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Peggy Burton shops for Seahawks items at the Whidbey Party Store in Oak Harbor last week.

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Super Bowl champion merchandise arriving

Seattle Seahawks merchandise branded with their Super Bowl championship has already started trickling into Oak Harbor

Seahawks fans celebrate at the 12th man rally at Oak Harbor High School Feb. 1

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Super reward for Seahawks fans

The last time the Pacific Northwest felt a rumble of this magnitude on the sports landscape, Lance Gibbon…

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Seahawks fans recognize another big window of opportunity

It’s a rare day when a customer walks into Pat Beach’s dive shop in Oak Harbor and recognizes…

Connie Arroyos of Whidbey Party Store hurries to prepare a Seahawks balloon bouquet Jan. 29 in Oak Harbor.

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Boost in business: Seahawks’ presence has made this no ordinary Super Bowl for stores looking to meet demand

Connie Arroyos couldn’t fill the balloons fast enough. Just moments after she completed her balloon bouquet, it was…

Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times Gabe Salinger

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Oak Harbor levy dollars put into action

Inside Che Edoga’s classroom, all eyes are locked to a crude-looking device navigating through a tabletop maze. Students…

In a moment of levity

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Rock stars: Whidbey Island Gem Club members might joke around a lot, but they’re serious about sharing their passion for rocks

The teasing never ceased. Before Joe Higgins could finish a sentence, Bob Bower would toss a zinger at…

A Seahawks fan admires Oak Harbor Mayor Scott Dudley’s attire at a recent 12th man rally at Flyers Restaurant and Brewery in Oak Harbor.

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Oak Harbor chambers’ wager over Super Bowl will benefit charity

It’s on. Oak Harbor now has a couple of friendly wagers going with a suburb of Denver, Colo.,…

Earl DuBois gets an earful from Jo Cheek-Wood during rehearsal for “Book of Days

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Play goes in new direction: Director brings different sort of mystery to Whidbey Playhouse

As a well-traveled, veteran community theater actor and director, Kevin Wm. Meyer has seen lots of different stages…

Debra Fitzwater

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Cause for applause: Seahawks fever grips Oak Harbor as fans show their passion for NFL team bound for the Super Bowl

It’s going to be a while before Joanne Hartley can stop smiling. The grin was still wide Monday.…

Joy Thompson of the Whidbey Island Jugglers practices her craft during the kickoff rally of the 2014 Relay for Life of Whidbey Island Wednesday night at the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge. This year’s theme for the May 30-31 event is “Carnival of Hope.”

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Volunteers who run Relay for Life of Whidbey Island balance time with devotion to fighting cancer

The hat wasn’t one Mary Brock would ordinarily choose for a public speaking engagement. Not only did it…

Depression turned Mike O’Connell into a recluse. Successful treatment has led to a life buoyed by his passion for painting.

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Seeing the light: Oak Harbor artist leans on paintbrush to help get through darkest times in life

To rise from darkness, Mike O’Connell got a lift from his paintbrush. There was a time in his…

Celine Gross

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Rekindling old times: Once popular high school choir concert moving to Elks Lodge in hopes to restore intimate setting

When Tiffany Andrukat was 10 or 11, she remembers watching her older sister perform in a choir concert…

Gavin Keohane of Coupeville is one of four boat captains featured in the reality television series

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Another dose of reality: Coupeville’s Keohane grows wiser in second season of television series

If he were a traditional actor, Gavin Keohane might be able to say he’s becoming more seasoned in…