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The Editor:
Did you know Whatcom Transportation Authority (WTA) Paratransit is now serving all of Blaine?
This means if you are unable to drive, but have appointments or would like to shop …
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7/19/23 05:19 PM
The Editor:
When you cast your vote for a Whatcom County councilmember, you don’t exactly expect them to show up at your door the next time you’re sick. But councilmember Kathy …
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7/12/23 06:39 PM
The Editor:
Blaine citizens, 50 and over, we owe a huge thank you and debt of gratitude to the new center director, Pete Nelson. What wonderful and wonderful changes he has brought to an …
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7/5/23 06:48 PM
The Editor:
At least a couple of decades ago I was part of a downtown design committee under the planning commission that spent more than $10,000 on consultants. We met at least monthly for a …
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6/28/23 04:41 PM
The Editor:
I am greatly disturbed by the placing of these stop signs. I understand what the planning department, is trying to do – make the main course of traffic go to a roundabout where …
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6/21/23 07:05 PM
The Editor:
My family has several reasons to be thankful to PeaceHealth St. Joe’s. Dr. James Douglas and Dr. Don McAfee are two of them.
My dad had congenital heart defects but that …
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6/14/23 06:12 PM
The Editor:
True, not all guns are military grade.
General and former President Dwight D. Eisenhower said in 1953, “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired …
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6/7/23 06:13 PM
The Editor:
The careful planning of traffic control measures is essential to ensure road safety and efficient traffic flow. However, the proposal to install stop signs on an uphill blind curve, …
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5/31/23 06:13 PM
The Editor:
I write in response to Ms. Starr’s letter about the military-grade gun ban. Her letter contains misinformation about these guns.
I’ve no idea what she means by a …
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5/24/23 06:20 PM
The Editor:
With just over a year under my belt in 1994, as a police officer in St. Louis with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, I remember receiving the information I never wanted …
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5/10/23 06:29 PM
The Editor:
Across the country and in communities around Whatcom County, public employees serve and protect us every day. Throughout the year, but especially during Public Service Recognition …
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5/3/23 06:56 PM
The Editor:
Driving by the senior center, I was excited to see the new golden siding on the building front. It looked really well with the white and gray trim and gave the building some snap. …
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4/26/23 05:35 PM
The Editor:
This letter is in response to D. Brady Green’s letter to the editor in the April 13-19 issue of The Northern Light.
Social security works by taxing today’s income …
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4/19/23 06:23 PM
The Editor:
When describing Social Security (SS) and Medicare programs we see the term “entitlement.” This is very misleading.
Entitlement is defined as “one inherently …
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4/12/23 06:32 PM
The Editor:
Regarding the article in the March 30 issue of The Northern Light about probable staff layoffs in Blaine school district’s 2023-24 school year, it would be a great loss to our …
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4/5/23 06:25 PM
The Editor:
March 17-19, 2023 marked the 20th annual Wings Over Water Northwest Birding Festival. Hundreds of people from the Puget Sound region, Lower Mainland B.C. as well as from around the …
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3/29/23 06:50 PM
Comments on the website…
I may be stumbling in the sentence structure here, but are the Seafood Producers Cooperative contending that they’ve been on the “frontlines of ... …
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3/22/23 05:58 PM
The Editor:
Wow, what a showing from our Whatcom County basketball teams at the state tournament in Yakima!
First of all, being a lifelong Borderite, I have to say congratulations to …
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3/15/23 07:20 PM
The Editor:
Our nation’s budget should reflect the concerns of its citizens. As citizens we are greatly concerned about recent increases in violence, atrocities and human suffering around …
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3/8/23 06:52 PM
The Editor:
Although we are only part-time residents, we are happy to support and glad that there is a local newspaper that we can read online to see what’s happening in our favorite little …
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3/1/23 06:28 PM
