Survey results: Most want dogs at City Beach, with restrictions
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Prompted in part by the ongoing debate over how best to manage the goose population at City Beach, the city of Sandpoint floated a survey …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Prompted in part by the ongoing debate over how best to manage the goose population at City Beach, the city of Sandpoint floated a survey …
By Hannah Combs and Chris Corpus
Special to the Reader
Young Vernon Shook didn’t let anything stand in the way of his ambitions to become an engineer or doctor — …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The city of Sandpoint is nearing the finish line in putting into place its Parks and Recreation Master Plan, devoting a substantial period of its …
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.…
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The city of Sandpoint, along with Colorado-based open spaces consultants GreenPlay and landscape architectural firm Bernardo Wills Architects, hosted a full-day open house and public …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
When it comes to geese — and more importantly, their poop — the city of Sandpoint has no simple solution.
They come in by …
Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
It’s no secret that while City Beach is a beautiful and popular location in Sandpoint, it is plagued by a certain foe.
This foe would …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
For the second time since the Fourth of July weekend, a near-fatal incident was reported at Sandpoint City Beach.
A man was reported to have …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Saddle up, Sandpoint, it’s time to ride. The Sandpoint and Ponderay Rotary Club—along with seven other Rotary clubs in Washington and British Columbia—will be hosting …
By Cameron Barnes
Reader Staff
One evening in Missoula, Reg Crawford of Trout Unlimited walked into the Top Hat Bar which had begun showcasing children’s bands. She thought they were …
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