Life
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…