Carpenters striking blows

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Sat, Jun 28, 2003, 5:56 pm  //  John Servais

The carpenters' strike continued all day Friday - at St. Joe's Hospital and at several other large construction sites around Bellingham. Nada in the Herald, of course. All over Western Washington, sites are shut down. The strike is expected to continue Monday. The carpenters are striking to prevent losses in their health insurance program.
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Carpenters striking blows

Sat, Jun 28, 2003, 5:56 pm  //  John Servais

The carpenters' strike continued all day Friday - at St. Joe's Hospital and at several other large construction sites around Bellingham. Nada in the Herald, of course. All…

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Toxic gas news seeps slowly

Fri, Jun 27, 2003, 5:59 pm  //  John Servais

The carpenters' strike at St. Joe's Hospital continues. They are also striking several other construction sites around Bellingham. The dispute is over the construction industry association reducing th

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Village Books

In historic Fairhaven. Take Exit 250 from I-5.

Stop the presses! Herald reasonably accurate!

Thu, Jun 26, 2003, 6:05 pm  //  John Servais

For the record, the Herald today reported on yesterday's story below. Reasonably accurate, if they did leave out some important information.

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A stand must be taken to protect water quality

Wed, Jun 25, 2003, 6:07 pm  //  John Servais

Posted here because the Bellingham Herald has now ignored this for two days. Of very high importance to Bellingham - and with significant developments.

On Monday evening, the Bellingham…

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There are a few outstanding news web sites

Tue, Jun 24, 2003, 6:13 pm  //  John Servais

that provide national and international news that is most important and not always available. One site is truthout and it depends on visitor donations to continue. No ads,…

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The system does not work when there are no checks on state agencies

Fri, Jun 13, 2003, 1:20 pm  //  John Servais

St. Joe's Hospital will probably be facing fines for venting toxic gas into the construction area of their new addition. Our Bellingham Herald has not reported a bit…

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Candidate listings were updated this morn

Thu, Jun 05, 2003, 6:29 pm  //  John Servais

If you have info on candidates or possible candidates, send it in. The list to the right will be maintained through the election. We gripe about the actions…

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