January 2024
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Superintendent to hold townhall meeting, page 3
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s While Santa Claus went ho! ho! ho, Savillsa Kress sang Christmas carols during the Point Roberts Taxpayer Association and Parks and Recreation District-sponsored lighted bike parade and aprés party at the Gulf Road community center on Saturday, December 2. Behind Santa (aka Bill Zidel) is the community Giving Tree. Photo by Louise Mugar
2023 year in
REVIEW
A Look Back at the Year That Just Was
By Erin Kelly January • After Point Roberts Park and Recreation District chair Mitch Friedman stated that the community center was not large enough for events and storage needed for our growing community, the board discussed building a new community center at Baker Field on Benson Road. Commissioners suggested that they get approval and suggestions from the public before they move forward with any plans.
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• Proposition 5, the Whatcom County Children’s Initiative levy lid lift, barely passed by 20 votes. The proposition authorized the county to increase property taxes to fund early learning programs, childcare and support for homeless and other vulnerable children. • Blaine school district extended superintendent Christopher Granger’s contract in a 3-0 vote. The contract will run through June 30, 2026. • Point Roberts water district rates for commercial and residential users were set to increase 4.8 percent in 2023 and anoth-
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er 4.9 percent in 2024. February • After receipt of a letter from the Maple Beach Association, the Point Roberts Community Advisory Committee (PRCAC) decided to seek funding for the Maple Beach seawall. During storms and high waters, the wall is often breached by water and debris subjecting low lying streets and homes to flooding. Chair Allison Calder stated that there were federal and state grants to replace vertical bulkheads with
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