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Genealogist creates connections
Carol Signet unintentionally told her own stories while discovering her family’s By Sarah McCauley Staff Reporter FERNDALE — Skilled genealogists know unearthing unexpected stories ...
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Medcalf, Larrabee claim first place golf titles
Nathan Schumock Sports Editor WASHINGTON — Seven Northern Whatcom County golfers finished in the top 20 of the respective golf tournaments, including two state championship titles ...
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Lynden parade celebrates local farming community
By Bill Helm Editor LYNDEN — Retiring Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo has been named this year’s Farmers Day Parade grand marshal. According to a Thursday, May 25 post on the Lynden ...
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Ferndale remembers Memorial Day
More than 1,800 veterans’ flags lined the Avenue of Flags at Greenacres Memorial Park just outside of Ferndale. On Memorial Day, a series of speakers took turns reciting prayers, ...
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Local team brings much needed relief to southern Malawi, Africa
By Caroline Schauer For the Record MALAWI, AFRICA — A 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization, Living Water Malawi provides education, sponsorship, support and relief to orphans, vulnerable ...
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Ferndale resident graduates Magna Cum Laude at Whitworth
SPOKANE — Ferndale resident Cady Sytsma has received her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Whitworth University in Spokane. A 2021 Ferndale High School and Whatcom Community ...
LEGALS- May 31, 2023
FERNDALE
LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
FOR CITY OF FERNDALE
SIX-YEAR TRANSPORTATION PLAN
Notice is hereby given that the Ferndale City Council will hold a public hearing at 5:00 p.m. ...
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Letters to the Editor — May 24, 2023
Owe them all Editor, Being born and raised here, I am very active in the community. Each year. I see Memorial Day lose its true meaning. People talk about where they’re going to go ...
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Guest Opinion: To those who died for our freedom
My name is Mary Lou Childs and I wrote this poem titled “To Those Who Died For Our Freedom.” I was born in 1954, long after World War II; the Korean war had just ended. Vietnam ...
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Our Opinion: Being active should be for fun, not for health
“What made you want to run a marathon?” I get asked this question a lot ever since I signed up for the 2023 Bellingham Bay Marathon. It’s not something I broadcast, but once it ...