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High school senior to teach sign language classes
Bethany Hansen, a senior at Orcas Island High school, will be teaching two free sign language classes at…
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First All-Strings Concert May 18
A first-of-its-kind All-Strings concert will be presented by the Orcas Island Schools on Thursday, May 18, at 7…
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Christian school welcomes two new teachers
The Orcas Christian School has hired new teachers for the 2017-2018 year. Stacey Kemmerer, from Mt. Jackson, Virginia,…
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Robert Dash explores what’s ‘On an Acre Shy of Eternity’
On a parcel of land north of Deer Harbor, a little less than one acre, Robert Dash found…
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AmeriCorps VISTA project coming to the San Juan Islands
This summer the San Juan County Health and Community Services Department in collaboration with the Family Resource Centers…
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Holocaust survivor to speak
Noémi Ban, 94 years old, a Hungarian-born American Jew and survivor of the Holocaust, will talk about her…
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Stockwell to share El Camino de Santiago trip
All island women are invited to come hear adventurous long-distance hiker and new Orcas Islander Judy Stockwell speak…
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Summer fun with Orcas Park and Rec
This summer Orcas Park and Rec is bringing a variety of sports camps your way. These half and…
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Weekly Horoscope | May 10–16
Check out the weekly horoscope from Music in the Stars Astrology on Orcas Island published every week in…
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Granny’s attic a success for senior center and preschool
After 3 p.m., when the crowds have all left and the piles of secondhand goods have been picked…
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Monique Mead to lead strings master class
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival brings Carnegie Mellon University music professor Monique Mead to Orcas Island as Musician-in-Residence…
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Romantic masterpiece ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ to stream at center
Orcas Center presents the New York Metropolitan Opera’s revival of Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss streamed Live in…