I have either lived or made my living down at the waterfront and, in particular, at the Port of Friday Harbor for the last seven years. In that time, I have had the great pleasure of working with and around the best harbormaster I have ever seen: Tami Hayes!
This trash site selection process has been marred by incomplete disclosure. Failure to fully disclose all traffic safety information and the increased accident rate due to moving the trash facility is morally unacceptable.
My family in Friday Harbor sent me the link to your article, “Looking at the world through the eyes of a child,” page 7A, June 4 Journal. Although I am slightly biased, as one of the children you reference is my nephew, I did want to offer you kudos on your angle to the story.
To the people of Friday Harbor: My family and I are very grateful for the concern and help offered us following the death of my husband, Ramsay Milne.
San Juan Journal readers voice support for the new integrated medical center proposed for San Juan Island and more in this week’s letters to the editor.
The new Web site is great. The new site is much more user friendly and more pleasing to the eye,…
As the Readiness to Learn Student/Family advocate at Lopez Secondary School, I would like to go on record with my…
An open letter to San Juan Island Library District: On page 3B of The Journal of May 21, Beth Helstein…
We would like to personally thank the people of Friday Harbor for their love and support during Matt’s battle with…
The San Juan Public Schools Foundation is so grateful for the incredible generosity of our community’s response to the Save Our Schools (SOS) Campaign. We are more than halfway toward meeting the “challenge gift” of $300,000!
Now it is imperative that we raise the final $130,000 in order to match the remaining challenge gift.
As the war in Iraq enters its sixth year, I wonder if there just might be a better use for the $380 million* a day it costs.
For the sake of fantasy, let’s say the war shut down for just one day and all that money was sent to San Juan Island for islanders to use as they see fit. Here is how I would spend it
Dictionaries define “draft” many ways, such as a current of air, a compulsory conscription, the act of pulling loads.
For the Land Bank’s purposes, the meaning of “draft” is consistent with this definition: “a preliminary version, any of various stages in the development of a plan or document” — meaning “not final” and “not a done deal.”
When the Land Bank issues a draft management plan, such as the recent plan for Turtleback, it means the plan is draft, subject to revision based on public comment.