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    Articles by Sam Fletcher
    The low spots on the baseball field at Windjammer Park allow water to pool. (Photo provided)
    Oak Harbor to improve Windjammer ball fields
    By Sam Fletcher • May 10, 2024 1:30 am

    The Oak Harbor city council approved funding improvements to ball fields in Windjammer Park.

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    The fungus causing white-nose syndrome grows on the nose, wings and ears of an infected bat during hibernation, giving a fuzzy, white appearance; here, it's on the bat's snout. (Photo courtesy Ryan von Linden/New York Department of Environmental Conservation)
    Whidbey bats’ behavior likely slowing the spread of...
    By Sam Fletcher • May 10, 2024 1:30 am

    White-nose syndrome gets nearer and nearer to Island County, but Whidbey’s bats seem, for now, safe.

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    Photo by Luisa Loi
    City administrator appointed in unconventional process
    By Sam Fletcher • May 10, 2024 1:30 am

    Combs is Oak Harbor’s new city administrator, but the appointment process was a bit unusual.

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    Open seats multiply on parks and rec board
    Open seats multiply on parks and rec board
    By Sam Fletcher • May 7, 2024 1:30 am

    Two commissioners stepped down from the Park and Recreation District board last week.

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    Photo by David Welton
A Hearts & Hammers volunteer repairs a deck on Saturday.
    Hearts Hammers hits 30 years of neighbors helping...
    By Sam Fletcher • May 7, 2024 1:30 am

    Three hundred and eight Hearts & Hammers volunteers united Saturday before venturing to 25 job sites.

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    Photo by Sam Fletcher
Claire Seitzer-Jones, a Department of Natural Resources firefighter, clears potential fire hazards from the Pondilla Estates in Coupeville.
    Coupeville neighborhood becomes wise about wildfires
    By Sam Fletcher • May 3, 2024 1:30 am

    Residents in the Pondilla Estates received a grant from the Department of Natural Resources.

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    Oak Harbor abandons plans for regional park
    Oak Harbor abandons plans for regional park
    By Sam Fletcher • May 3, 2024 1:30 am

    City had big dreams for property that was purchased for over $1.1 million in January 2020

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    Bruiser not guilty of assault
    By Sam Fletcher • May 3, 2024 1:30 am

    Despite rumors, Whidbey’s elk didn’t harm anyone.

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    Photo by David Welton
Robert Bower travels to Oregon to collect obsidian for his knife blades.
    Not a dying art, only knapping
    By Sam Fletcher • May 3, 2024 1:30 am

    Oak Harbor resident makes knives with ancient techniques

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    Gary (left) and Teresa Gillespie (right) display their garden, which will be in full bloom come June. (Photo by Sam Fletcher)
    Tickets on sale for Oak Harbor garden event
    By Sam Fletcher • May 1, 2024 1:30 am

    Tickets are now on sale to tour some of Whidbey’s most beautiful gardens.

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    Commissioner added to parks and rec board
    Commissioner added to parks and rec board
    By Sam Fletcher • May 1, 2024 1:30 am

    A new commissioner was sworn into the empty Position 4 seat of the North Whidbey Pool, Parks and Recreation board last week.

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    The Orion Squadron poses before a prowler on a VAQ-129 tour in 2022. (Photo provided)
    Oak Harbor’s Sea Cadets: Working hard, playing harder
    By Sam Fletcher • May 1, 2024 1:30 am

    The Sea Cadet Corps fuses the best aspects of the ROTC and the Boy Scouts.

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    Photo by Joe Manhardt
A Navy Growler flies over Whidbey Island.
    Navy tests one possible means to Growler noise...
    By Sam Fletcher • May 1, 2024 1:30 am

    As the state’s lawsuit pends, the Navy has tested one promising technology to reduce their noise.

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