Wed, Aug 18, 2010
Three youths arrested in Birch Bay beatings
Suspected gang members marred an otherwise quiet night in the Birch Bay community by attacking a 16-year-old boy, his father and other neighbors.
Image of children at Birch Bay Waterslides.
Image of Drayton Harbor on a summer night.
Last year’s Art At The Winery event brought in several hundred visitors to Dakota Creek Winery.
Image of last year’s Art At The Winery
Birch Bay blood drive Monday, Aug. 23
The Birch Bay Lions Club has scheduled a community blood drive from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. and from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Monday, August 23 in the fire station parking lot at 4581 Birch Bay-Lynden Road.
Group seeks school supply donations
As the Blaine School District starts classes on Wednesday, September 1, the Blaine Family Services Center will begin handing out school supplies to students and families in need of assistance.
Blaine grad completes Air Force training
Air Force Airman Jaclyn Sanchez graduated with honors from basic military training last month at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
High-speed I-5 chase ends at Peace Arch
The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office enlisted the help of the Blaine police department to stop a high-speed car chase that ended at the U.S./Canada border with the driver’s arrest.
Image of the farcical black comedy, “Arsenic and Old Lace”
Bond would pay for high school improvements and more
Facilities supervisor Jim Kenoyer walked toward the doorway of a Blaine high school classroom on a warm August afternoon and pulled out a key ring that allows him access through any door on the property.
County council rescinds Birch Bay UGA revisions
Birch Bay will have 17 acres more in which to grow thanks to a Whatcom County Council vote last week.
Image of night-time view of White Rock, B.C.
Bike ride to help with 3-year-old’s medical bills
When Susan Walters got a phone call from her 2-year-old daughter’s doctor early last December, she figured it was because of a vitamin deficiency.
High school band to host concerts at Marine Park
The Blaine Fine Arts Association and the Blaine High School Wind Ensemble are hosting two evenings of music at the Blaine Marine Park amphitheater.
Sterling Dietz to host two ‘farewell shows’ before Mexico move
Local magician Sterling Dietz will host two final performances before his move to Los Cabos, Mexico this month.
Image of Little Red Caboose co-owner John Quimod’s dog “Doogie”
City pays it forward with H Street improvements
BMS orientation night next week
Blaine middle school is inviting sixth grade parents and students to attend an orientation night at 5 p.m. Monday, August 23 at the middle school cafeteria.
School board hosts budget hearing
The Blaine school board offered a detailed picture of its 2010-2011 school year budget and fielded comments from residents at a budget hearing held Thursday afternoon, August 12.
August is leak detection month in Blaine, Birch Bay
The City of Blaine and Birch Bay Water and Sewer District are designating August as Leak Detection Month.
Local libraries network with colleges, universities
Local libraries will soon allow residents who have a library card at any Bellingham Public Library facility or any of the Whatcom County Library System branch libraries to borrow library materials from local academic libraries.
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
School district schedules budget hearing for August 12
Members of the public invited to voice their concerns.
Turn of the century street lighting put on hold
Plans for decorative lighting near the entrance of Peace Arch State Park have been put on hold after cost estimates show they could be nearly three times as the city originally budgeted.
County to alter emergency management contract
Whatcom County Council has decided they’re not happy with Whatcom Medic One, the county’s emergency medical service provider, and they’re not going to take it anymore.
The Whatcom County Health Department has re-opened Semiahmoo spit after a high fecal coliform count last week.
Study shows decline in border traffic
A year after the final implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) and nearly two years after the economic meltdown of 2008, cross border travel – especially from Canada – has declined overall, according to a recent study by Western Washington University’s Border Policy Research Institute (BPRI).
Images of Lighthouse Point facility opening.
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