With two weeks before the Nov. 3 general election, candidates for the only competitive race in Coupeville made their case to the voters.
Tom Tack and Sue Cunningham are vying for the seat on the Coupeville Town Council being vacated by Jim Phay, who decided against running for a second term.
The flu season is hitting Whidbey Island schools hard. Sickness has caused an unusually high number of absences at some schools and even prompted the cancellation of a football game.
Several Coupeville residents criticized plans to rezone a rural entry into town.
Coupeville leaders want to rezone open fields and woods on the west side of town known as Krueger Farm into the same zoning designation conferred on all the parks in town. However, some residents argue the town should develop a zoning that is a better fit for the area.
Several students at Coupeville High School are helping others and earning college credit at the same time.
The Coupeville School District is partnering with Eastern Washington University to allow some students to get teaching experience through tutoring fellow students.
Chief Snakelum could be rising from the dead.
The late chief of the Lower Skagit Tribe is buried near the Au Sable Institute, and he’s one of the features of a Whidbey Island-themed haunted house that is opening in time for Halloween at the Au Sable Institute, 180 Parker Rd., Coupeville.
This year’s edition of Frightville IX will have a more homey feel.
The annual haunted house held in the basement of Oak Harbor’s Roller Barn has been remade. It’s now based on a family’s home, complete with a kitchen, bedrooms and a library.
With the holiday season fast approaching, shoppers perusing the quaint shops in Coupeville could see an unexpected windfall if they are lucky.
The Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association’s Red Ticket promotion started Oct. 10 during Coupeville’s Harvest Fest and continues through Dec. 20.
Several Coupeville townspeople are up in arms about a rule change they say allows town council members to shirk their responsibilities to hear from the public.
A rumored development planned to go in near Whidbey General Hospital has some residents questioning a rezone of a small parcel of land.
In considering a variety of comprehensive plan amendments that have been on the back burner for four years, the Coupeville Town Council approved changing the zoning of a small piece of property on NE Third Street adjacent to the hospital next to Careage of Whidbey.
The celebration of the final farmers market of the year turned out to be a record breaker.
This year’s winning entry was the heaviest ever weighed during the giant pumpkin contest, which takes place annually during Coupeville’s Harvest Fest.
The national recession has hit Coupeville, but the town was prepared to roll with the punches, Mayor Nancy Conard said in her “state of the town” address Thursday.
She gave her annual address in front of a 20-person crowd attending the Central Whidbey Chamber of Commerce breakfast. Basically, tax revenues are down from recent years, but town officials anticipated the decline when they formed the town’s budget.
Two new faces are busy scooping ice cream behind the counter of an iconic Coupeville shop.
Longtime owners Karen and Paul Whelan decided to sell Kapaws Iskreme to Joel and Lorene Norris, who took over the shop Oct. 1.
“The shoes are huge to fill,” Joel Norris said as he opened up his Front Street shop Tuesday morning.
A carrot, an eggplant, a zucchini, a pumpkin and a little bunch of green onions will spend the next several weeks enjoying coffee at the end of the Coupeville pier.
The vegetable-based scarecrow display is Local Grown’s entry into the annual Scarecrow Corridor, which lines Main and Front streets throughout Coupeville during the Halloween season.