These warm summer days help our fruits and veggies grow and we are all so ready for this season to get going.  Strawberries are officially here and we had our first appearance of cherries (the beginnings of the beautiful fruit from east of the Cascades).

The Samish Indian Nation will raise this healing pole, now resting in a shed, during a ceremony the Fidalgo Bay RV Park. The pole was originally intended as a healing pole after the trestle fire last October.

Police chief Bonnie Bowers is back on the job this week after graduating from the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia last week. It was a rare opportunity for Bowers, who said she carried a heavy 18-credit load.

A rare shouting match broke out at City Council Monday night, as Mayor Dean Maxwell tried to quiet Council member Nick Petrish. The issue: whether the City Council should consider passing some duties off to a hearing examiner.

Police have no suspects in the mysterious case of who punctured tires on 3 vehicles last Thursday, causing an estimated $1,600 in damage. More in this week’s police blotter.

Many of the people celebrating the completion of repairs to the Tommy Thompson Parkway trestle across Fidalgo Bay gathered for a group photo just prior to the official re-opening of the trestle on Thursday. The trestle was re-opened after repairs were completed in May. View The Big Picture.

(Photo by Nicole Tesch, Samish Indian Nation)