Peggy Martin

Peggy Martin  After a short but courageous fight with cancer, Peggy E. Martin passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 90 in Bellingham on Sept. 26. Peggy was born in Ridgefield, ...

Dorothy Leishman

Dorothy Leishman  Dorothy (Hanson) Leishman passed away at home on Sept. 18. She was 92. Dorothy was born in Baudette, Minnesota to Willie and Eunice Hanson.  After training as a ...

Newspaper reportage more relevant than ever

Brett Wesner, Chair  National Newspaper Association  Newspaper reporting and content have never been more relevant.   We all have stories of readers desperately seeking reliable ...

Forget the ‘paper’, embrace the ‘news’

By Ken Paulson  There was a period in the late ‘60s when the Beach Boys, desperate for a hipper identity, reportedly considered shortening their name to Beach. Of course, the Backstreet ...

‘A la carte’ homeschooling

Families embrace non-traditional education  By Bill Helm Editor WHATCOM — For Beth Perry, homeschooling her three children means learning “all together and all the time.” “Even ...

Man arrested after pointing ‘AR-style rifle’ at Ferndale police

By Cal Bratt  For the Record  At 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, law enforcement had closed Barrett Road at Main Street, Ferndale, as well as the commercial mall there for a crime response ...

Ferndale dominates Cubs, 4-0

By Nathan Schumock  Sports Editor    Ferndale goes on the road and blows out Sedro-Woolley under the ominous green lighting of the stadium. The Golden Eagles won 4-0 and move ...

Lynden squeaks by Sehome, 21-19

By Nathan Schumock Sports Editor  Football Lynden @ Sehome:  Lynden defeats Sehome by a narrow margin of 21-19. Lynden moves to 5-0 and 3-0 in conference play. Lane Heeringa was the ...

Education beyond the classroom

Garden program at Skyline Elementary brings hands-on alternative learning  By Leora Watson Staff Reporter  FERNDALE — Education can take many forms. For students at Skyline Elementary ...

5-acre development OK’d on former Ferndale golf course

But 65 acres will remain protected as wetlands and floodplain  By Cal Bratt For the Record  FERNDALE — Mixed-use development of about five acres of the former Riverside Golf Course ...