Wednesday Church Night at St. David’s Episcopal Church is cancelled because of weather
The San Juan Island School District has canceled tonight’s meeting regarding possible restructuring to erase a forecasted $717,000 budget deficit. The meeting was canceled because of snow. Superintendent Michael Soltman said he hopes to reschedule the meeting in early January, followed by a regular school board meeting Jan. 14.
The arctic storm that reached the region late last week brought more snow to San Juan Island early today — as well as a third consecutive late start for public schools. San Juan Island public schools will start 1.5 hours late and buses will use snow routes today.
The next Chamber Downtown Forum will meet on Thursday, 8:30 a.m., at Whidbey Island Bank. Joy Sevier and Peggy Long, members of the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, will facilitate the meeting, continuing the topic “What can we do NOW to improve our local economy?”
The following local business people have been elected officers of the San Juan Island Chamber of Commerce for 2009 …
While an arctic front continues to push temperatures below freezing, now is the time to protect your home from frozen pipes and costly repairs. An average of a quarter-million families across the country experience severe damage to their homes each winter because water pipes freeze and burst.
The San Juan Anti-Litter Initiative meeting Thursday has been cancelled because of the weather. The next meeting is Jan. 15 … Strider Construction Co. has stopped work on the upland sewer project until Jan. 5 due to inclement weather. The shutdown comes at no cost to the Town of Friday Harbor …
As a proud graduate of Linfield College, I was pleased to finally see a bit about Friday Harbor’s own Cole Franklin and his season with the Linfield football team this past season in The Journal.
How do you spend snow days on San Juan Island? Perhaps sledding on a hilly street in the neighborhood. Or honing your snowboarding skills at Lafarge Community Park (aka the former gravel pit). Or building the perfect snowman. Or staying in where it’s warm and baking the perfect pie.
San Juan Island public schools will start 1.5 hours late and buses will use snow routes today, for the second consecutive day. Island roads were expected to be icy this morning, following three days of frigid temperatures – Monday’s early-morning low of 13 was the coldest since 1990.
San Juan Island public schools will start 1.5 hours late and buses will use snow routes Monday.
Islanders awakened to a winter wonderland this morning. The first snow of the season fell overnight, and snow showers were likely this morning and this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
For more than 10 years, as part of their continuing contribution to the community and to the spirit of the season, the Kiwanis Club of Friday Harbor has helped local families in need with Christmas buying for their children by collecting gifts for giving.
