The nostalgic holiday season is gone, and all that’s left is a cold, wet winter here in the Northwest. It’s the time of year when we remember the good and bad times, and it’s the time of year when publications like The AS Review start publishing “best and worst of” lists.

While the national media was building circuses around Britney Spears’ shaved head, Lindsay Lohan’s cocaine possession, and Senator Larry Craig’s tapping foot, there were more important things going on in Bellingham:

It was a stellar year ...