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Town council candidates talk issues in Coupeville

With two weeks before the Nov. 3 general election, candidates for the only competitive race in Coupeville made…

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Flu spreads fast and Oak Harbor and Coupeville Schools: Absences force Coupeville to cancel football game

The flu season is hitting Whidbey Island schools hard. Sickness has caused an unusually high number of absences…

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Coupeville leaders look to define open space

Several Coupeville residents criticized plans to rezone a rural entry into town. Coupeville leaders want to rezone open…

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High school tutors earn college credit

Several students at Coupeville High School are helping others and earning college credit at the same time. The…

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Halloween scares help seniors party

Chief Snakelum could be rising from the dead. The late chief of the Lower Skagit Tribe is buried…

Duncan Chalfant works amidst skulls that line some of the hallways of Frightville

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Get your spook on at Frightville

This year’s edition of Frightville IX will have a more homey feel. The annual haunted house held in…

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Red tickets benefit shoppers and businesses

With the holiday season fast approaching, shoppers perusing the quaint shops in Coupeville could see an unexpected windfall…

Coupeville resident Ken Pickard shuffles papers while speaking at a public hearing Tuesday evening in front of the town council.

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Coupeville residents hit public hearing change

Several Coupeville townspeople are up in arms about a rule change they say allows town council members to…

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Coupeville rezone moves past critic

A rumored development planned to go in near Whidbey General Hospital has some residents questioning a rezone of…

Coupeville resident Phillip Renninger loads his winning 1

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Half-ton pumpkin sets record

The celebration of the final farmers market of the year turned out to be a record breaker. This…

Coupeville Mayor Nancy Conard gives her state of Coupeville address Thursday morning at a Central Whidbey Chamber of Commerce breakfast at the Recreation Hall.

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Coupeville weathers the economic recession

The national recession has hit Coupeville, but the town was prepared to roll with the punches, Mayor Nancy…

New Kapaws owner Joel Norris readies a waffle cone as he opens up the shop. The Norris family purchased the popular ice cream shop from Paul and Karen Whelan.

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New paws on Kapaws Iskreme

Two new faces are busy scooping ice cream behind the counter of an iconic Coupeville shop. Longtime owners…

Coupeville resident Dawn Zervas places a zucchini-based scarecrow near the front entrance of the Coupeville Wharf at the end of the pier. The scarecrow is part of Local Grown’s entry in the 2009 Scarecrow Corridor.

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Scarecrows sweep through Coupeville

A carrot, an eggplant, a zucchini, a pumpkin and a little bunch of green onions will spend the…