Penn Cove’s popular shellfish are the featured attraction of the first major festival of the year in historic Coupeville.
The Penn Cove MusselFest kicks off this March 5 to 7. Mussel chowder contest, a mussel eating contest, live music, a treasure hunt and tours of the Penn Cove Shellfish Farm are just some of the activities crammed into the weekend that organizers hope will attract more than 3,000 people.
The Coupeville Library’s temporary location at the Pacific Rim Institute on Parker Road closed this week. The closure was necessary to allow workers to move materials and furniture into the expanded library building that is set to open sometime in March.
Hikers exploring the bluff trail at Ebey’s Landing enjoyed an unexpected treat last weekend. They saw a couple of gray whales feeding about 150-feet off Perego’s Lagoon in Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve.
Folks who would like to grow vegetables, but don’t have the space, have another option.
Coupeville’s community garden project is starting up its second growing season and town officials are looking for gardeners.
The old fire hall, which has sat vacant across from the Island County Museum for decades, is going back on the market.
In the next couple of weeks, Coupeville Mayor Nancy Conard will present the Town Council with a plan to sell the building that was built in the late 1930s.
With 20 ballots left to count from the Feb. 9 special election, the margin of support for the Coupeville School District’s maintenance and operations levy is climbing higher.
After nearly a year, a town of Coupeville, $5,000 funded program to help drum up business is coming to an end.
The 2009 Central Whidbey First program expired Feb. 8, which was the last time people could fill a stamp card to enter a monthly, $100 drawing.
A new program in the Coupeville School District replaces the venerable Learning Partners, which paired students with student and adult volunteer tutors.
Offered by the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Island County, the new program takes a different tack than Learning Directions, which was more directly a mentoring program.
In three days, Coupeville school leaders will find out what kind of community support they still enjoy in troubled economic times.
The initial results from two levy proposals will be known Election Day, Feb. 9.
If proposed legislation passes, you could cross over — into the golf cart zone.
State Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, D-Camano Island, is pushing legislation, Senate Bill 6207, to allow cities and counties to create specified golf cart zones, which would allow people to drive the little vehicles on certain roads.
Students at Coupeville schools are spending their days collecting spare change to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
Several students at Coupeville Middle and High School are spending their lunches passing a large collection jar around.
Who knew a steeple for a small community church could generate so much controversy?
Going against an Ebey’s Reserve Design Committee recommendation, the Coupeville Design Review Board approved plans for a new church at the edge of South Main Street in Coupeville during a meeting Tuesday morning.
Ballots should start arriving this week for the Coupeville School District election, which is less than three weeks away.
The district has two money proposals before the voters in the Feb. 9 election.