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School board considering new bond
Following two work meetings and a session with a focus group, the Blaine school board decided to table a resolution for a $19.7 million bond issue at its...
2000 In Review: Point Roberts Senior Center
Mark your calendar with a big red star for each Wednesday in 2001. Come to the community center on Gulf Road each Wednesday at 10 a.m. and enjoy pool, ...
Immigration chief shifted to Seattle
The head of Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) for all Whatcom County border crossings has been shuffled to a Seattle desk job pending what INS...
2000 IN REVIEWPoint Roberts Primary School
September 2000 marked the beginning of the ninth year of the Point Roberts primary school. During the 1999/2000 school year we expanded to include third...
Red Cross first aid CPR course on tap for February
The Red Cross will again be offering Point Roberts residents the training they need to respond to an emergency. A basic first aid and a cardiopulmonary...
Where there's a sign, there's a way
County executive Pete Kremen has stepped in to work out a compromise that would allow chamber directional signs to stay in the county right-of-way along...
Return of the infernal tower...
It may be in the end that Leslie Agron will get his TV tower on Johnson Road but it’s not going to be easy. Whatcom County Hearing Examiner Michael...
Point Roberts pier project advances another step
Proponents of a historical pier in Point Roberts are eager to get going on the next step after receiving an engineering feasibility report from consultants...
County agrees to help fund local EMS
Fire district #5 is poised to become the county’s newest ambulance service, which could bring $36,000 dollars in funding to the Point.
2000 IN REVIEW Family Service Center
This year has seen a rapid growth in the role of the Blaine Family Service Center in Point Roberts. This is largely the result of funding made available...
Well, the year 2000 brought public internet to the library, where anyone can sign up for half hour slots for free. Friends of the Library held Internet...
When Vic Iwersen was in high school in Blaine he watched from across Boundary Bay as the APA cannery in Point Roberts burned to the ground. When he graduated...
An anonymous donor is dangling a $5,000 carrot in front of the noses of local lighthouse fanciers. According to president David Niles, a donor has pledged...
Small town or urban: group struggles to come up with a common vision
The Point Roberts Subarea Plan advisory group has sent consultants back to the drawing board after reviewing the first draft of the new plan.
2000 In Review:Bingo gets once over from state
The Washington State Gambling Commission has begun an investigation of the Point Roberts Volunteer Fire Department Inc. bingo operation. According to a...
Icelandic settlers of Point Roberts
The first Icelander known with certainty to have settled down on the Pacific Coast was Ólafur Jónsson, (later Oliver Johnson). He came from...
INS says 'no plan to close PACE'
The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization (INS) service will continue to nip and tuck in an effort to counter stagnant staffing levels and a growing workload...