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Legal defense fund set up for Langley city treasurer

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:41 PDT

A group of South Whidbey residents has set up a legal defense fund to assist Langley Treasurer Debbie Mahler if she is fired amid the ongoing controversy over Mayor Paul Samuelson’s pay.

TRAFFIC ADVISORY | Plan ahead for long ferry lines

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:41 PDT

Last-ditch donors may help Trillium fund drive reach its goal

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:41 PDT

Three anonymous donors may push the drive to protect Trillium Woods over the top, Whidbey Camano Land Trust officials said Tuesday.

Fort Ebey fire claims three acres of grassland

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:41 PDT

Trillium Woods victory near for Land Trust

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:41 PDT

The Whidbey Camano Land Trust is on the threshold of its greatest achievement ever — raising $4.2 million over seven months to purchase 664 acres of forested land on Whidbey Island.

Deadliest Catch crew expected to reel in crowds this Saturday

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:41 PDT

Hodson not returning for 11th season as football coach

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:41 PDT

Mark Hodson will not coach Falcons football after 10 years as a teacher and coach at South Whidbey High School.

QuickStart Tennis aims to net kids with a fun and healthy activity

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:41 PDT

Whidbey horse riders compete in national competition

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:41 PDT

A ninth-place finish wasn’t what Sonya Peterson expected before Mother’s Day. But then, it wasn’t the Mother’s Day Sonya expected.

Sinchak selected for all-star football game

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:41 PDT

Oak Harbor High School sophomore Dakota Sinchak was recently selected by Offense-Defense Football Camps as one of its youth all-Americans.

Fall preview: Oak Harbor High School volleyball

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:41 PDT

Experience won’t be a problem for the Oak Harbor High School volleyball team as it heads into the 2010 season.

Fall preview: Oak Harbor High School football

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:41 PDT

It will be a season of unknowns for the Oak Harbor High School football team when it begins league play this year.

Art school graduate from Langley creates a fanciful family

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:41 PDT

She created nine children in her little sister’s bedroom, and her sister still speaks to her.

Whidbey Island potter uses words to fire her muse

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:41 PDT

To throw 26 pots, inspired by words beginning with each letter of the alphabet, is harder than it looks.

‘Old Time Radio’ returns in an encore live performance in Langley

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:41 PDT

With a world full of visual entertainment, radio has become a forgotten art.

‘Chicago’ benefits Coupeville Soroptimists

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:41 PDT

The new production of “Chicago” at Whidbey Playhouse in Oak Harbor has everything that makes Broadway great: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz; one show-stopping-song after another; and the most astonishing dancing you’ve ever seen.

Wind power needed for Whidbey orchestras

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:41 PDT

Whidbey Island Orchestras is pleased to announce its 2010-2011 concert season. Its two orchestras, Whidbey Island Youth Orchestra and Whidbey Island Community Orchestra, welcome back returning members and invite new members.

Live radio on stage

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:41 PDT

Freeland shop specializes in high-end material at low-end prices

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:42 PDT

New fitness director at IAC in Freeland

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:42 PDT

Jon Atkins has joined Island Athletic Club in Freeland as fitness director and will lead the club’s team of certified personal trainers.

Kim Bralens heads Oak Harbor bank branch

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:42 PDT

'Deadliest Catch' crew members to return to Seabolt's Smokehouse Sept. 4

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:42 PDT

Seabolt’s Smokehouse is bringing crew members from the Deadliest Catch back to Whidbey Island for a fun and entertaining event to help raise money for the Seattle Fisherman’s Memorial.

Lagasse directs building accounting

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:42 PDT

Mark Lagasse has joined the Building Industry Association of Whatcom County staff in the position of accounting director.

September’s a month that packs it in | WHIDBEY RECIPES

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:42 PDT

Gluten Free Foodies

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:42 PDT

ALL ABOARD | Whidbey’s own ‘Ben Franklin’ rightfully gets his due

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:42 PDT

Births

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'Back to School Project' is under way

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:42 PDT

Volunteers from the Readniess to Learn Foundation are collecting donations for the “Back to School Project” in order to provide school supplies, clothing vouchers and shoes to eligible families.

Oak Harbor graduates wrap up basic training | In the military

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:42 PDT

Today's cartoon for Thursday, Sept. 2

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It’s probably OK for an adult to eat a Lunchable | Editor's Column

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:42 PDT

Older folks can take advantage of the back-to-school sales by reliving not their youth, which is too far back in the murky past to be relevant in today’s world, but the youth of our children. Thus I found the temptation of on-sale Lunchables at Prairie Market too tempting to resist.

Editorial: New Coupeville homes are nothing to complain about

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:42 PDT

A 20-home development in Coupeville remains controversial several years after it was given the go-ahead by town planners. But it shouldn’t be attracting so much criticism at this late stage of the game, particularly in light of the present economy.

Editorial: Dudley tosses the gauntlet

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:42 PDT

Oak Harbor City Councilman Scott Dudley entered unexplored territory earlier this week when he asked Island County leaders to consider taking back $1 million in development money earmarked for the big Pioneer Way improvement project downtown.

We can turn things around | LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:43 PDT

Council and mayor should resign | LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:43 PDT

Hanson's barbecue much appreciated | LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:43 PDT

Asphalt sidewalk in Oak Harbor prompts questions

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:43 PDT

On the Oak Harbor Street resurfacing project, it would be interesting to learn why, after mistakes forced the crew to dig up the concrete sidewalk on the west side, we wound up with a cheap-looking black asphalt sidewalk that doesn’t match anything. Who’s responsible for that, and how did it happen?

To do or not to do is the question

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:43 PDT

Now that Proposition 1 has been rejected, the hard work begins. Will department budgets be cut across the board? Or will some (such as the Sheriff’s Department) be given priority?

Island County jail’s no place for an older woman

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:43 PDT

I am embarrassed to live on an island that would put a 68-year-old woman in jail (Whidbey News-Times, Aug. 28) for a month for running into a transformer (the power was shut off) that was on her own property.