Mad River Union TRINIDAD – The Trinidad Bay Art & Music Festival takes place over the next two weekends in the seaside village of Trinidad. Tickets for the following concerts can be purchased at TBAMFest.com. Marimba Masterworks Nonoka Mizukami performs on Friday, Aug. 9 at 8 p.m. at Trinidad Town Hall, 409 Trinity St., Trinidad.…
Trinidad Tidings: Self-betterment, St. Pat’s and Scholarships, plus jazz and films
“Gauguin at the de Young,” “Lightening Your Life Spiritually and Emotionally,” and “Trinidad Seabirds” are March OLLI (Osher Life Long Learning) classes in Trinidad. Julie Alderson, art historian, will lead “Gauguin at the de Young” on Friday, March 15 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at Trinidad Library. The workshop will be held in conjunction with…
Trinidad’s city manager announces resignation
City of Trinidad TRINIDAD – Dan Berman has announced his resignation as Trinidad’s city manager effective mid December. Berman was appointed in September 2014 and has helped oversee improvements to the city’s water treatment plant, installation of stormwater infrastructure to protect Trinidad Bay, and the development and implementation of a Short-Term Rental Ordinance, among other…
A Clockwork Santa for the Seaside Village
Janine Volkmar Mad River Union ARCATA/TRINIDAD – The Trinidad Civic Club has chosen the right man for the job of Santa. Gary Stillman, owner of both a furniture repair service and Clockworks, a watch and clock repair shop in Arcata, has volunteered to play the role. Stillman has the skills and experience for the gig.…
Men of the Greatest Generation keep on ‘going along’
Janine Volkmar Mad River Union SEASIDE VILLAGE – In Trinidad, folks tend to meet in front of the post office, waiting for the morning mail. A group of men would often wander into Bill Dimmick’s laundromat next door, The Washery, and drink coffee from the vending machine while waiting. After a while, they moved their…
Trinidad Tidings: Busy busy busy in the seaside village
Shirley Laos, of Yurok, Karuk and Chetco descent, will present “What Are Baskets Made From?” at the Trinidad Museum Sunday, Oct. 8 from 2 to 4 p.m. Shirley, a member of the Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, will present a slideshow on materials used in traditional baskets and also demonstrate how fern,…
Panel revisits Trinidad lighthouse options
Paul Mann Mad River Union TRINIDAD – A preservation committee is considering whether it might be possible to stabilize the Trinidad Memorial Lighthouse where it is instead of moving it. Nothing has been decided, but driving pilings underneath the erosion-threatened structure might turn out to be the cheaper and preferable alternative, because funding prospects are…
Obituary: Carla (Petersen) Powell
Carla Gudrun (Petersen) Powell died May 12, 2017. She was the daughter of Johannes and Marie Petersen, born August 16, 1916 on the family farm at Coffee Creek, east of Ferndale. She had three siblings, Aage Petersen, Ellen Calder and Eline (Babe) Townson, all deceased. Carla is survived by Aage’s daughters, Greta Hockaday and Carol…
Seaside village debates vacation home rules
Patrick Evans Mad River Union TRINIDAD – More than a year after declaring an emergency moratorium on vacation rental permits, the Trinidad City Council is beginning the adoption process of an amendment to the city’s vacation rental ordinance. The amendment is mostly intended to limit the number of vacation rentals in Trinidad and create a…
Trinidad extends moratorium on vacation rentals
Patrick Evans Mad River Union TRINIDAD – Trinidad has put the brakes on the vacation rental industry for another year. The Trinidad City Council voted unanimously Wednesday, June 9 to extend an urgency moratorium on new licenses for residential houses rented out for less than 30 days, called Vacation Dwelling Units (VDUs). The extended moratorium…