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Hannah Gluth receives rocks and other gifts from fascinated and adoring children near the lagoon at Windjammer Park Wednesday. Her mermaid outfit was a hit among kids and moms alike.

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Mermaid makes a splash, friends at Oak Harbor park

As Hannah Gluth basked in the sun along the water’s edge at an Oak Harbor park Wednesday, every…

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Two honored for roadside CPR efforts

While driving home to Coupeville along State Highway 525 one afternoon last month, Chris Tyau could see a…

Driftwood sculptures are reclaimed by the incoming tide during Driftwood Day last year. The event is set for noon Saturday.

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Driftwood Day is here again

For one afternoon in September, some of North Whidbey’s most creative beachcombers gather on the beach and use…

Ryan Anderson and Matt Parker embark on day two of a three-day

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Stand-up paddleboarders circumnavigate Whidbey Island

If there was one thing Matt Parker took away from a recent paddleboarding adventure around Whidbey Island, it…

Firefighters with the Oak Harbor Fire Department  help clean up debris and glass caused by a car that struck a house in reverse at S.W. Kittitas Court Friday morning.

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Neighbor backs car into house in Oak Harbor

Britney Fortner was standing in her kitchen doing dishes when she heard a loud noise that shook her…

Josie and Dave Penrod enter the Ebey's Prairie Ridge Trail from the new Pratt Loop Trail in Coupeville. The ridge trail is essentially part of the new loop trail for those who want to complete a 1.3-mile circle.

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New Pratt Loop Trail in Coupeville links to Kettles

As Dave Penrod and his wife Josie navigated the final stretch of a new hiking trail in Coupeville,…

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More growth for Coupeville schools

Administrators with the Coupeville School District are excited to see continued enrollment growth this year, but at the…

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Bid for Haller House comes to an end

As far as Joan McPherson is concerned, nothing detrimental is going to happen to the Haller House.

Heather Good

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Little Women with a twist: Playhouse musical in caring hands

“Little Women" will open the 2016-17 season at the Whidbey Playhouse in Oak Harbor.

Oak Harbor Public Schools Superintendent Lance Gibbon greets students at Hillcrest Elementary Tuesday morning

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Students get a big welcome back to school on Tuesday

Although her efforts weren’t always reciprocated, Jill Johnson remained undeterred in welcoming Oak Harbor High School students back…

The new sculpture created by North Whidbey artist Wayne Lewis

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Who’s that tiny couple? It’s the Barringtons, of course

As of Thursday, the statue known as “The Barringtons” was still missing a plaque, leaving most passersby to…

A four-year effort by a nonprofit preservation group to acquire the historic Haller House in Coupeville has failed.

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Bid ends for Haller House

As far as Joan McPherson is concerned, nothing detrimental is going to happen to the Haller House.

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Celebrating Parks’ centennial

Three new interpretive panels were unveiled, telling the story of a decades-long fight to preserve the historic farmscape…