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Photo: 1941 – Bellingham, WA, from the air
From the US National Archives. NAID: 68151483Local ID: 18-AA-134-60 Continue reading
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Dear Lame Ducks…
We have a new mayor for Bellingham and a new Sheriff for the county that leaves a number of electeds still in office for a month or two. What have you always wanted to get done but were afraid to… Continue reading
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☂ Tree nets to catch City Hall acorns, preventing head injuries and car damage
Acorns keep falling on my head. And my car. And the sidewalk. Install tree nets in Bellingham’s civic center to catch them before they hurt Bellinghamsters. Continue reading
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More transit is better business
How many jobs can you get 30 minutes from home by car? or by public transit? Continue reading
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Block more dollar stores in Bellingham
Dear Bellingham Council, please follow the example of other cities that limit or block new dollar stores. We have food desert problems here in Bellingham. Between Walmart and the Safeway-Albertsons-Haggen mergers and acquisitions, our food choice, quality, health, prices and… Continue reading
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Bellingham beach barriers?
In Sarah Trent’s Washaway No More: An Experimental Beach Barrier Could Be Key to Rebuilding Eroding Coastlines, rocks along the water can build up beaches and build and preserve land. Perhaps we should be doing some of this in Whatcom?… Continue reading
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Fairhaven, Bellingham, Washington from the air, 1940s.
US National Archives, NAID: 68151485, Local ID: 18-AA-134-61 Continue reading
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Pneumatic Bellingham, meet Steampunk Bellingham
If we’re running steam tubes around Bellingham, how about pneumatic tubes too? #BellinghamWA Continue reading
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Does Amazon’s corporate citizenship reach Bellingham?
Amazon is trying to sell Bellinghamsters they are a good corporate citizen in their 2022 Community Impact Report – Puget Sound (pdf). But their “impact report” is not an accountability report. Continue reading
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Rename Custer, WA, to Custard
Bellingham Tomorrow suggests the 300 or so residents of Custer rename their town to Custard, Washington. They say Custer, Washington, was named for its first storekeeper and postmaster in 1886. But the town has been less associated with memories of… Continue reading