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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 is located, which has grown around 1-2…
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 at the roulette wheel, having a night out on the town, or cozying up at home. The Casino is a well-balanced…
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, who solidified his deep passion for biking in high school. The Birch Bay Bike Shop opened in 2023. Roy is the main employee, with occasional help from his wife, Carolyn Roy. He…
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…
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 owners, three sisters named Chloe Vogel, Aemilia Vogel, and Clara Dwyer, have been baking their entire lives. The sisters saw a need within the community for a gluten-free bakery, being mostly gluten-free themselves, and are grateful for the opportunity to supply genuinely…
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 100 Americans crossed the Salish Sea from Orcas Island, Washington, to Salt Spring Island, British Columbia—two islands separated by a national border but connected by tides, ferry routes, and the kind of neighborliness that doesn’t require a passport to feel. The gathering was called Hands Across the Water, and it…
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 live in our shared home in a good, life-sustaining way. We live in a time when we need…
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, led by Jarvis. She eventually wanted Mother’s Day…
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 if you want to recycle them. Luckily,…
Quality Matters: Upscale Consignment in Fairhaven | Serendipity
THE SHOP Nestled among the shops of historic Fairhaven, Serendipity is a venue trading in upscale and vintage consignment clothing. “We like to describe ourselves as an eclectic collection for style lovers of all ages,” Owner Megan Lacki-Cunningham tells me as I walk through the store, admiring the wide…
Smarter, Healthier, and More Sustainable: The Cable Street Project | A1DesignBuild
Location: Lake Whatcom, Bellingham Homeowner: Mark Wheatley Architect: Maggie Bates, A1DesignBuild Builder: A1DesignBuild Interior Designer: Mark Wheatley Photographer: Moment Films When Mark Wheatley approached A1DesignBuild, he wanted a legacy home. Something intelligent, beautiful, and future-proof; a residence that would set a new standard for sustainable building in Whatcom County. We took that vision one step further by designing a net-positive home that actually produces…