Sandpoint Reader

10 hours ago

"Have you ever experienced walking along a city street or suburban sidewalk and suddenly feeling calmer, more relaxed and maybe a little less anxious? If we are lucky, that sense of calm will linger for a few more city blocks, and the only thing that has changed from one block to the next is the presence of a few mature trees."

Sandpoint Tree Committee member Sharon Lewis explores the impact of urban forestry in a guest piece for the latest Reader. Learn more at sandpointreader.com. 🌳 ... See MoreSee Less

Sandpoint Reader

1 day ago

Looking to buy some property in Hope in 2002, Jackie Henrion and her husband spent a night at Hotel Hope. The building houses an old-school saloon and, at the back of the room, a stained-glass portrayal of a woman overlooking the bar and lake beyond the hotel’s front windows.

On the back of the saloon menu, Henrion found a passage explaining that the woman in the stained-glass was meant to be Marie Root, the hotel owner from 1920 to her death in 1968.

“I was mesmerized,” Henrion said. “I sensed something deeper about the place. I just wanted to know a lot more.”

That encounter led to Henrion's recently released book "Rerooted," a fictionalized and poetic telling of Root's story. Learn more at sandpointreader.com, and catch Henrion at a book signing Sunday, Aug. 25 at the hotel at 12 p.m. ... See MoreSee Less

Sandpoint Reader

1 day ago

Sailing through its first summer as a brick-and-mortar restaurant, The Burger Dock has established a nautical-themed niche at 116 N. First Ave. in downtown Sandpoint.

During a recent Tuesday lunch hour, we dropped anchor at The Burger Dock for an ultra-filling afternoon repast.

Read Zach's review of The Burger Dock at sandpointreader.com. 🍔 ... See MoreSee Less