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What’s the Deal With: The waterfront mural’s new look?

Artists embrace a seasonal theme
Oct. 19, 2022 5:45 a.m.
Plum trees have had a lesser yield than usual this year.
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What’s the Deal With: Bellingham’s plum shortage?

Why the fruit seems to have a smaller crop
Oct. 12, 2022 5:45 a.m.
A Rail Trail Historic Site marker at Taylor Dock in Bellingham on July 16. The signs are informational remnants of the now-shuttered Bellingham Railway Museum that closed in 2020.
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What’s the Deal With: The ‘Rail Trail Historic Site’ markers?

Signs of a museum that’s no more
Oct. 5, 2022 5:45 a.m.
Painted doors share space with garage bins
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What’s the Deal With: Gallery Alley?

Painted doors prettify the urban core
Sept. 28, 2022 5:45 a.m.
Piles of scrap metal await export at Bellingham Shipping Terminal on Sept. 17. ABC Recycling of British Columbia has been storing the metal on the waterfront since July.
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What’s the Deal With: All that scrap metal on the waterfront?

Sometimes, making money isn't pretty
Sept. 21, 2022 5:45 a.m.
A tall fence separates the ASB Trail from a 28-acre holding pool for polluted water.
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What’s the Deal With: The ASB Trail?

Path offers beautiful views, but beware the water
Sept. 14, 2022 5:45 a.m.
A sign on the corner of Ellis and Chestnut streets welcomes travelers to Bellingham's Sehome neighborhood. As a place name
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What’s the Deal With: The name ‘Sehome’?

The name belonged to Bellingham Bay's first town
Sept. 7, 2022 5:45 a.m.
A boy sits by "The Porch" mural July 14. The mural was created in 2009 by painter and printmaker Tom Wood and was unveiled during the pavilion's dedication.
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What’s the Deal With: The mural at Boulevard Park?

Art and music combine by the waterfront
Aug. 31, 2022 5:45 a.m.
The Bellingham Armory was built in 1911 after several thefts of National Guard weapons convinced the state to fund a secure armory. New pickleball courts will go in the Armory Building this fall.
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What’s the Deal With: The Bellingham Armory?

The 111-year-old building began as a storage facility
Aug. 24, 2022 5:45 a.m.
Frances Cleveland Axtell was one of the first women elected to the Washington State Legislature. She lived in the now-called Axtell House for 40 years.
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What’s the Deal With: The Axtell House?

Former home of famous female politician now apartments
Aug. 17, 2022 5:45 a.m.
Abandoned railroad trestles are framed by colorful trees in Whatcom Falls Park in November 2021.
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What’s the Deal With: Abandoned railroad trestles around Bellingham?

Bellingham’s once-bustling railways still linger
Aug. 10, 2022 5:45 a.m.
The York Community Farm began in 2013 as a way to make something useful out of a patch of abandoned grass owned by the Washington State Department of Transportation. Today the garden grows pounds of fruits and vegetables
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What’s the Deal With: The York Community Farm?

Community eyesore turned community asset
Aug. 3, 2022 5:45 a.m.

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