “there’s nothing to do in Blaine,” the skatepark so long discussed by city youth is within reach...
Ambassador Melissa Galbraith definitely has a nice ring to it...
Look out Luke Ridnour. Blaine’s got another basketball talent, just back from the People to People Sports Ambassadors trip to New Zealand and Australia...
Your chance to view a bit of ‘rock ’n roll’ history
Birch Bay Village Clubs is offering a visit with a piece of rock and roll history to raise money for a bigger clubhouse.The association has organized a...
And ever so often, there’s some good news...
Blaine City Council voted unanimously to accept a pleasant surprise. At their August 26 meeting assistant public works director Steve Banham presented ...
Radio listeners who start their day with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s show the Early Edition will all be tuning into the Peace Arch next...
Local hauler requests hefty increase in garbage rates
The local garbage hauler has applied to the state for a 13 percent increase after ten years of static rates.“The rates are set by cost- accounting...
Symbol of healing to travel cross-country
Last week with songs, drumming, dancing and prayer, members of the Lummi Tribe prepared three totems for different yet similar missions. One will travel...
Thu, Aug 22, 2002
Next weekend a Blaine waterfront landmark will celebrate 20 years of dishing out legendary fish and chips and darned good coffee.Pat and Joe Slevin bought...
World leaders keep trickling in...
The Morales family watches the news together. For Christian, 8, and Jacob, 9, the world and the news coming out of it is a little closer to home since ...
Getting ready for the new year
Today there are backhoes in the middle school, carpet piled high in the high school library, the skeleton of a new primary school pod has just begun to...
Street levy meeting fails to pack ’em in
At the first community meeting on the proposed street levy, city staff, elected representatives and members of the street committee outnumbered interested...
People smuggling attempt gets stuck in mud
Last week two British Columbia men were charged with smuggling aliens into the United States after they were caught leading 19 Koreans across the Semiahmoo...
Thu, Aug 15, 2002
Real nice coils on a magic ship
“The Lady is a magic ship,” said Michael Kellick, steward and communications officer of the Lady Washington, one of three tall ships tied up ...
Council looks at traffic safety bits
The installation of traffic signals at the corner of Boblett and S.R. 542 is scheduled for completion on September 6. Steve Banham of Blaine public works...
Celebrating Blaine’s history afloat
The Blaine Harbor marina will be afloat with people and boats August 17 – 18 as part of the second annual Plover Days festival. Like last year, Drayton...
City planner dreaming up ring around waterfront
“Right now the connection between the city and the marina stinks. I’m trying to build a strong corridor that ties it all together, from the pier...
Woman admits she lied about abduction, rape
The woman who had sheriff’s deputies scouring the county for a man she said raped and abducted her admitted Friday she made the whole thing up so ...
Thu, Aug 8, 2002
With a little imagination you can have a European getaway and spend less than an hour in the car. Fairhaven might just be the southern tip of Bellingham...
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