Small business planning for unforeseen emergencies is the focus of a free workshop scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24 at Coupeville Recreation Hall, 901 N.W. Alexander St.
Representatives from local emergency planning and response organizations will provide a series of short presentations with information for small business owners and suggestions on how to learn more.
Beer aficionados on Whidbey Island have a local place to support and diversify their passion for brewing suds.
Whidbey Island Home Brew Supply opened recently on Fidalgo Avenue in Oak Harbor and provides all of the equipment and ingredients to brew the alcoholic concoction people have been enjoying for thousands of years.
Local businesses will be on hand to talk about their goods and services at the Island County Biz Expo, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6 and Sunday, Oct. 7 at Oak Harbor High School.
The event, sponsored by the Island County Economic Development Council, provides an opportunity for Island County businesses to showcase their products and services.
Sometime in the next few weeks, Coupeville will join the growing list of tourist destinations that are viewable online through the Google Maps Street View Partner Program. A Google crew will come to the historic waterfront town and film the streets from a specially outfitted car or trike.
Pedestrians and bus riders may have a safer way to cross Highway 20 on the eastern edge of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve.
A new art gallery is opening in Coupeville, just in time to celebrate the Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival.
A Marketing 101 class will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., Sept. 20 and Oct. 4, at the Coupeville High School Library.
The annual Coupeville STATE OF THE TOWN will be hosted by the Central Whidbey Chamber of Commerce at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12 at the Coupeville Recreation Hall on Coveland Street.
RICHARD NASH is Penn Cove Gallery’s featured artist for September. He will be available to meet from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sept. 4 and 5, at the gallery on Front Street. For details, call 678-1176.
WHIDBEY INSPIRATION held a ribbon cutting for its new location on SE Pioneer Way Wednesday, Aug. 22.
SEAN POPP, an Oak Harbor High School graduate, has been promoted to branch manager of a Wells Fargo branch in Banning, Calif.
Whidbey Island’s only store devoted to cameras and images is shuttering its doors this month.
Through July and August, Penn Cove Gallery artist M. DENIS HILL’S work will be featured in the dining room at Christopher’s on Whidbey in the Coupeville’s historic waterfront district.
