Bluewater Avalon to celebrate first Thanksgiving
The Bluewater Avalon, which has established itself as one of Catalina’s most popular restaurants since opening in late June, is celebrating its first Thanksgiving...
Mysterious Island:Smugglers Galore
From time to time we see our Island home in the news in a less-than-flattering light (through no fault of our own) in the...
Groundbreaking makes history
The Catalina Island Museum made history over the weekend, when it broke ground for its new home the Ada Blanche Wrigley Schreiner Building. The...
Budget says: Avalon is in the red
The Avalon City Council approved a new budget at the agency’s Tuesday, Nov. 5, meeting.
The new budget says that Avalon will spend $1.62 million...
Kids pack Skate Park for Pollard
Approximately 200 students attended an Oct. 23 performance by a professional skateboarder at Avalon’s Skate Park, according to the commander of the Avalon Sheriff’s...
Air show flies high
The island of Catalina is still aglow from the success of the Scheyden 2013 Catalina Air Show this past weekend. The low-lying fog delayed...
Lady Lancers have a killer volleyball season
The Avalon High School girls volleyball team has been on a six game winning streak.
The team beat Sheperd’s Grove Tuesday, Oct. 29, in two...
Mysterious Island: Swimming To Catalina
Five years ago, best-selling mystery writer Stuart Woods published an engaging novel called “Swimming to Catalina” (HarperCollins, 1998) a thriller involving underworld shenanigans back-dropped...
Groundbreaking set for new museum
The Catalina Island Museum, the keeper of the island’s legacies, is poised to make history itself this weekend. On Saturday, Nov. 2, it will...
Letter to the Editor: Friday, October 24, 2013
Compassion and kindness
Editor’s note: Due to the fact that some names were printed incorrectly in the letter below last week, The Islander is reprinting...
