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Filings portend busy election season in Island County
May 18 2013, 8:27 AM Close of filing week for open public offices on Whidbey Island promises a busy election season ahead. In Oak Harbor, the four City Council positions up for grabs are now all contested races. That includes Position 7, which is held by Danny Paggao.
Unexplained blaze destroys Langley home
This was the scene moments after the first firefighters arrived to fight a house fire on Anthes Avenue in Langley late Friday afternoon. The house appeared to be a total loss by 7 p.m. but a woman and her two grandchildren got out unharmed. - Jim Larsen / Record Editor May 15 2013, 9:12 AM Nobody may ever know the exact cause of a fire that destroyed a home in Langley late Friday afternoon. The next day there was little but charred, crumbled remains of the home at 460 Anthes Ave.
Wildcats dominate in 3-team match, place 10th in 24-team tournament | Girls golf
Apr 25 2013, 10:29 AM Paced by the best three individual scores, the Oak Harbor High School girls golf team captured a three-team match at the Lynnwood Golf Course Wednesday, April 24.
Ferndale takes advantage of Wildcat mistakes | Softball
Apr 25 2013, 10:57 AM Oak Harbor hit the ball hard but had trouble throwing it straight and catching it in a nonleague 14-3 loss in six innings at Ferndale Wednesday, April 24.
Pray privately, but please leave religion out of public forums | Letter
May 15 2013, 9:38 AM Editor, Pastor Lawler should feel perfectly free to pray privately or in his church to whatever imaginary deity he adores. He has no right, however, to prosthelytize his faith to a captive audience gathered for the secular business of running the city’s government.
Ebey's Forever Fund awards record grants for 13 Central Whidbey properties
Central Whidbey farmer Don Sherman sits on his tractor in front of the barn his grandfather built nearly 80 years ago. The aging structure recently got an overhaul thanks to the Ebey’s Forever Fund. - Justin Burnett/Whidbey News-Times Apr 25 2013, 10:07 AM A community-driven program aimed at preserving historic buildings in Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve kicked off its third year with some record-breaking funding. Reserve officials announced the award of $100,000 from the Ebey’s Forever Fund to 13 property owners on Central Whidbey. That’s the most money paid in a single year. It’s also the largest number of recipients in a single year.
Coupeville rebounds to top Turks | Baseball
Apr 25 2013, 10:13 AM The Coupeville High School baseball quickly got back onto a winning track with a 5-2 win at Sultan Wednesday, April 24.
Whidbey Playhouse offers peek at 2013-14 season
Apr 25 2013, 3:05 PM In the midst of a satisfying finish to the current season, Whidbey Playhouse is hoping to carry that momentum to the coming season. The Oak Harbor theater offered a sneak peak to the 2013-14 season Saturday night, unveiling a lineup of plays that seemed to appeal to nearly packed audience in the theater.
Getchell edges 'Cats | Tennis
Apr 25 2013, 10:43 AM Marysville Getchell skipped over visiting Oak Harbor in the Wesco 3A North tennis standings with a 4-3 win Wednesday, April 24.
Oak Harbor City Council re-signs ‘expensive’ Weed for six more months
Apr 26 2013, 2:07 PM Oak Harbor’s well-liked but expensive interim city attorney will continue on the job for at least another six months. Oak Harbor City Council unanimously approved a contract extension last Tuesday night with Grant Weed, an attorney with the the Snohomish law firm Weed, Graafstra and Benson. Under the terms of the contract, the city will pay Weed a retainer of $6,400 a month for 40 hours of work. He’ll earn $170 an hour for any work beyond the 40 hours.