Articles from the December 6, 2017 edition
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Tiny Tree Festival a giant success
Over $7,000 was raised at the second Festival of Tiny Trees Dec. 1 at the La Conner Regional Library. That includes donations received against a $10,000 matching gift announced Friday...
La Conner scores trifecta: Santa, tree, kids. The holidays are coming to town!
“AND ON THREE IT’S LIT!’ – That Santa, he’s so amazing: 1-2-3 and poof, La Conner’s 2017 Christmas Tree on Gilkey Square was lit. The Fire Department’s vintage, appropriately white, firetruck d...
Santa seen Saturday: photos are evidence
The La Conner Rotary’s Santa Breakfast was a resounding success. By careful count, 194 people came for pancakes, eggs and sausage. Santa’s lap was occupied for almost three hours. More kids than eve...
Musings - on the editor's mind
If life is complex – and it is – consider how much more complex ecosystems are. About those orcas not getting enough salmon, their primary food source, the editorial in last week’s paper. Scientific research finds fellow marine m...
From the editor - Whose streets? Our streets! OK: Now what?
Ward Phillips may be a prophet, but it is possible that his greatest role is that of a catalyst, moving the volatile mix of community and commerce forward at a faster pace than might naturally occur. If he is a prophet, offering a vision of making...
Neighbors share memories of "Mystic Light" artists
In what turned out to be more of a knitting circle than a book reading, Claire Swedberg led a lively discussion of La Conner area artists through the ages at Seaport Books Nov 16. The primarily female audience crowded the bookstore, asking questions...
Ward Phillips wants an even greater La Conner for our future
In an hour-long meeting with the Weekly News Nov. 26, Ward Phillips shared his assessment of his new hometown and his vision for La Conner. Phillips, 77, “retired” to Shelter Bay 20 months ago. The life-long Washingtonian has property on San Juan Isl...
Town buys all of fire hall; Council bumps up 2018 property tax
The fire station on Chilberg Road is now solely the Town of La Conner’s. Town Council unanimously approved that Mayor Hayes sign the Purchase and Sale Agreement for the Fire Hall at its November 28 meeting. This fall the Town negotiated the $563,750...
