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Converted for Connection | Casali Construction and Remodeling

Completion date: August 2025 Location: North Bellingham Engineer: Frame Studio, Inc. Builder: Casali Construction and Remodeling Interior Designer: Alexa Casali with Casali Remodeling Photographer: Melissa Daughters with MKDaughters Photography For this recent renovation, our clients came to us with a clear vision: while they love to cook and entertain, the current layout of their home was making it difficult to connect…

More Than Just a Fish Store | Emmaquatics Aquarium & Lounge

Gently burbling water, swaying underwater plants, and hundreds of fish flashing their colorful scales and fins at you as they swim by. For most, it’s an undeniably captivating view, and one known to help reduce stress. Bellinghamsters have been able to aquarium-gaze at the Marine Life…

Shopping for a Day at the Casino

One of the best things about visiting casinos is the wide range of activities that one can indulge in. In addition to restaurants and games, many casinos boast hotels with swimming pools, spas, and gyms. Part of the fun is dressing up for each occasion! You don’t want to end up wearing your gym…

Fill Your Cup, Feed a Neighbor | Dine Out for Maple Alley Inn

Opportunity Council is an organization supporting Whatcom, San Juan, and Island Counties with childcare, early education, employment, financial, and basic needs services. Maple Alley Inn, their hunger-fighting healthy meal program, has been operating since 1987.  Maple Alley Inn serves breakfast on Tuesdays and lunch on Wednesdays and Thursdays at Faith Lutheran Church in Bellingham. That’s also where their community garden…

The Mixing Tin | Casino

CASINO Jack’s Bar Ingredients: Gin, lemon juice, maraschino liqueur, orange bitters, Luxardo cherry The Casino cocktail is a simple but sophisticated drink that anyone can enjoy, whether you are taking your chances…

Local Shop Makes Biking Accessible in Birch Bay | Birch Bay Bike Shop

Riding a bike is a timeless activity that, for some people, has been part of life for many years. This includes the owner of Birch Bay Bike Shop, John Roy,…

The Smaller The Bite, The Better The Taste

Imagine this: you’re lying outside on a blanket in the sun on bright green grass. The temperature is warm, but not too warm, and the sounds of birdcalls and smells of freshly blooming flowers are nourishing your soul. Maybe a book is lying by you, and maybe your emotional-support water…

Glorious Gluten-Free Goodies | Millet Gluten-Free Bakery

Millet Gluten-Free Bakery is Bellingham’s only 100% gluten-free bakery. Open for less than a year, it’s risen in popularity faster than the owners could ever have imagined. The…

Two Island Nations, One Salish Sea | Hands Across the Water

When borders divide, communities can choose to sail toward each other. On a weekend in Sept. 2025, a flotilla of boats carrying roughly…

Since Time Immemorial | House of Healing

Since Time Immemorial is a recurring series featuring community members whose families have been here since time immemorial. The ancestral knowledge carried by Lhaq’temish, Nooksack, and other Coast Salish peoples is knowledge about how to…

Mrs. Worldwide: Mother’s Day Around The World

Mother’s Day, as we think of it, was founded in the United States in the early 1900s by Anna Jarvis, the daughter of Ann Reeves Jarvis, a community organizer and social activist during the Civil War era. After her mother’s death, Jarvis created Mother’s Day as a way to pay tribute to mothers who make sacrifices for their children.   In 1908, the first official Mother’s Day celebration was held in West Virginia,…

One Person’s Trash Is Another’s Treasure | Ferndale Downtown Association’s Community Clean-Up Day

Sometimes, out of nowhere, your fridge decides to stop working. Or your dryer decides to burst into flames. Or your piano is fine, you just don’t want it anymore, and you don’t know what to do with it. It’s tough to know what to do with things, especially…