GUEST OPINION: Fall has beautiful virtues

I grew up on the remnants of my mom’s childhood farm. It had become a hobby farm for our tenure after being a working farm. My neighbors had dairy farms with a few small berry farms ...

GUEST OPINION: Eco-Utopian ideas fail on constitutional principles

The climate-emergency-snoots who populate the governments of Washington, Oregon and British Columbia, are having their Cascadia Innovation Corridor Conference near Blaine on Sept. 12-13. ...

Letters to the Editor — Sept. 7, 2022

Letter: Appreciate, enjoy and love Editor, He stopped by the Jansen Art Center the other day. He didn’t tell me his name, but said he lived alone in a trailer park, was retired and ...

On eagle’s wings: Exploring Anacortes

Day Trippin’ By Elisa Claassen For the Record ANACORTES — Many people don’t realize Anacortes is on an island. The bridge, named after former Anacortes-born Washington State ...

Community Calendar for Sept. 7, 2022

Through Sept. 30 Eat Local Month celebration September Eat Local Month is a month-long celebration of local food producers and food businesses. Stay tuned on @eatlocalfirstnw social ...

Gym Star owner Carolyn Saletto retires after 28-year career in gymnastics world

Starting small, ending big By Leora Watson Staff Reporter FERNDALE — Building a business from scratch is what former Gym Star Sports Center owner Carolyn Saletto is most proud of ...

Serving the community one box at a time

Ferndale Food Bank’s ‘hidden helper’ touches many lives through her work By Taras McCurdie For the Record FERNDALE — Volunteering is open to all, which means anyone can volunteer. ...

Melissa O’Brine is Ferndale Downtown Association’s new executive director

FERNDALE — The Ferndale Downtown Association has hired Melissa O’Brine as its new executive director. For the past three years, O’Brine has served on the association’s board ...

Police find two men dead in Ferndale home

FERNDALE — Just after midnight on Monday, Sept. 5, Ferndale Police officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 2000 block of Grandview Road in Ferndale. Upon arrival, law ...

Milton steps down as Ferndale Chamber director

Last day is Sept. 14; Megan Juenemann is interim director FERNDALE — After serving the past three years as executive director of the Ferndale Chamber of Commerce, Anya Milton is stepping ...