Racquel Muncy

1 week ago | goskagit.com | Racquel Muncy |Dan Ruthemeyer

* The La Conner School Board will hold a joint study session at 7:45 a.m. Monday, April 14, with the Swinomish Tribal Senate in the school district's administration directors room, 305 N. Sixth St. The meeting is also available on Zoom at us02web.zoom.us/j/84653200076, or by phone at 253-215-8782 (ID 846 5320 0076, passcode 229321). lcsd.wednet.edu or 360-466-3171.

1 week ago | goskagit.com | Racquel Muncy |Dan Ruthemeyer

By Racquel Muncy,Dan Ruthemeyer * The Anacortes City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, April 14, at City Hall, 904 6th St. The meeting is also available at us02web.zoom.us/j/89255646791 or by calling 253-215-8782, meeting ID 892-5564-6791. * The Concrete Town Council will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, April 14, at Town Hall, 45672 Main St. The meeting is also available by calling 253-215-8782, meeting ID 372-356-3720, and zoom.us/j/3723563720.

1 week ago | lyndentribune.com | Racquel Muncy

Rate Assistance Program renamed Utility Discount programFERNDALE — The Rate Assistance Program was a topic of discussion for the Ferndale City Council during its April 7 meeting where council ultimately agreed to remove the program’s expiration date. The program was designed to reduce the utility rates for customers at or below 150% of the federal poverty level.

1 week ago | lyndentribune.com | Racquel Muncy

Nearly a century of serviceLYNDEN — After serving the agricultural community for 90 years, Farmers Equipment Company looks back at how it has changed over the years and the work that went into maintaining a successful business for nearly a century. Farmers Equipment Company was first established in Lynden on April 25, 1935 as a partnership between Simon Stremler and E.J. “Ed” Frith. It began as a dealer for McCormick-Deering tractors, a line produced by International Harvester.

2 weeks ago | lyndentribune.com | Racquel Muncy

According to City Administrator Jori Burnett, the catalyst program expired on April 1. He asked council for direction with the program. According to a staff report, the City has historically implemented various incentives or programs to support downtown businesses. In April 2019, council passed the Downtown Catalyst Incentive Program, which intended to incentivize mixed use projects in the downtown area by waiting most City fees associated with the review and the construction of the project.