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OUR OPINION: New reporter says ‘hello’ to Ferndale
By Leora Watson [email protected] Hi there. My name is Leora Watson, and I am excited to become part of the team at the Ferndale Record newspaper. When I first moved to Whatcom ...
GUEST OPINION: Thanks grandpa for being ‘my senator’
By Elisa Claassen for the Record In researching a flood story, I talked with a stranger who knew my late grandfather. I grew up in his former home surrounded by his things but there ...
Letters to the Editor — Dec. 8, 2021
• Help now, not later Editor, The cavalry is not coming over the hill. Flooded areas of Whatcom County are going to have to depend on resources here to get this fixed. Thankfully, ...
GUEST OPINION: Misleading information negates pandemic’s ‘impact on society’
Hello, readers of the Ferndale Record newspaper. As a local advocate for truth and justice, I feel it is my responsibility to speak up when I see potentially harmful misinformation ...
Letters to the Editor — Dec. 1, 2021
• Vaccinated or not Editor, Thank you Vicki Strand for writing your Letter to the Lynden Tribune. It was principally well done. However, your statistics are poor and not accurate. ...
GUEST OPINION: For the community, by the community
As we enter the giving season, people nationwide will be looking to give back to the communities that have supported them. They’ll also look to ensure that their heartfelt giving—however ...
GUEST OPINION: A year in the life means a difficult week interlaced with smiles
Elisa Claassen for the Record “Compassion isn’t about solutions. It’s about giving all the love that you’ve got.” — Cheryl Strayed Neighbors in our community ...
Letters to the Editor — Nov. 24, 2021
• Thank you to the ‘Donut Angel’ Editor, To the donut angel who left a box of donuts on the steps of our flooded house on the Hampton Road Wednesday, I do not know who you are, ...
Letters to the Editor — Nov. 17, 2021
Americans ‘don’t like being lied to’ Editor, Too many wars, America. Too many endless wars. Too many brave men killed, leaving all the cowards at home to procreate. Whatever happened ...
Dark house, laptop, and flashlight
— Longtime Whatcom County resident and Lynden Tribune correspondent Elisa Claassen wrote this Monday evening “in a dark living room with no power on a laptop with a flashlight ...