Thinking globally and acting locally.That’s been the annual Earth Day game plan for a committed corps of La Conner area volunteers.Monday was no exception, despite it being a regular work day beset with gray skies and chilly wind gusts.Coordinated by Kelly Harper, the group met at Snee-Oosh around 5:30 p.m. to collect debris and trash littering the...

Breakfast was served to one and all at the Swinomish Gym early Saturday morning.There was a wide-ranging menu other than one traditional morning favorite.No eggs.Those weren’t in the gym, but instead were to be found later at the play area in front of the Susan Edwards Wilbur Early Education Center.Local kids from toddlers to grade school students...

While searching for photo albums and scrapbooks prior to a recent family reunion, former Pleasant Ridge residents Jim and Kay Frey came across an unexpected gem.It was a plain, parcel-sized envelope filled with yellowed news clippings.Not just any clippings, mind you.These were from more than a half-century ago, dating to the fall of 1968.