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Coupeville school layoffs avoided

Like many other school districts in the state, Coupeville has to make cutbacks to resolve a budgetary shortfall.

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Water Festival makes waves in Coupeville

People had a cool place to go Saturday for what turned out to be the warmest day of…

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School levy request may double

Oak Harbor school officials could ask voters next spring to consider a proposal that would nearly double the…

Coupeville artist Roger Purdue shows the logo he created for the 2008 Penn Cove Water Festival

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Sweet 16 Water Festival splashes down in Coupeville Water Festival splashes down in Coupeville

Like the canoe races and Native American singers, the custom-made logo for the Penn Cove Water Festival has…

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School district slashes 22 jobs

More cutting likely to come The Oak Harbor School Board Monday night eliminated 22 workers in an effort…

William Bell of Local Grown awaits customers to enjoy coffee in the new business. Local Grown sells coffee

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Coffee shop boosts farmers, local radio

A new coffee shop has opened at the Coupeville Wharf and it offers something more than the usual…

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Keystone reservations begin on Monday

Islanders can soon breeze right past that long line of cars waiting for the Keystone-to-Port Towsend ferry if…

A diver started work Monday to raise a sailboat that sank near the Coupeville Wharf last month.

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Sunken sailboat shall rise again

There’s no sunken treasure in this boat. Nevertheless, the Port of Coupeville is working to raise a submerged…

Beetles are slowly eating their way through the purple loosestrife population growing in a wetland behind the Greenbank Farm.

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Beetles cause strife to weeds

After volunteer efforts by humans failed to remove an invasive weed from a wetland near the Greenbank Farm,…

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This gym isn’t a playschool

No machines, no televisions, no fruit juice bar. Just a large room filled with mats and weights ready…

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New camp, same activities

Camp Moran has been a highlight of Oak Harbor sixth-graders for decades. It provides a week-long adventure where…

Dave Batterman and Jeremy Braughton of Agape Gardening and Landscaping

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Mangled maples replaced

Workers spent Thursday morning yanking four damaged trees on Highway 20 and replacing them with similar ones.

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In Coupeville, time’s up in 5 minutes

Have something to say? Then you’d better take five minutes or less to express yourself. That’s a message…