As far back as she can remember, Jessie Tamayo has prepared her own food.
When strawberries are in season on Whidbey Island, Colleen VanDyke knows that her phone will start ringing between 7 and 7:30 each morning.
When Jessie Tamayo was looking to relocate her Asian fusion-style restaurant to a different city, she kept coming back to Oak Harbor.
Coupe’s Last Stand, the town’s only mobile food vendor, will be open seven days a week starting this week, said owner Vickie Chambers.
Whidbey General Hospital recently approved the 2014 Operating Budget during a regular board meeting.
Whenever Doug Kroon wants to reminisce, he just has to glance at a wall inside his restaurant.
An agency serving the island’s disabled residents is seeking new partnerships with employers.
“We’re about building community,” said Ashley Van Oeveren, area manager for Service Alternatives. “Every community member should have an opportunity to be involved. One of the best ways to be involved is having a job.”
Home Depot in Oak Harbor will be hosting a Spring Installations and Summer Safety event, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., May 17.
On hand will be Home Depot installers for roofing, siding, windows, gutters and cabinet re-facing as well as representatives from PSE, Sunrooms Northwest, Greenwood HVAC and As You Wish Electric and others.
Before Sylvan Learning made a major financial investment into a digital-based curriculum, it set up an advisory group to test the waters and provide feedback.
One of the advisors, Kathleen Casprowitz, dove right in.
To Casprowitz, the idea of using an iPad to help facilitate teaching, testing and studying in the digital era made perfect sense.
Responding to an inquiry about demolishing the Dog House Tavern by its owner, the Langley City Council approved an emergency moratorium on destruction of historic buildings Monday night.
Director of Community Planning Jeff Arango proposed the six-month ban, which was unanimously approved by the city council in a 4-0 vote May 5. Councilman Bruce Allen was absent while tending to a family matter, but the council still had its necessary supermajority for the emergency ordinance.
Reid Schwartz says he has a serious pizza issue.
He loves good pizza, and he’s on a mission to create it.
Having just announced his new brick-and-mortar location inside the Old Town Mall, where Cameron’s Cafe was formerly located, Schwartz said he’s ready to bring that great pizza to Oak Harbor year-round.
They’re not the dishes your mom made — unless she’s some sort of culinary genius.
Imagine pan-roasted duck breast with ghost squash puree and rhubarb mostarda. Or braised rabbit ragout with sunchokes, bacon hash, baby pac choi and roasted beech mushrooms.
And perhaps the best appetizers of all time: lightly smoked Columbia River sturgeon with picked parsnip chips over wild nettle puree.
Such are the typical, highly imaginative dishes at the Oystercatcher restaurant in downtown Coupeville.
Westgate Homes is moving this month to a new location, about a half mile south on State Highway 20.
The business, which sells RVs, RV parts and manufactured homes, is downsizing and company leaders wanted to move to a smaller location to make their operation more efficient, according to General Manager Kevin Fakkema.
