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    Oak Harbor Memorial Day to be held in...
    By Emily Gilbert • May 25, 2021 1:30 am

    Veterans will be honored during a Memorial Day service May 31 at Maple Leaf Cemetery in Oak Harbor.

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    Photo courtesy Whidbey Island Grown Cooperative
    Eat local this Memorial Day weekend
    By Emily Gilbert • May 25, 2021 1:30 am

    The Whidbey Island Grown Cooperative is encouraging people to eat locally this Memorial Day weekend.

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    The new interpretive panels that explain the story of the former World War I era Army post have been installed in recent months at Fort Casey State Park near Coupeville. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times
    Fort Casey’s ‘Big Guns’ get a facelift
    By Emily Gilbert • May 24, 2021 1:30 pm

    The two “Big Guns” at Fort Casey Historical State Park are undergoing a major makeover for the first time since…

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    Oak Harbor High School seniors James Hart, left, and Lawrence Zapanta, right, with ret. U.S. Navy Cmdr. Vincent Quidachay, after they learned they had earned ROTC college scholarships. Photo by Oak Harbor Public Schools
    Two Oak Harbor High School seniors earn ROTC...
    By Emily Gilbert • May 24, 2021 1:30 pm

    Two Oak Harbor High School seniors with the goals of a military career received major scholarships to college.

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    Photo by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times
Capt. Matthew Arny, middle, and his wife Samar greet first lady Jill Biden during her visit in March. Arny told Oak Harbor City Council members he will be leaving Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in July.
    NAS Whidbey Commander to retire in July
    By Emily Gilbert • May 21, 2021 1:30 am

    Capt. Matthew Arny’s change of command ceremony will be on July 9. He got the top job in 2018 and will be retiring from the military.

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    The city of Oak Harbor plans to do a public survey about the “Angel de la Creatividad” sculpture, a 37-foot-tall modern depiction of an angel, and its proposed location at Windjammer Park in early June. Rendering provided.
    Public survey about ‘Angel’ sculpture coming in June
    By Emily Gilbert • May 21, 2021 1:30 am

    City council members discussed the idea of a public survey at Tuesday night’s meeting along with other updates in the process to accept the 37-foot-gift of art.

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    Two Oak Harbor residents were injured when one driver suffered a medical episode and crashed head-on into a pickup truck. The woman was airlifted to the Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett and the driver of the pickup was taken to Island Hospital in Anacortes. (Photo provided by Washington State Patrol)
    Oak Harbor woman airlifted following car crash near...
    By Emily Gilbert • May 21, 2021 1:30 am

    The woman was airlifted following a medical episode that caused her to crash head-on into an oncoming car.

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    Photo courtesy Preston Howard
Scouts BSA Troop 4058 and Coupeville Cub Scout Pack 4058 collected over 1,000 items of food from the community to donate to the Gifts from the Heart Food Bank in Coupeville.
    Scouts donate 1,000 items to food bank
    By Emily Gilbert • May 21, 2021 1:30 am

    A Coupeville food bank was the recipient of a sizable donation after 25 Scouts BSA members collected more than 1,000…

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    Photo by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times
Seniors Anthony Pierzchala, right, and Charlie Dubois working with junior Eric Lindsey, back left, during teacher Chris Whiteman’s advanced engineering class. Someone stole $1,000 worth of tools from the program earlier this month.
Seniors Anthony Pierzchala, right, and Charlie Dubois working with junior Eric Lindsey, back left, work on projects during teacher Chris Whiteman’s advanced engineering class. Photo by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times
    Community steps up to replace stolen tools
    By Emily Gilbert • May 18, 2021 1:30 am

    School officials expressed thanks to those who donated.

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    Photo by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times
Chopped garlic and parsley and salt and spot shrimp in 2020.
    Shrimping season opens in waters off Whidbey
    By Emily Gilbert • May 18, 2021 1:30 am

    All shrimp species are open to harvest on Wednesday, May 19 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Marina Areas 8-1 and 8-2, which covers the eastern shores of Whidbey Island from Deception Pass to Possession Point.

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    Synnove Svendsen and her boyfriend Landon Pohlman pose for a picture at a prom hosted in her family’s backyard last Saturday. (Photos by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times)
    A Year to Remember….
    By Emily Gilbert • May 14, 2021 1:30 am

    … and an unforgettable prom

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    Lt. j.g. William McIlvaine, left, celebrates after graduating from flight school. McIlvaine’s uncle has donated a monument in his nephew’s honor after he was killed in 2013. Photo courtesy Phelps McIlvaine
    Windjammer new home for Prowler crash memorial
    By Emily Gilbert • May 14, 2021 1:30 am

    Phelps McIlvaine donated the monument to the city in honor of his nephew, who died in a plane crash while he was stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in 2013.

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    Interest in virtual classes expected to persist
    Interest in virtual classes expected to persist
    By Emily Gilbert • May 14, 2021 1:30 am

    Enrollment in Oak Harbor Virtual Academy, the school district’s asynchronous virtual learning model, is expected to stay fairly steady next year, school board members learned Monday.

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