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Election Day: Ballots due at 8 p.m.; Henley predicts voter turnout of 75 or 80 percent

Today is Election Day. Ballots must be postmarked today or dropped into an Elections Department drop box by…

S-Club members raise money for the Animal Shelter. From left

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Local S-Club raises $245 for Friday Harbor Animal Shelter

The S-Club of Friday Harbor High School raised $245 for the Friday Harbor Animal Shelter at an Oct.…

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Carrie A. McLeish (Friday Harbor High School Class of 1989)

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Chief Warrant Officer 3 Carrie A. McLeish completes advanced training at Fort Gordon

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Carrie A. McLeish (Friday Harbor High School Class of 1989) graduated from the U.S.…

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Philip M. Robertson | Passages

Phil Robertson, a longtime resident of Shaw Island, passed away peacefully at home. He was 90. He was…

Letters to the Editor

A heartfelt thanks to the people of Friday Harbor

A heartfelt thanks to the people of Friday Harbor: As many of you are aware, we lost our…

Letters to the Editor

Letter: ‘I do not have a problem with sharing my harvest. I do have a problem with someone stealing from me’

For the past 10 years, someone has stole upon my property and removed all the apples, ripe for…

John D. Lacher ... father of Friday Harbor Mayor Carrie Lacher

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John D. Lacher, father of Friday Harbor Mayor Carrie Lacher | Passages

John D. Lacher, father of Friday Harbor Mayor Carrie Lacher, died Monday, Oct. 25 after suffering a heart…

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Inter Island Medical Center staff is stretched too thin

I appreciate the article that was written about the Medical Center ("Talk of cuts, furloughs bred fear and…

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Franchise restaurants: You get what you pay for

Franchise? Well, perhaps – I’d rather not! Some folks have an appetite, others have taste! Now, stay with…

Come one

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Soroptimists’ Great Island Giveaway is Saturday, Oct. 30 at Mullis Center

Come one, come all to the third annual Great Island Giveaway at Mullis Community Senior Center on Saturday,…

Top photo: The Brown House in 1956. Middle photo: The Brown House in 1985; an addition has been added at left. Bottom photo: As the San Juan Islands Museum of Art

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From ‘Brown House’ to ‘Historical Structure 10’: 1956-2010

The Brown House was originally built at Fort Bellingham in 1856, was moved to American Camp in 1867,…

The Brown House through the years. Top photo: The Brown House is one of the two officers quarters seen at the top of the parade grounds in this plan of Fort Bellingham in the 1850s. Middle photo: Second from left

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From officers quarters to ‘Brown House’: 1856-1907

The Brown House through the years. Top photo: The Brown House is one of the two officers quarters…

The Brown House

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Nickel Bros.: Brown House will be moved back to American Camp on Nov. 18

The old building on First and West streets — you probably know her as the Museum of Art…