Friday Harbor Port Commissioners, Victoria Compton and Gibb Black, decided to pay $30,000 for a Whale sculpture to be placed on the Spring Street Landing, something they had not actually even seen! The vote was not…

As with a wind-tossed Tempest evening several years ago, Stage Left's remarkable ability to unite weather and theater again transports its audience. In the magic of hearing snowflakes fall outside and inside the Fairgrounds, warm tea…

Dear Editor I don’t have a lot in common with Andrew Carnegie except for our common desire to support education and reading. Andrew Carnegie was the richest person in the world in 1901 and wanted to…

Like many islanders (and especially property owners), I experienced some pretty intense sticker shock at the $20,000,000 estimated cost of the new Library on Spring Street. It was enough to stop me in my tracks, despite…

On your ballot right now is the years-long campaign to build a new Library. The issue is shrouded in rumors and misinformation. Many wonder why the Library itself has not done more to respond and answer…

Every community deserves a first-rate public library, and I hope that we will all embrace this opportunity to build one. The existing structure is bursting at the seams, with no room to expand in its current…