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WEDNESDAY Cancer walk The Bellingham Brain Cancer Walk: Hannah’s Walk for a Cure will be from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 30, at Civic Field. Expect a live band, speakers ...

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ONGOING Alveda King here Lynden Human Life brings Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King Jr., to speak on rights of the unborn at Western Washington University on May 21 (6 p.m. Arntzen ...

Cleanup pros: Ferndale gets a good scrub

Volunteers from Whatcom New Life Assembly received Troll Award from the Ferndale Downtown Association (via Mayor Gary Jensen, center) for their work during the Citywide Cleanup event ...

Phillips 66 donates $166,000 toward public health, safety

FERNDALE — Five Whatcom County nonprofits will benefit from $166,000 in grants from the Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery. The money will be spent on four public health and safety projects, ...

Lenny’s Bike Shop turns 1

Lenny’s Bike Shop, on Second Avenue near Griffintown Park, celebrated its first year open in Ferndale with festive events and games on Saturday, May 2. Events included plenty of bike ...

Ferndale to host first local Brick and Toy Show

Lego batcave to star in exhibition at Ferndale Event Center FERNDALE — Did you grow up obsessed with Legos? Or do you hope your own kids will be? Either way, the Ferndale Event Center, ...

Citywide cleanup this Saturday

FERNDALE — The Ferndale Downtown Association will hold its annual Citywide Clean-Up Day this Saturday, May 16, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The day is partly a volunteer public cleanup event ...

‘Stamp out Hunger’ on Saturday

WHATCOM — Local mail carriers in Whatcom County will join others all across the United States to collect food for local food banks. The annual Stamp Out Hunger event on Saturday, ...

Parks foundation offers Helping Hand grants

WHATCOM — An impromptu bicycle fundraiser is the reason the Whatcom Parks and Recreation Foundation has $2,600 to give away to worthy project proposals. The Helping Hand Grants are ...

Sikhs’ April 24-25 Vaisakhi festival at Lynden open to all

LYNDEN -— The public is invited to the annual Vaisikhi festival and open house of the local Guru Nanak Gursikh Temple grounds at 176 E. Pole Rd. on Saturday, April 25. Vaisakhi is ...