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Father, son haircuts take on a new meaning at Relay for Life

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Father, son haircuts take on a new meaning at Relay for Life

Mollie Brodt attends Oak Harbor’s Relay for Life each year to lop off some hair.

Annual town parade a memory maker

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Annual town parade a memory maker

Memorial Day event draws families from across the island

The Orchestra Rocks: Jamming with the pros

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The Orchestra Rocks: Jamming with the pros

The crowd roared and everyone raised their hands when asked if they were ready to rock.

Opinion

Looking Back: Rogue wave proves destructive to planned television broadcast

From the Oak Harbor News 100 years ago, in 1917:

Hillcrest engineers success with STEM Family Night

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Hillcrest engineers success with STEM Family Night

The kids bounced on the balls of their feet with eager expressions as teens from Oak Harbor High…

Backyard Bison: Oak Harbor band shreds at battle, venues around town

Life

Backyard Bison: Oak Harbor band shreds at battle, venues around town

The band names, “Not the Cops” and “Literary Cemetery,” have one thing in common.

Yacht club’s oldest racer unfurls his sails for more competitions

Life

Yacht club’s oldest racer unfurls his sails for more competitions

As Jim McAlpine strolls the docks at the Oak Harbor Marina, sailors and deckhands greet him by name.

Garden tour combats sex trafficking

Life

Garden tour combats sex trafficking

While so many Oak Harbor residents garden for recreation, exercise or to watch new life blossom, Doug and…

Career and technical ed director aims for diversified classroom

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Career and technical ed director aims for diversified classroom

Rylee Truex, Mikhaela Cortez and Olivia McDaniel entered the shop filled with boys, grabbed their partially completed guitars…

Crescent Harbor embraces ‘bookworm’ infestation

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Crescent Harbor embraces ‘bookworm’ infestation

Students at Crescent Harbor Elementary don’t wait for story time to crack open a good book.

Elementary art mixes with Holland Happening

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Elementary art mixes with Holland Happening

Art teacher Christina Brady is usually inundated with student inquiries after the completion of each art project.

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School earns crowning achievement

Hillcrest Elementary School added another jewel to its tiara of crowning achievements last month.

Oak Harbor school board seeks new members

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Oak Harbor school board seeks new members

Oak Harbor Public Schools had no hot lunch program in the school district when Corey Johnson began serving…