A walk through Ferndale’s history

Connect Ferndale’s Cece White details the origins of the area  By Taras McCurdie For the Record  FERNDALE — On Sept. 1, and again on Sept. 3, Connect Ferndale hosted a 1.7-mile ...

Ferndale passes new police contract

First of three years has a 5.5% cost-of-living increase  By Cal Bratt For the Record FERNDALE — Ferndale City Council last week unanimously approved a new three-year contract for ...

Ferndale, Lynden add federal lobbyist

Both cities pass an agreement with Northwest-based CFM Advocates  By Cal Bratt For the Record  WHATCOM — The cities of Ferndale and Lynden are lining up federal lobbying clout. ...

Ferndale Almanac 2022: Master gardener, teacher, friend

Whatcom County resident and Ferndale Record Advertising Manager Jan Brown talks about her father, Albert Anderson  My father, Albert Anderson was a wood shop teacher at Ferndale High ...

Ferndale Almanac 2022: More than a beauty

Editor’s note: On Sept. 21, 2017, Norene Gilbert lost her 20-plus year battle with cancer. The oldest daughter of Curtis and Renee Gilbert, Norene was preceded in death by her father ...

Ferndale Almanac 2022: Snapshots: 100 years of Ferndale through Record newspaper’s eyes

By Jan Brown Ferndale Record   1922 May: Mayor R.W. Bruson this week issued a proclamation urging all citizens to observe Memorial Day, May 30, as a holiday in the town and for all ...

Ferndale Almanac 2022: Pederson is back on NFL sidelines

Ferndale HS alum nears start to first season as Jacksonville head coach  By Connor J. Benintendi Ferndale Record Sports Editor Born in Bellingham and raised in Ferndale, Doug Pederson ...

Ferndale Almanac 2022: Origins of Griffintown Park

By Riley Sweeney Ferndale Communications Officer Have you ever wondered how Griffintown Park, the long, skinny park on Second Avenue, got its name? It once belonged to a Civil War veteran ...

Community Calendar for August 24, 2022

Aug. 24 Zoom candidate forum From noon until 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, Bellingham City Club will feature a Zoom candidate forum at bellinghamcityclub.org where the following positions ...

Back on the streets after pandemic pause

By Stephen Rigdon Jehovah’s Witnesses USA LYNDEN — If you happened to be in Lynden last week, you may have noticed that a pre-pandemic fixture was back on the sidewalks: smiling ...