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Aaron Van Pykstra, publisher of the Bowen Island Undercurrent, is pleased to announce that Susanne Martin is the paper's new editor.

A seasonal residence burnt to the ground at Dorman Point Tuesday night, and more than 20 Bowen volunteer firefighters fought throughout the night to successfully extinguish the blaze, fire chief Brian Biddlecombe said. No one was in the home.

There's an adage about everybody loving a winner and if that is really the case, then council candidate George Zawadzki might be in line for a few extra votes. Zawadzki is an avid poker player and last weekend won a competition put on by B.C. Poker.

On October 21, chief financial officer Karen Blow provided council with an update on the cost of legal fees incurred by the lawsuit filed by Richard Underhill and Wolfgang Duntz.

Some elements of the Snug Cove village design and transportation concepts plan can be implemented soon, and cheaply. Others will have to go through multiple phases and take considerable time.

Keep your old, broken appliances out of the landfill.

"The Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere. I don't see how a pumpkin patch can be more sincere than this one. You can look around and there's not a sign of hypocrisy.

B.C. Ferries Commissioner Gordon Macatee continued a tour of ferry-dependent coastal communities with a public meeting at the Gallery at Artisan Square Saturday, Oct. 15.

On Tuesday, Oct. 18, volunteers braced the decidedly cold waters of Grafton Lake in an effort to prevent local beavers from getting into trouble. "Weprotect the dam with specialized beaver-exclusion fencing.

By now almost everyone knows about the ongoing Occupy Wall Street gathering, which incidentally originated with our own Vancouver Adbusters magazine.