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    Articles by Emily Gilbert
    Pinched crabs make crabbers crabby
    Pinched crabs make crabbers crabby
    By Emily Gilbert • August 18, 2020 1:30 am

    Crabbing season is in full swing, but some crabbers may think they are pulling too many empty pots for it…

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    West Whidbey, Deception Pass closed to shellfish harvesting because of biotoxins
    West Whidbey, Deception Pass closed to shellfish harvesting...
    By Emily Gilbert • August 18, 2020 1:30 am

    Eating shellfish harvested from a wide swath of Whidbey Island beaches can have some nasty health effects, state officials are…

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    Whidbey Island Bagel Company voted the best
    Whidbey Island Bagel Company voted the best
    By Emily Gilbert • September 28, 2018 1:30 am

    When John Auburn opened a second Whidbey Island Bagel Factory in Oak Harbor, it meant adapting to a new market.

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    City of Oak Harbor mulls new contract with WAIF
    City of Oak Harbor mulls new contract with...
    By Emily Gilbert • August 28, 2018 1:30 am

    Police chief presents Animal Control options to council

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    Woodpalooza features wordworking talent
    Woodpalooza features wordworking talent
    By Emily Gilbert • August 28, 2018 1:30 am

    Woodworking may seem like a hobby for those in their golden years, but the Whidbey Island Woodworkers Guild’s Woodpalooza will…

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    Pigfest awaiting word from Guinness on largest BBQ pit
    Pigfest awaiting word from Guinness on largest BBQ...
    By Emily Gilbert • August 14, 2018 1:30 am

    Scott Fraser’s goal for this year’s Pigfest was to have the world’s largest cinder block smoke pit, which would have…

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    Coupeville festival funds expected to reach $1 million
    Coupeville festival funds expected to reach $1 million
    By Emily Gilbert • August 21, 2018 1:30 am

    Achieving a fund-raising milestone

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    Whidbey Island Radio Control society members come out to Naval Outlying Field on most Saturday mornings to fly class model airplanes and other aircraft, such as these. Photo by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times
    Model citizens: Oak Harbor group toys with radio-controlled...
    By Emily Gilbert • August 3, 2018 1:30 am

    Something other than military jets are taking to the skies at the Navy’s Outlying Field Coupeville.

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    Photo by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times                                 John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool in Oak Harbor pool is currently unused, closed after voters rejected last year’s levy. The park district board of directors is putting another levy on the ballot seeking more money than the last one.
    District refloating pool levy in the fall
    By Emily Gilbert • July 31, 2018 1:30 am

    Measure will seek more than requested last year

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    Motorcyclists arrested after high-speed chase near Coupeville
    Motorcyclists arrested after high-speed chase near Coupeville
    By Emily Gilbert • July 31, 2018 1:30 am

    Motorcyclists led a Washington State Patrol officer on a high-speed chase down a rural Coupeville road that ended in two…

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    Sail boats compete in the Whidbey Island Race Week regatta.                                Photo by Emily Gilbert / Whidbey News Group
    Race Week event numbers down
    By Emily Gilbert • July 24, 2018 1:30 am

    Brightly-colored spinnakers covered Penn Cove this weekend as 68 boats competed during Whidbey Island Race Week.

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    Photos by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times                                Top: Harley Engle, from Coupeville, and her cow Scarlett.                                Bottom: Lilly Kline, age 10, from Oak Harbor and her Texel sheep named Blossom.
    Whidbey Island 4-H kids show livestock
    By Emily Gilbert • July 20, 2018 1:30 am

    Annual fair continues through Sunday

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    Find a seal pup? Leave it alone — it’s the law
    Find a seal pup? Leave it alone —...
    By Emily Gilbert • July 17, 2018 1:30 am

    Pupping season is in full swing for the seals that visit the shores of Whidbey Island.

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