This Week in Sandpoint

Enjoy food, fun, and winter gear. Sandpoint's weekend is full of ways to get ready for winter and celebrate the season. Kicking things off, the SARS Ski Swap runs Fri and Sat, Nov. 7-8, with gear drop-off for sellers on Friday and shopping for skis, snowboards, and winter equipment on Saturday, all benefiting the Schweitzer Alpine Racing School. Also on November 7-8, the Selkirk-Pend Oreille Food Summit & Harvest Festival offers a celebration of local food and community with farmers, ranchers, and food businesses on hand. Wrapping up the weekend on Sat, Nov. 8, Thanksgiving Bingo provides an afternoon of festive fun with prizes including turkeys, hams, and gift baskets, plus raffles and refreshments to keep spirits high.
Don't miss out! Bookmark our Entertainment Calendar
Entertainment Events:
- Roxy's Karaoke Tues
- Live Trivia Wed
- Open Mic Night Wed
- Artist Reception Thurs
- Cribbage Tournament Thurs
- SARS Ski Swap Fri-Sat
- Food Summit & Harvest Fest Fri-Sat
- 7B Cornhole Tournament Sat
- '40 Years of Dance Magic' Sat
- Thanksgiving Bingo Sat
- CCS: A Night to Remember Sat
- Rally for the Riders Sat
- Warren Miller: Sno-Ciety Sat
- Live Music Mon-Sun
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Civic Calendar Highlights:
- Sewing at the Library Mon
- Mounted Staghorn Fern Mon
- BOCC Land Use Hearing Tues
- Teen: Content Creators Tues
- Coding Club Tues
- Reg. Deadline: Grief & Healing Tues
- Bluegrass Workshop Tues
- 3D Design Wed
- Intro to Sashiko Wed
- Taste of Tango Wed
- Stories Under the Stars Sat
- Reg. Deadline: Kimekomi Sat
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Nest squatters! Local osprey returned from winter migrations... but found geese occupying their Memorial Field nest. The osprey pair built a new nest in the lighting arrays on the field. The geese have left; the osprey can be sighted only occasionally
New or notable online. Check these out:
- Artist: Maria LarsonOriginal Art
- Alpenglow ConstructionBuilding/Constr.
- Sandpoint Equipment RentalsBig Gear!
- John Anderson LibraryEthnology
- Expat tax servicesWilliams & Schiller
- Wholesome, gritty westernsPaul Cox
- Sandpoint vacation rentalsDM Vacations
Sandpoint Idaho News
MCT's 'Alice' takes audienceDown the rabbit hole
Harvest Valley Worship Center hostsCornhole with a cause
County approves R&BQuiet zone framework
Study finds lake managementLimits tourism revenue
SNC kicks off ski seasonWith community bash
Local man facing four countsAggravated assault, three rape
VFW turkey shootTo aid food bank
Sandpoint man guilty ofEmbezzlement, income tax evasion
Judge rules Trump administration must Restart SNAP benefits by Wednesday
Click to see more news headlines
In this week's Sandpoint Reader:
- Panida selects Heather White as new executive director
- Increased DUI patrols scheduled for Halloween
- ITD hosting open house on Priest River bridge replacement
Click to read the flip-page edition
Be in informed voter. City elections are coming Nov 4. See who is on the ballot in Sandpoint and surrounding cities, plus info on ballot measures and all the deets on how and where to vote. Go to Sandpoint Election Central.
