Janine Volkmar Mad River Union TRINIDAD – Sea Around Us is a small business in Trinidad that has spanned three generations, three locations and the last 65 years. The locations have all been within a few yards of each other, but their history is colorfully entwined. The first Sea Around Us was started by Ruby Snell…
Trinidad Tidings: So thankful to so many
Gratitude. Thinking of our good fortune to live in this place today, and of the people who give so much to make Trinidad wonderful, year after year. Thinking of volunteers in Trinidad Lions, led by Eddie Ross, who give so much of themselves to inspire student achievements and so much more; of Trinidad Civic Club,…
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…
Tribe seeks expansion
Note: This article was first available to Premium Subscribers on June 21.) Patrick Evans Mad River Union TRINIDAD – Property near the Trinidad Pier could become part of the Trinidad Rancheria. The Cher-Ae Heights Tribal Council is seeking federal trust status for the pier and harbor property, which would transfer governance of the area from…
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…
Fulkerson done with her run as mayor; now it’s time beach run
Julie Fulkerson’s final night serving as Trinidad’s mayor was at last Wednesday’s City Council meeting. She will remain on the City Council while Dwight Miller takes up the mayor’s gavel and Jack West becomes vice mayor. Experienced with civic duties by having previously served on both the Arcata City Council and the Humboldt County Board…
A blessing on every boat and every fisherman
BLESSING OF THE FLEET Where: Trinidad Memorial Lighthouse When: Thursday, Nov. 28 at 10 a.m. Janine Volkmar Mad River Union TRINIDAD – “Twenty-one years ago, we lost our last fisherman,” said Marge O’Brien, one of the founders of the Trinidad annual Blessing of the Fleet. The blessing is in its 20th year and, since it started,…
Troublesome Trinidad tree targeted for termination
Godzilla-like, infrastructure-gobbling cypress must be stopped – or saved, say fans. Bureaucracy to the rescue! Ted Pease Special to the Union TRINIDAD — Throughout the summer, although few of the walkers, students and tourists passing the Fred Telonicher Marine Lab knew it, the burly old cypress that has guarded the lab’s northwest corner for 49…
Suspected Trinidad burglar breaks free, runs away in handcuffs
HCSO Press Release On 11-05-2015 at about 9:13 a.m. Humboldt County Sheriff Deputies were investigating several recent burglaries from the Trinidad Water Treatment Plant in Trinidad. The deputies went to a residence located in the 500 block of Old Wagon Wheel, Trinidad. The deputies contacted the suspect 20 year old, Michael Otis Springs.The deputies arrested…
Rock used to smash through door; cigs & booze stolen from Murphy’s
HCSO TRINIDAD – On Monday, May 4 at about 4:15 a.m. a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Deputy was dispatched to a report of a burglary alarm going off at Murphy’s Market in Trinidad. When the deputy arrived at the market he discovered the front glass door to Murphy’s Market was broken out. The deputy waited for…