Community calendar for Dec. 27, 2023

Through Feb. 29 Enhanced Fitness in the Afternoon The Lynden Community/Senior Center has updated its enhanced fitness class. This session is a drop-in class. Cost is $2 for members, ...

Cynthia ‘Cindy’ Hansen

Cynthia ‘Cindy’ Hansen Cynthia Ann (McCauley) Hansen of Ferndale passed away on Dec. 17, 2023, after a hard-fought battle against a brutal illness. Cindy, as she was known to ...

Duane Allen VanDerWerff

Duane Allen VanDerWerff Duane Allen VanDerWerff, age 87, was born July 4, 1936 in Holland, Michigan, to Albert Roy and Bertha (DeVries) VanDerWerff.  Respected as a godly man in both ...

Margaret A. (Peggy) deKubber

Margaret A. (Peggy) deKubber Margaret A. deKubber (Peggy), 86, of Snohomish, WA passed away on Dec. 6, 2023. She was born Dec. 17, 1936, in Lynden, the daughter of Adria and Leslie ...

Lavawn Radder

Lavawn Radder Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother, Lavawn Radder, quietly passed away on Tuesday, Dec.19, 2023.  Visitation will be at Gillies ...

Norman Elsner

Norman Elsner Norman Elsner, age 79, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, after a brief illness. His memorial service will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, 119 Texas St., Bellingham, ...

2023 Ferndale In Review: Big growth literally a part of Ferndale’s story

City celebrates completion of long-awaited Thornton Street Overpass project By Bill Helm Editor FERNDALE — Perhaps a bit obvious, but an overpass is generally a pretty big thing. ...

2023 Ferndale: A Year In Review

Jan. 11 Ferndale, Lummi Island artists in Jansen’s winter exhibit While the usual events carry on, like pottery classes in the studio downstairs where machines whir away, upstairs, ...

One of ‘boys in the boat’ was a Whatcom son

Movie directed by George Clooney tells the 1936 UW crew Olympic gold story By Cal Bratt For the Record WHATCOM — The featured rower in “The Boys in the Boat” movie, releasing ...

Ferndale Food Bank receives a helping hand

FERNDALE — On Dec. 15, Ferndale Food Bank received a $10,000 donation from T-Mobile, as a part of the company’s Difference Maker award. The donation will allow the food bank ...