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Community Resource Center supports mental wellness

Submitted by Megan Metcalf for the Orcas Community Resource Center.

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Odd Fellows Hall community potluck

There will be a community potluck at the Odd Fellows Hall on Sunday, Feb. 2 from noon to…

Kyle Head photo.

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Exciting news: PlayFest is back

Submitted by the Actors Theater of Orcas Island.

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Free painting sessions on Land Bank preserves are back

Led by Alchemy Art Center co-directors Maria Michaelson or Glenn Hendrick, these free three-hour painting sessions will take…

Community Land Trust meets in Friday Harbor.

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San Juan County Alliance of Community Land Trusts meet in Friday Harbor

by Sandy Bishop and Clara Costa

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Conservation Land Bank offers free surplus firewood by lottery

The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank is offering a limited amount of Douglas fir firewood to San…

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Puccini’s ‘Tosca,’ from the Metropolitan Opera, comes to the Orcas Center Jan. 28

Experience the powerful story of “Tosca” from the Metropolitan Opera, on screen at Orcas Center Tuesday, Jan. 28,…

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Why native plants?

Submitted by Master Gardeners.

The Orcas chess team, L-R: Thurmond Russell, Max Vollmer, champion Lamai Hons, Orion Johns, and Colter Bond.

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Chess champs

The hard work of Orcas Island’s teen chess players has paid off.

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Orca Network’s Ways of Whales workshop features southern resident orca updates, blue whales and salmon conservation

The bittersweet New Year’s Day visit to central Puget Sound by J and K pods revealed both a…

Pasquale Grasso and Frank Vignola.

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Frank Vignola and Pasquale Grasso: Two jazz greats at Orcas Center

Submitted by the Orcas Center.

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A Vagrant Shrew.

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The humble shrew hiding in your garden

by Russel Barsh

Photo by DJ Paine.

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Rekindling community lunches

For many years, there was a community lunch served in the Community Church on Tuesdays. It was free…