City buys blighted house for Bellingham park

Happy Valley Park will expand into a derelict property on Donovan Avenue after the Bellingham City Council voted unanimously Monday night to purchase the lot. A one-story house with boarded-up windows and a detached garage will be razed so the 13,000-square-foot lot can be added to the adjacent park, according to a city press release.  The council agreed to pay $615,000 for the property at 2710 Donovan Ave., with the sale expected to close in early June. The city is using Greenways fu