They’ll be talking about her, so Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen will be listening in on the phone call.
In a take on the old party line concept, up to 1,500 telephone users could be on the phone Wednesday, June 18, as a partisan group hosts a “Ferry Telephone Town Hall” to, in part, take Sen. Haugen to task for the role she has allegedly played in recent ferry troubles.
One of the coolest products for the Northwest is Rain-X, the magical stuff that knocks water right off your windshield.
A whole world of boating adventures and maritime learning is available to Whidbey Islanders. All they have to do is take a boat across Admiralty Inlet to Port Townsend.
Many islanders have already discovered the Wooden Boat Foundation in Port Townsend and others are working on an associated project, the new Northwest Maritime Center, an $8.1 million complex presently under construction.
Mr. Average Citizen: Tell me, Mr. Capitol Hill Observer, what is Congress doing about this $4 a gallon gasoline? It’s killing me. Memorial Day Weekend we stayed home and ate raw hot dogs. We couldn’t afford gas or charcoal lighter fluid.
Habitual readers of obituaries can’t help but notice that a lot of the guys in the listings are pictured holding a fish. This happens occasionally in the Whidbey News-Times, and continually in The Herald of Everett. It must the the Scandinavian heritage. You see more fish-picture obituaries in The Herald than the Seattle Times, which has four times the circulation.
Oak Harbor is a spicier place to live with a little mustard on it.
A taxpayer-funded office in the heart of her election opponent’s territory has put State Sen. Marry Margaret Haugen under political fire.
Enjoying the benefit of incumbency, Norma Smith is hot on the campaign trail pursuing her first election victory in a regional contest.
A disturbing new trend in roadside litter leaves us wondering about the future of Whidbey Island.
Whidbey Island politicians and business people have questioned the suitability of the Steilacoom II for the Keystone to Port Townend ferry route, but none have ridden the boat during heavy seas and told about it.
Small town politics at its best is alive in Coupeville where there is competition for the mayoral position as well…
The Oak Harbor Wildcats football team managed to create a perfect season for their namesake Wildcat Memorial Stadium, built in…
If Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland is indeed finished, it is a great economic and cultural loss for Whidbey…
