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Fri, Apr 29, 2011
Shelby Mary Hebert, a sophomore at the University of Washington, made the Dean’s List for the winter quarter.
Local gardeners have no shortage of choices with three nurseries open on the Point this May.
The Point Roberts Parent Teacher Organization set a new record at their annual egg hunt at Lighthouse Marine Park, hiding one thousand eggs for little hunters to find.
You can do anything you want, but just don’t do anything
County parks staff got essentially the same message they heard from Point residents at the first Lily Point Park community meeting when they brought their proposal for improvements to the Lily Point Park: Leave it alone.
After waiting in long lines to get into Point Roberts during the height of summer, motorists will likely face traffic jams as Whatcom County crews plan to repave Tyee Drive. The slowdowns will occur as flaggers squeeze north and southbound traffic into one lane.
Live from Point Roberts, it's Saturday morning (market)!
The Saturday Morning Live market at the community center is in full swing with two scheduled for May alone.
The developer of the Point Roberts Beach Club is taking the local water district to court as part of their continuing efforts to get the district to refund connection fees they paid prior to losing their property to foreclosure.
Shukokai karate classes are held every Tuesday night at the Gulf Road community center with veteran instructor Sensei Norman Ensil.
Craig Grossman won first prize for the biggest fish, a 118-pound halibut, in a fishing derby off the Point.
All over the Point, there are newly hatched chicks and ducklings.
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
School district bond election goes down in tight election
Just 0.9 percent from passing, Blaine school district loses second bond election in a row.
Thu, Apr 21, 2011
Tyee Drive construction to be one big speed bump
Traffic heading north and south will be forced to share one lane during the height of road re-surfacing work.
School board set to approve 'worst case' budget
Without a state budget to guide them, the school district is forced to assume the worst in preparing their budget for the upcoming school year.
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
Cellphone tower construction about to get underway
Many months and protests later, construction on a cellphone tower is slated to get underway.
New rules govern approaching killer whales in Washington
As of May 16, it will be illegal to approach closer than 200 yards to orcas in Washington waters.
Historical society makes a pitch for space at the community center
Parks board commissioners hear a proposal to house the historical society artifacts at the Gulf Road community center.
Thu, Apr 7, 2011
Point Roberts Beach Club rumbles back to life again
Following a bank foreclosure and a purchase by an individual who expressed little interest in development, many residents believed the Beach Club project had no future.
Local woman to TweetUp the space shuttle this month
Heather Good, Point Roberts, has been chosen by NASA to be a volunteer in a tweetup to help send the space shuttle Endeavour into space.
Thu, Mar 31, 2011
Residents call for minimalist approach to Lily Point
County parks came, they saw and they were told – tone down the plans for Lily Point and preserve its essential nature.
Fri, Mar 25, 2011
Approximately 200,000 gallons of water escaped when the water main at Mill and Benson roads failed at 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 20.
With a preliminary cost close to half a million dollars, a design concept to turn the old Julius fire station into a new library is ready for some public discussion.
School district seeking support for bond
Three local teens and three of their classmates from the Blaine area joined commissioners, parents and school staff to tell the community why there needs to be a taxpayer investment in Blaine high school.
In short, yes – the Cascadia subduction zone where the North American plate meets the Juan de Fuca plate stretches from mid-Vancouver Island to northern California. This zone can create earthquakes of 9.0 or greater and a potential tsunami.
Fire district commissioners are looking at eliminating charges for emergency medical calls when the patient doesn’t need a ride in the ambulance.
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