Articles from the May 25, 2016 edition
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Poets echo life across generations
Maureen Harlan, who was a counselor at La Conner High School, instituted the first organized student exchange between La Conner and Denmark 30 years ago. We scooted our students to Denmark while a...
School board tackles more budget cuts
The La Conner School Board on Monday voted to accept a slate of proposed budget cuts put forth by the group that has been meeting in budget workshops since April. District Business Manager Bonnie Haley told the board that the group actually exceeded...
Surprise for school's chief at board meeting
At Monday’s La Conner School Board meeting, two women with decades-long ties to the district walked in and sat down without letting on they had a big plan. When it came time for public comments, retired school counselor Maureen Harlan and retired b...
DUCHESS
We’ve had three Labrador Retrievers in our nearly 40 years of marriage. Each has brought richness to our family. Duchess, more formally known as Belle’s Duchess of Sneeoosh, died last week fol...
Skagit Co. Sheriff's Office POLICE BLOTTER
Monday May 16 4:04 p.m.: Worth checking – Someone inConway reported possible abuse of an 8-year-old child that occurred inSnohomishCounty. The case was referred to that county’s child protective services. 9:44 p.m.: Bad customers – A c...
Stumbling Stones
While most of the bigger cities in Germany and Austria have museums and monuments documenting the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust, there is one kind of smaller memorial that can be found in...
