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Free hair styling event returns to Oak Harbor
Kids can start the school year with a confidence boost.
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Whidbey Playhouse presents “The Savannah Sipping Society”
The play stars a middle-aged cast and celebrates platonic love and new beginnings.
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Legacy lives on in Soup Box Derby
If you see a large, ripe fruit on wheels racing in Langley, no, you’re not hallucinating.
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Portrait of Joe the Falcon
A noble saker falcon is the inspiration for a series of paintings by artist Claudia Pettis
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Skates: Whidbey’s big, unsung bottom-dwellers
Some Whidbey Islanders have found skates hooked on their line or washed up on the beach this summer.
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Death doula helps Whidbey patients and families
Amy Briscoe helps the elderly and the ill peacefully transition to death.
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Volunteers monitor bull kelp, a key ‘ecosystem engineer’
Beyond Whidbey’s southernmost beach lies a 90-acre underwater forest wrapping around Possession Point
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Knock on wood: Woodpalooza celebrates 20 years
Woodworkers are branching out with their creations for Whidbey’s biggest wood-related event.
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Oak Harbor Music Festival brings big musical acts to downtown
The festival brings over 30 performers, with many nationally and internationally known names.
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Youth robot club plunges into Cornet Bay
Something bustled with the crabs of Cornet Bay on Friday - robots scouring for plankton.
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Volunteers spruce up gateway plane displays
The EA-6B Prowler and A-6 Intruder that welcome incomers to Oak Harbor look a little shinier than usual.
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Making lemonade
A little boy with big goals sold homemade lemonade and treats to sweet-toothed passersby.
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Festival offers healing and relaxation
Aching community members and skeptics are invited to learn about wellness.