Or you could really go back in time — to life in Ancient Rome
Filed on 31. Aug, 2007 in News & Features
Heidi Schiller Talk about time travel. Just think about what it would be like to travel back in time several thousand years. It may sound exciting, but if you thought your job was bad, try plucking hairs from a client’s armpit or cleaning garments in a vat of stale urine. Both were legitimate nine-to-five [...]
At Wood Stone, it’s all about the culture
Filed on 31. Aug, 2007 in News & Features
Employees vote company one of best places to work in Puget Sound Since founding Wood Stone Corp. in 1990, Keith Carpenter and Harry Hegarty have strived to create a corporate culture they call a "work family" — which benefits both employees and the company’s overall success. Heidi Schiller At a recent summer evening [...]
Top properties
Filed on 31. Aug, 2007 in News & Features
The following is a list of recent commercial and high-end residential property sales in Whatcom County. Top properties is compiled by Wendy Darling, with assistance from the county treasurer’s and assessor’s offices. Seller: Charles and Susan SeatonBuyer: Fredrick and Melanie HolubikDescription: 1 – story house with 2,634 square feet, 2,107 square foot finished basement, 3 [...]
42-acre development planned for Mt. Baker neighborhood
Filed on 31. Aug, 2007 in News & Features
courtesy of Weber & Thompson Heidi Schiller A local developer is planning a new 42-acre mixed-use project along James Street Road and Orchard Street. Plans for Meadow Ridge Park include 369 residential units and 10,000 square feet of commercial space, as well as a community building and trail system, according to documents from [...]
Keeping Up With People
Filed on 31. Aug, 2007 in News & Features
Western names Nord director of Center for International Studies Western Washington University named Douglas C. Nord director of the Center for International Studies after a nationwide search for the position at the new center. He also will be a professor of political science at the university. The director will administer all aspects of the [...]
Nonprofit Notebook
Filed on 31. Aug, 2007 in News & Features
Items for Nonprofit Notebook need to be received by the end of the month prior to publication. Tourism promotion grants available The city of Bellingham’s Planning and Community Development Department is now accepting applications for tourism promotion grant funding for 2008. The program is funded by a rebate of hotel and motel taxes and [...]
Truth or Fiction?
Filed on 31. Aug, 2007 in News & Features
Unearthing the myths of Bellingham’s waterfront Matt Gagne If Geiger counters measured rumors, myths and misconceptions rather than radioactivity, Bellingham’s waterfront would be declared a nuclear disaster area. In an attempt to clear the air, The Bellingham Business Journal decided to look into the facts and the fictions surrounding the plans to redevelop the [...]
Meetings & Clubs
Filed on 31. Aug, 2007 in News & Features
Bellingham Referral Network Meets at 7 a.m. every Thursday at The Bellingham Golf and Country Club. For more information, call Tim Villhauer at 714-8661, or visit www.bellinghamreferral.org. City Club Noon to 1:30 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of each month at Northwood Hall, 3240 Northwest Ave., in Bellingham. The public is invited to monthly [...]
Five-masted tall ship visited in ’20s and ’30s
Filed on 31. Aug, 2007 in News & Features
In age of steam, rare sailing ship hauled 2 million board feet of lumber Photo by Boyd Ellis #1994.66.1, Whatcom Museum of History & Art Five-masted Vigilant on the Bellingham waterfront in the 1930s amid Bloedel Donovan’s dockside stacks of outbound lumber. The freighter Washingtonian is berthed on the far side of the wharf. [...]
Liquor Licenses
Filed on 31. Aug, 2007 in News & Features
The following licensing activity has been noted by the state liquor board: New applications Dollar Plus Smoke Shop, Singh, Amarjit; Kaur, Sarabjit have applied to sell beer/wine at a grocery store at 4151 Meridian St., Suite 108, Bellingham. Filed Sept. 4. Indian Flavors; Indian Cuisine LLC, Kaur, Jaswinder; Nagra, Swarn Kaur have applied to [...]
