Ferndale News

Folksinger and composer Daisy O'Conner, a Ferndale native who attended Western Washington University and did social work in Whatcom and Skagit counties for five years, returns from her current home in Austin, Texas, to perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 19, 2014 at Green Frog, 1015 N. State St. in Bellingham.

The City Council will hold a public hearing Monday, April 21, about its six-month moratorium on recreational marijuana businesses in Ferndale.

Voyager plays a tribute to hard rock and metal Saturday night, April 19, at Skagit Valley Casino Resort's Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow.

With a new name and a relatively new owner, a Ferndale manufacturer is making new inroads in the pet products market.

Nathan Jorgensen, co-owner of Subdued Excitement, uses an angle grinder on March 26, 2014, to cut a rim joint for the steel beams for the new ceiling at Subdued Excitement in Ferndale.

Kent Holsather, left, and Wes Gannaway are authors of a book about the history of baseball in Whatcom County.

Ruth Appel, manager of The Cheese Shop at Appel Farms, stacks fresh cheese curds on top of a display case Thursday, April 10, 2014 in Ferndale.

Plans are underway to build a playground on a 14-year-old unused lot in Pioneer Park early next year.

Plans are underway to build a playground on a 14-year-old unused lot in Pioneer Park early next year.

Lummi fiddler, poet and storyteller Swil Kanim will explain how the elements of honor can work in everyday life as part of the HonorCoin Project at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12, 2014 at Lummi Gateway Center, 4920 Rural Ave., in Ferndale.

A major route to the city's residential north side will be closed for construction for about half a year.

Police fired a Taser at a 24-year-old man accused of running from an arrest Wednesday morning, April 9, in a field west of downtown Ferndale.

A Whatcom County man was found hiding up a tree after a car chase that began on Interstate 5 and ended when he crashed a truck in a swamp at the end of a gravel driveway early Wednesday morning, April 9, according to the Washington State Patrol.

Winchester was recently named the Novalash's Lash Artist of the Year. Novalash is a global distributor of eyelash extension products.

Alan Parsons Live Project plays at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at the Silver Reef Event Center at Silver Reef Hotel Casino Spa, 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale.

Ferndale's softball team knocked in six runs in the fifth inning and defeated Mount Baker 13-3 in five innings on Monday, April 7, at Ferndale.

An elderly Ferndale man needed treatment at Harborivew Medical Center in Seattle for burns he suffered in a propane explosion at his motor home this weekend.

Mount Baker's Lacy Postlewait runs for third base while Ferndale's Kadence Kane waits for the throw during their girls softball in Ferndale, Monday, April 7, 2014.

Bill French, resident at the Evergreen Mobile Home Park, looks at the motor that was engulfed in flames due to a propane tank, Monday, April 7, 2014 at 6800 Enterprise Road.

The city will unveil its major playground project design and take ideas from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at Ferndale High School's cafeteria.