Shetland Island and San Juan Island: Related?

Friday Harbor could soon have a new sister city — Shetland Islands, Scotland

Mar 05 2010, 11:33 AM

Friday Harbor could soon have a new sister city — Shetland Islands, Scotland.

A visit from Mark Burgess, a member of the Scalloway Community Council in the Shetland Islands, sparked a correspondence between Friday Harbor Mayor Carrie Lacher and Alexander J. Cluness, convener of the Shetland Islands Council (convenor is the equivalent of mayor). That led to an exchange of information about their respective communities, and now Lacher's formal invitation to establish a sister city relationship. Read on

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