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Whidbey Playhouse opens season with a comedy about three elderly women with a shocking secret
Amidst the wackiness on stage, some stifled laughter could be heard from a front row seat at Whidbey…
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Oak Harbor’s Olympic View Elementary gearing for all-day kindergarten
As Che’ Gilliland buzzed around her classroom, sorting through boxes and decorating walls, a smile rarely left her…
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New Oak Harbor School District communications specialist hopeful Whidbey Island will be final stop for her and football coach husband
As the wife of a major college football coach, Kellie Tormey has grown used to life on the…
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Oak Harbor potter turns love for forming clay into lifetime career
Dan Ishler has found that people around Oak Harbor are quite familiar with his art studio. At least,…
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Oak Harbor pizza maker takes shot at running own business with his brand as cornerstone
From the top floor of Louie-G’s Pizza restaurant, it’s easy to get caught up gazing out the windows…
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Experts point to two more good weeks of pink salmon fishing around Whidbey
Even though Chris Bolin has fished from the beaches of Whidbey Island nearly every day this month, he’s…
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Coupeville woodworker turns salvaged wood into creative art
Jim Short can create a lot of things with his hands. Just not miracles. He figures he’ll make…
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North Whidbey Car Show brings out the classics
Eight years ago, Duane and Mary Scollard’s 1937 Studebaker was in rough shape. They had just purchased it…
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Oak Harbor pig roast draws more than 3,500
A little early-morning rain didn’t dampen Scott Fraser’s outlook Sunday. He’d seen that before on his favorite August…
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Anacortes grad lands Whidbey Playhouse scholarship
When Brenna Casey visited her stepfather’s workplace in Oak Harbor three years ago, it didn’t take long for…
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Oak Harbor’s Fidalgo Avenue Block Party and Pig Roast grows in popularity
A block up from historic downtown Oak Harbor’s main thoroughfare is Scott Fraser’s restaurant. Frasers Gourmet Hideway is…
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Car show gets boost from familiar source
It’s no coincidence that Gary Swanson’s triple black Chevrolet Chevelle Super Sport is a 1967 model. For Swanson,…
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Mural artist’s spirits lifted by outpouring of support and help she’s received from Oak Harbor community
Dark skies had threatened before but this time Nancy Hakala was taking no chances. “It looks like it’s…