Candidates’ forum recap
By Zach Hagadone and Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff A near-capacity crowd turned out Oct. 17 at the Sandpoint Community Hall for a candidates’ forum featuring office seekers in contested races for Sandpoint mayor and...
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Party on, Sandpoint
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Downtown Sandpoint hosts two fall festivals on Saturday, Oct. 14: Apple Fest and Harvest Fest. From Farmin Park to City Beach, Shopping District members have gone all out for...
City accepting applications for 2023 City Beach goose hunt
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The application period for permits to participate in the second annual city authorized Canada goose hunt at Sandpoint City Beach is open until 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, with...
Final Downtown Waterfront design nearing completion
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The calendar is ticking down to the culmination of the city of Sandpoint’s Downtown Waterfront Design Competition, which envisions a wide range of short- and long-term projects affecting everything...
The origins of that nostalgic sound
By Ben Olson Reader Staff I grew up 10 miles south of Sandpoint, in a log cabin beside Highway 95 near Westmond. To this day, if I hear the faraway hush of cars driving...
Final team advances to Phase 3 of downtown waterfront design competition
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff One day after a panel of judges heard presentations from the three teams in Phase 2 of the city’s downtown waterfront design competition, the Sandpoint City Council voted unanimously...
‘We can coexist peacefully’
By Jane Fritz Reader Contributor We are living in a time of uncertainty. And so are wildlife. Consider the Canada geese at Sandpoint City Beach Park whose future is dire. As if last year’s...
Council approves ‘emergency repair’ of Lady Liberty pier at City Beach
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Lady Liberty is in need of a footlift. That is, a large portion of the concrete pier on which she stands at City Beach in Sandpoint is in “bad...
Mayor’s Roundtable: The goose problem and solution
By Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor In 2018, the Sandpoint City Council approved a plan — partnering and authorized with appropriate state and federal agencies — to capture and release Canada geese at City...
Parks of the future
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The city of Sandpoint hosted several open houses on the Parks Master Plan ahead of a workshop Jan. 15 at the regular City Council meeting, gathering input on concepts...
