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    Articles by Dan Richman
    Citing new evidence, Island Beach Access seeks summary judgment
    Citing new evidence, Island Beach Access seeks summary...
    By Dan Richman • May 31, 2016 5:13 pm

    Citing newly discovered evidence, one party to litigation against a Coupeville couple who are blocking a Greenbank public-beach access told the Skagit County Superior Court May 17 that the case’s “facts are undisputed and the law is clear,” urging the court to decide the matter without a trial.

    In its 26-page motion for summary judgment, the citizen advocacy group Island Beach Access contends that the new evidence “completely undermines earlier efforts” by the couple, Joanne and Alan Bruce Montgomery, “to create seeming issues of fact.”

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    Proposed ordinance  will allow fireworks ban when it is dry
    Proposed ordinance will allow fireworks ban when it...
    By Dan Richman • May 24, 2016 5:42 pm

    Island County continues to inch toward creating an ordinance that would let it ban fireworks in unincorporated areas under dry conditions.

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    Neighbors in the vicinity of Thunder Lane and West Clover Valley Road in Oak Harbor gather near the site of a planned 120-foot cell tower. From left: Jason Sakash
    Neighbors fighting cell tower
    By Dan Richman • May 24, 2016 5:41 pm

    Citing health hazards, aesthetics and threats to their property values, a group of Oak Harbor residents is united to fight the building of a 120-foot cell tower in their neighborhood.

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    Mark Malmkar
    Mastering miniatures: Island transplant creating scaled-down train interiors
    By Dan Richman • May 24, 2016 5:39 pm

    “Are you tired of your coaches having that dark, empty look?”
    That’s the question Mark Malmkar presents to those visiting his website, PalaceCarCo.com

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    Study identifies four main focuses for plan: County looks at housing, health care, abuse
    Study identifies four main focuses for plan: County...
    By Dan Richman • May 24, 2016 5:36 pm

    After months of study, four main areas of concern — access to health care, housing, depression and suicide, and interpersonal abuse — have emerged as the foci for an emerging community health improvement plan, Island County’s public health department told the Council of Governments last month.

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    Spate of clearcuts on horizon for Whidbey Island:...
    By Dan Richman • May 18, 2016 7:00 am

    An influx of clearcuts is coming to Whidbey Island, according to recent Department of Natural Resources decisions analyzed by a local environmental-protection group.

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    Coupeville resident John Antonia creates preserved bonsai trees using preserved evergreen foliage and weathered wood.
    Taking bonsai to a new level
    By Dan Richman • May 17, 2016 7:06 pm

    As the finest silk flowers are to real blooms, so John Antonia’s “preserved trees” are to the living, miniature potted trees that comprise the ancient Japanese art of bonsai.

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    Island County to remedy faults in Environmental Protection Act
    Island County to remedy faults in Environmental Protection...
    By Dan Richman • May 13, 2016 4:55 pm

    The Board of Island County Commis-sioners passed an ordinance meant to remedy faults in three county environmental-protection provisions.

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    Invasive weed invades Whidbey wetlands
    By Dan Richman • May 11, 2016 2:53 pm

    It looks so pretty — showy purple-pink flowers, long slender seed pods, soft hairs all over. But it’s the most invasive weed Whidbey Island’s wetlands have ever faced.

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    Janet Stein
    Funds sought to eradicate weed
    By Dan Richman • May 10, 2016 6:21 pm

    It looks so pretty — showy purple-pink flowers, long slender seed pods, soft hairs all over. But it’s the most invasive weed Whidbey Island’s wetlands have ever faced.

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    Margaret Livermore (right)
    Tour looks at downtown design ideas
    By Dan Richman • May 10, 2016 6:18 pm

    Members of Oak Harbor’s Main Street Association last week joined a state architect for a walking tour of the historic downtown aimed at identifying exterior maintenance and design issues that, if fixed, could increase the area’s visual appeal.

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    Maintenance the focus of conservation funds
    Maintenance the focus of conservation funds
    By Dan Richman • May 6, 2016 5:17 pm

    Five maintenance projects, but no new acquisitions, are set for discussion May 16 at a public meeting of the citizens’ advisory board to the county’s Conservation Futures Fund.

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    Greg Roberts manages Greene’s Gunshop and operates The Hawken Shop with Claudette Greene
    Gun shop decidedly ‘old school’
    By Dan Richman • May 4, 2016 6:00 am

    The old-time Western-style facade of Greene’s Gunshop on North Whidbey hints at what lies within: a dark wood-paneled, homey-feeling tribute to history. Sure, you can find some modern-day rifles and handguns at Greene’s, and there’s a pistol range out back. But the emphasis is firmly on the past.

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