Local News

 

Sun, Oct 1, 2006 

 

Personalizedtraining reaches PR

In herhome at the end of Uscandia Lane Elaine McFarlane has the space,the equipment, the expertise and the energy to help peopleon the Point set and meet...

Librarylooking to expand

The local library is looking for room to grow andis sending out feelers about using more space within the existingcommunity center footprint.

WASLscores released

The Washington Assessment of Student Learning(WASL) test scores were released mid-September by the officeof the Superintendent for Public Instruction (...

Closecall at Lily Point...

A visitorfrom British Columbia who started a brush fire at Lily Pointburning personal financial documents was quick to reimbursethe fire department for...

Donoroffers up to $50,000 for purchase of proposed Lily Point park

An anonymousdonor has approached the local taxpayers association througha third party offering to provide matching funds for localdonations towards the...

By Meg Olson

The communityhad little to offer in the way of complaints or praise at ahospital district town hall meeting, where only two of thoseattending were not ...

TheScreening Room

The ScreeningRoom was ready to throw in the towel after reviewing the currentweeks’ box office receipts. Believe it or not,Jackass: Number Two led...

Fri, Sep 1, 2006 

 

Districtworks to open taps

ByPat Grubb

Thisstory is a real dog

“Wewanted a way for people to get better behaved dogs and theright relationship with their dogs while having fun,” saidMichelle Edmondson, ...

INSIDE

Famousand loving it!

Abig Ha-Ha

It was “Standing Room Only” at the eighth InternationalJoke Telling Contest. This popular event, sponsored by the Friendsof the Library, was...

Backto School

Principal’s WelcomeBy Nancy Bakarich

Gotgas?

Here’sthe scoop on Shell’sgas giveaway. It will augment the usual giveaway wherein anyonepurchasing eight gallons or more gasoline at the station...

Parksboard declines Lily Point role

The PointRoberts Taxpayers Association is going to have to look elsewherefor a lead agency to pursue the purchase of Lily Point as apark after the local...

WellnessClinic assets turned over to district

ByPat Grubb

Blue Heron van gets new lease on life

The Whatcom Transportation Authority (WTA) will partner with the Point Roberts parks department on a new contract for the local volunteer-runBlue Heron...

Farm Aid2004 stresses buying from local farmers

“Right now, we still have a choice about the food we eat – achoice between food that is grown and raised locally by familyfarmers or food that...

PointRoberts Primary School NewsMay 2006

Principal’sCornerby Nancy BakarichAs a principal it has been my pleasure to work with the community,parents, staff, and students as we continue to...

Andit all came tumbling down

It wasthe end of an era and the beginning of a new one when new ownersBruno Freschi and Vaune Ainsworth decided the last week inApril that the old Clark...

HealthMatters

ByVirginia Lester,RN, MSN, ARNP

Votersgroup ready to ramp it up

A re-invigoratedPoint Roberts Registered Voters Association board is readyto go with a number of projects designed to increase the group’sutility...

By Pat Grubb

Kitty Doyle, known for her watercolors of great blue heronsand other depictions of Point Roberts, will soon have largeranimals to portray. Animals such...

BoardOKs new ambulance

It looks like there will be a shiny new ambulance in the NewYear for the Point Roberts fire department. Board members DavidGellatly and Bill Meursing gave...

Tue, Aug 1, 2006 

 

Storagetank considered

The audiencespilled out of the water district offices during the July 13meeting of district commissioners, but many left with morequestions than they came...


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