After months of research and gathering input from the public, Oak Harbor is now looking at four possible sites for a new wastewater treatment plant.
They include Windjammer Park, the Oak Harbor Marina, the old city shop at the northern end of City Beach Street, and Beachview Farm (more commonly known as Fakkema Farm) located just outside the city’s western boundary.
Almost exactly one year after controversy first erupted over Oak Harbor’s standing committee policies, the city council has unanimously approved changes that bring the meeting rules into compliance with the state’s open public meeting rules.
Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce Director Jill Johnson will now be weighing in on future land-use issues.
To help battle the negative impacts of construction on SE Pioneer Way, Oak Harbor has pledged $167,500 in financial support to downtown business owners.
That includes $50,000 for signs and billboards, $22,000 for direct advertising, $36,500 for website, printing and stuffing/poster costs, and another $14,000 for miscellaneous expenses. Finally, it includes paying a part-time communication specialist to be paid $34,560 for eight months of work.
The Roller Barn, a building considered by many to be an Oak Harbor landmark, was nearly lost forever Sunday in a mysterious basement fire.
Before Jeff Mack was 10 years old, he could break down and clean a mantle clock. By 13, he could completely disassemble and service a pocket watch. By his senior year in high school, he could size rings and was dabbling in jewelry fabrication. Thirty-five years later, the man’s skill is really limited only by your imagination.
Construction on Oak Harbor’s SE Pioneer Way improvement project kicked off this week with a groundbreaking ceremony attended by a surprise guest -— a bald eagle.
Voters will have their hands full this fall wading through the hefty list of elected positions up for grabs.
Months of speculation were validated this week when Oak Harbor City Councilman Scott Dudley formally announced his candidacy for the mayor’s seat in the November general election.
To draw even more attention to a revitalized downtown and complement four other artworks proposed for SE Pioneer Way, the Oak Harbor Arts Commission is now considering commissioning a fifth piece near the corner of Highway 20.
A proposed change to Oak Harbor’s development rules has a member of the city council and a former state representative crying foul.
Claiming that the proposal is inherently linked to a property dispute that’s raged for nearly 10 years – a squabble in which both are involved as property owners – City Councilman Bob Severns and former state Rep. Sue Karahalios have been outspoken critics of the plan at a series of recent planning commission meetings.
Construction on the SE Pioneer Way improvement project in Oak Harbor will kick off next week following a groundbreaking and ribbon cutting ceremony.
Despite promises to the contrary, residents of Oak Harbor’s Windmill Court mobile home park will need to find new places to live by the end of next month to make way for a new apartment complex off Swantown Avenue.
