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The Editor:
We are not a ghost town.
What happens in Point Roberts, stays in Point Roberts ... and that’s sometimes a problem.
We are not a ghost town, as some have suggested, but we …
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6/25/21 03:56 PM
The Editor: So here we go again… the Point Roberts Gentrification Brigade strikes again. Whatever happened to “live and let live?” It’s upsetting to read once again of people …
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3/31/17 02:36 PM
The Editor: Our library offers so much for this community: entertainment with books, movies, magazines, games and indoor and outdoor activities for children, ‘in-betweeners,’ and …
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4/24/15 01:53 PM
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This new draconian travel restriction and quarantine over entire Italy reveals the limitations of the effectiveness of methods used to screen travelers. Which country will be next? …
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3/27/20 01:32 PM
The Editor: I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who helped make the 2017 Christmas Gift Faire a success including our vendors with their lovely items and our customers who came out …
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12/22/17 01:05 PM
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It saddens me to see and hear people cutting down mature trees here. This is especially the case because our community values our natural setting so much.
There are many good …
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5/27/21 10:36 PM
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The Canadian Cancer Society deserves praise for its Dry Feb campaign: it shines light on the role that alcohol – wine, whisky, champagne, beer et al – plays in the …
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2/25/22 12:34 PM
The Editor and Dave Armstrong:
Sorry to hear about your missing cat. I have a fabulous cat too; I would hate to have him go missing.
But why do you have a collar with a bell on her? …
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1/28/22 01:13 AM
The Editor: An unfortunate accident occurred on Sunday and I wish to thank Tamra and staff from the Saltwater Cafe for her quick response, and then fire chief Carleton, John Shields, …
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8/26/16 03:19 PM
The Editor:
Thanks for the great article and photo that you published on July 31, 2020.
My wife and I have received so much positive feedback from friends with whom we have shared the article. …
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9/25/20 03:58 PM
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We have an issue with residents and visitors dumping garbage and trash onto our county-owned beaches and parks. We have seen several instances of people dumping onto their own …
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7/30/21 12:50 PM
The Editor: State senator Doug Erickson and state representative Vincent Buys took multiple trips allegedly paid for with campaign funds, to support the Cambodian Prime Minister Hu Sen, a …
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10/26/18 05:01 PM
The Editor: My Christmas reading this year has been Mark Swenson’s Point Roberts Backstory: Tails, Trails and Trivia from an American Exclave. I delighted in the many tidbits of local and …
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1/31/20 01:13 PM
The Editor: A couple months back I wrote the editor regarding a dog at large violation I received while walking my dog on Marine Drive. As it pertains to the subsequent experience I …
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12/18/15 02:39 PM
The Editor: On Thursday, April 6, the Seattle Times reported thousands of defects found on rail lines hauling crude oil. Nearly 24,000 safety defects were found on routes in 44 …
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4/28/17 03:05 PM
The Editor: Regarding the letter to the editor from Harold “Tom” Thomson in opposition to raising the minimum wage to $15. First, you are pointing your finger at the wrong …
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5/29/15 01:54 PM
The Editor: It was good to read the progress report on the new library and let’s hope it speedily continues. We hope the request for space from the Point Roberts Food Bank and the Point …
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1/26/18 05:05 PM
The Editor: I read with interest Margot Griffiths’ great account of her family’s history down here, and I’ve found her dam! My name is Tom Crean. My family owned the cabin across from …
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5/31/19 02:40 PM
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Primary care providers, listen up! This is something you must hear.
Results from a large retrospective analysis found that over 80 percent of patients nationwide had not had …
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8/27/21 12:42 PM
The Editor: Just wondering why, after all the wars past and present, ‘we’ are still glorifying war? I pose this question because it seems like it’s everywhere – all over the globe, in …
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11/30/18 02:48 PM
