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Superintendent resigns
By Nolan Baker
In a special meeting on March 31, the Blaine school board accepted the resignation letter of superintendent Christopher Granger, who will serve his last day for the district on June 30. Granger was offered the position as Sultan school district superintendent on March 6, and will start his new position on July 1. Granger was a finalist for at least one other superintendent position, interviewing at the Ellensburg school district in February 2024. With Granger’s departure now finalized via a 26-word resignation letter, the board voted to hire Northwest Leadership Associates to lead the search for a new superintendent. The hiring firm specializes (See District, page 6)
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s After being closed in 2022, the newly renamed and refurbished Point Roberts Golf & Country Club re-opened to the public with a snip of shears wielded by maintenance supervisor Rick Hoole on Friday, April 18. Opening day had 204 golfers teeing off. Schedule your round at www.pointrobertsgc.com. Photo by Louise Mugar
Library seeks levy LID lift By Grace McCarthy
s Claudia Petursson, above, with tapestry. presentation on May 21.
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The Point Roberts Historical Society is hosting a one-day viewing of a spectacular 18-feet-long Icelandic tapestry. See page 2.
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The Whatcom County Library System (WCLS) will go out for its first replacement levy in 16 years during the August 5 primary election. The WCLS Board of Trustees approved placing the first levy lid lift since 2009 on August ballots during its March 28 meeting. If approved by voters, the measure would restore the existing levy rate of $0.42 per $1,000 of assessed value.
The levy would continue funding daily operations, which would allow WCLS to work on deferred maintenance and consider library building projects. Without it, the library system would need to reduce library hours and eliminate staff, according to WCLS. The library trustees decided to go out for a levy now, in part, because of inflation that’s averaged 4-8 percent annually for (See Library, page 5)
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