Marianne Thomas

Marianne Thomas, age 88, of Bellingham, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. She will be greatly missed. You are invited to share your condolences and memories in the online guestbook ...

Joanne Gardner

Joanne P. Gardner, of Lynden, passed away on Nov. 15, 2016. Services were held in Lynden. Share memories at www.westfordfuneralhome.com.

‘Arrival’ hits home with story of humans, aliens

By Brent Lindquist [email protected] The best science fiction movies are the ones that make us feel something about our own non-fictional lives. Denis Villenueve’s “Arrival” ...

‘The Happy Elf’ opens Friday at Claire vg

LYNDEN ­— “The Happy Elf,” a jazzy Christmas-themed family show, is the holiday offering at the Claire vg Thomas Theatre Nov. 25 through Dec. 11. The Lynden Performing Arts Guild ...

Grief Diaries books of Ferndale woman now on Amazon

SEATTLE — “Grief Diaries: Shattered,” in the series of Ferndale award-winning author and speaker Lynda Cheldelin Fell, is now available on Amazon and will soon be in more than ...

EMS levy now barely passing

By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — The last votes counted Friday put the county emergency medical services levy just over the amount needed — for now. The Whatcom ...

Helping the hungry during the holidays

By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Ferndale Food Bank director Suzanne Nevan understands the importance of food, beyond the fact that people need it to survive. ...
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Ferndale-backed EMS measure on verge of failing

By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM ­— The county property tax levy for emergency medical services (EMS) was still narrowly losing after the latest addition of counted ...

‘Black Mirror’ returns, with a series-best

By Brent Lindquist [email protected] Charlie Brooker’s wonderful anthology show “Black Mirror” recently returned to television via Netflix, further bolstering the platform’s ...

Mayor: We’re a 50/50 city

By Jon Mutchler Ferndale Mayor After the dust of the election settled, I looked up the vote totals for Ferndale and guess what? It was within five votes — 2,508 people voted for Hillary ...