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Charlotte Guard wins Soroptimists’ community service award

Soroptimist President Debbie Staehlin introduced Joyce Sobel, who chaired the Soroptimist Club selection committee (which also comprised Nancy…

Opinion

Beth Williams-Gieger did well in the Lions’ den | Column by Howard Schonberger

I had my skeptic's guard up Tuesday when I attended the San Juan Lions Club meeting, where Beth…

In the most poignant and memorable episode of ‘Our Town

Life

‘Your Town’: Centennial production of Wilder’s classic play is good theater | Review

If you don’t make it to the San Juan Community Theatre Thursday, Friday or Saturday nights at 7:30,…

Opinion

Lincoln Day dinner at the Grange — bloodied but unbowed | Ferry Home Companion

One thing you can count on after a general election: most of the speakers at this San Juan…

Howard Schonberger writes Ferry Home Companion and Making a Difference for The Journal of the San Juan Islands.

Life

The importance, and empathy, of being Ernest | Review

The production of five wonderful examples of Ernest Pugh's playwright talents at the San Juan Community Theatre was…

Howard Schonberger writes Ferry Home Companion and Making a Difference for The Journal of the San Juan Islands.

Life

Nothin’ to do in January? You gotta be kidding! | Ferry Home Companion

When I first came to the islands, I lived across the road from Ross and B.J. Miner and…

Opinion

Sidney ferry is part of San Juans’ charm | Ferry Home Companion

WSF is an iconic symbol of our home and charm to visitors. In fact, it could be one…

Jill Urbach sings ‘My Favorite Things’ at the Festival of Trees. ‘She did the best M.C. job we’ve seen to date

Life

I love my Broadway — but oh, you C.A.T.S.! | Ferry Home Companion

I love my Broadway — but oh, you C.A.T.S.! Coming back from a two-week sojourn with family in…

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Business

Daisy Bloom, Creme Brulee ‘tres chic’ on Spring St. | Column by Howard Schonberger

What do you do when you are a creative retailer, wife and mother with two children? You work…

Opinion

Prosperity, as well as charity, starts at home | Editorial by Howard Schonberger

Let’s take a good look at what we can get locally before buying gifts elsewhere. Maybe we should…

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Opinion

We have overcome | Commentary by Howard Schonberger

It seems like only yesterday when I was a kid in Omaha working at the Omaha theater as…

The look of Homecoming

Life

Homecoming Day … some things never change | Ferry Home Companion

Every once in a while, I see someone shaking their heads in disapproval when they see the weird…

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Life

‘Rumors’: It doesn’t get better than this

Some things in this life can be disappointing. The market. The weather. Your aching back. Forget it. If…