Ferndale helps youth sports, food bank
Total of $284,500 of federal ARPA money will be made available to two organizations By Cal Bratt For the Record FERNDALE — The Ferndale City Council took nearly an hour to decide ...
Otto Graep
Otto Graep
Otto Gerhardt Graep passed away peacefully on July 20 in Ferndale at the age of 102.
He was born on Oct. 31, 1919, in Everson, Washington.
Otto was preceded in death by ...
Leona Zander
Leona Zander
Leona (Lee) Gail (Emerson) Zander, age 86 died on July 25, surrounded by her family at home in Bellingham.
Leona was born on Nov. 20, 1935 in Spokane to Kent T. Emerson ...
Neal Lemlein
Neal Lemlein
Neal Charles Lemlein, born on Sept. 29, 1950, died on July 22, 2022, was interested in people and they responded.
“He was probably one of the most charismatic ...
Ronald Van Waveren
Ronald Rutger Van Waveren, age 81, passed away March 1. He was born in Lynden, Aug. 10, 1941 to Anthony (Tony) and Tina (Rutgers) Van Waveren.
Ron was raised in the Northwest but ...
Dave DeWaard
Dave DeWaard
David Charles DeWaard was the youngest of five children born to Charles and Wilma DeWaard on Jan. 12, 1952.
They moved to Lynden, when Dave was 3 years old to be closer ...
Clues, generosities lead quilt back to Ferndale church
Zion Lutheran wants to learn more about recently reacquired 1913 bedspread By Bill Helm Editor FERNDALE — Zion Lutheran Church needs help solving a mystery. Not a religious mystery, ...
Old Settlers Picnic returns to Ferndale
Celebrating 126 years of memories, Washington’s longest running picnic, the Whatcom County Old Settlers Association, included numerous entertainment events for the last weekend of ...
Aug. 4 Update: 2022 primary elections unofficial results
By Bill Helm Editor WHATCOM — At 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, the Whatcom County Auditor’s Office posted an update to the Aug. 2, 2022 primary election results. With the election ...
Rebuilding Ferndale river levee means moving road
City Council struggles with its choices to gain more flood capacity protecting downtown By Cal Bratt For the Record WHATCOM — One weapon in flood fighting will be to rebuild the ...
