On the hottest day of the year, so far, Engel and 240 other runners, and walkers, tested their determination against the heat and the hills of San Juan Island’s 7th annual long-distance road run, which features a full 26.2-mile marathon, a 13.1-mile half marathon, and which included a a companion 10K run for the first time this year.
Allen Penfield Stewart 1935 — 2011 Al was a long-time San Juan Island resident and more recently lived in La…
Friday Harbor’s Kevin Holmes bested the competition to earn first place in the The San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau recent…
Jack was born on September 14, 1954 in Oakland, California. Jack’s father was a professor of marine botany and so he spent his early years traveling with his family, living in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn., Wellington, New Zealand, Pacific Grove, Calif., and Bombay (Mumbai), India, before settling in Seattle and Friday Harbor, Wash., in 1963.
Bette Reed (Gray) passed away peacefully June 3, 2011. Born in Winside, Nebraska in 1922, Bette spent her early years…
Clare Hodgson Meeker is an award-winning author of eight published books and over 24 magazine stories for children. Her most…
By Cali Bagby For those of you disappointed by the lack of a Garden Tour last year, this year’s revival…
The Village of the Harbour is joining the celebration of art on San Juan Island this weekend with a Senior Art Expo and Open House, Sunday, June 5.
Connie Martin of the Auburn School District is in line to lead Friday Harbor Elementary School in the role as…
Register for the 2011 Einar Nielsen/Becky Barr Memorial Fishing Classic by June 15 and save $20 off the price of an adult ticket.
May 26: A San Juan Island man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head while en route by life-flight to a Seattle-area hospital for treatment. Deputies and paramedics responded to the 72-year-old’s Terrace Drive home after he called 911 to notify authorities there was a dead body in his backyard at about 10 a.m. A letter found inside the man’s home reportedly explains why he decided to take his own life.
Topping this year’s field of celebrities will be former Husky three-point specialist Ryan Appleby, hydroplane racer Kayleigh Perkins Mallory, her hydroplane racing brother, Brian Perkins, Seattle Seahawks defensive end Craig Terril, legendary Husky quarterback Sonny Sixkiller, drummer Allan White of the rock band Yes; sportswriters Percy Allen and Jim Moore, San Juan Island’s own Lisa Morretti, a former professional wrestler, a trio of Seahawks Seagals, and a host of DJ’s and radio personalities.
Nine local builders have been certified in the latest techniques in weatherization and retrofitting after participating in a five-day training…
