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Reconnect through volunteering

by Hilary Canty

The Barnacle will have a cocktail special called “island grown” for the kickoff. Bartenders will be prepared to discuss the locally sourced ingredients for this featured drink.

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Orcas Makers celebrate during Eastsound Stroll

Orcas is home to over a hundred creative Makers and their innovations are a natural part of the…

Mammovan visits Orcas.

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Mammogram van a success

Submitted by the Orcas Senior Center.

Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash

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Medicare Open Enrollment is coming, be prepared

Medicare enrollees have an opportunity every year between October 15 and December 7th to review their Medicare Part…

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Follow OPALCO’s EV road trip in October

Starting Oct. 6, an exclusive team from OPALCO (Communication Specialist Krista Bouchey and the “Switch it up pup”…

“Julia” tells the story of the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think about food, television, and even about women. Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child’s surprising path, from her struggles to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) which has sold more than 2.5 million copies to date, to her empowering story of a woman who found fame in her 50s, and her calling as an unlikely television sensation.

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Movie lovers rejoice | Orcas Film Festival is back

The Orcas Island Film Festival will showcase the offbeat and the up-and-coming during its first in-person event since…

Linda Hamilton, Orcas Rotary’s Pickleball event chair, and Erin O’Dell, Executive Director of Orcas Community Resource Center.

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Rotary presents check for $2,500 to the Community Resource Center

Linda Hamilton, chair of Orcas Rotary’s summer Pickleball Tournament, presented a check for $2,500 to Erin O’Dell, Executive…

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EDC to offer free Tree Worker Basics Course on Orcas Island

Submitted by the Economic Development Council of San Juan County.

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FLIP’s path toward swim center construction

Submitted by Friends of the Lopez Island Pool.

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Get your amateur radio license, Oct. 25

Submitted by the San Juan County Amateur Radio Society.

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Vote counting equipment to be tested

A “Logic and Accuracy” test of ballot tabulating equipment used in San Juan County for the Nov. 2…

Contributed photo/Contributed photo/JP und die OK Rhythm Boys

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JP and the OK Rhythm Boys to play Orcas Hotel Oktoberfest Beer Garden

Oktoberfest is coming to Orcas! The annual autumn festival traditionally begins two weeks before the first Sunday in…

NWC removes unnecessary rock armor from upper beach habitat at Salmon Point community beach. (Contributed photo)

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Shoreline habitat restoration actions completed on Lopez

Submitted by Friends of the San Juans.