The Coupeville Design Review Board will be considering the renovation designs for the old fire hall on Alexander Street when it meets next week. While the building is still owned by the town, the council unanimously agreed on Aug. 10 to sell the historic structure to the Ware family out of Lynden for $1,000. The agreement stipulated that the building be rehabilitated within 90 days.
The inaugural voyage of the new ferry serving the Keystone to Port Townsend route could take place in October now that a vibration problem has been solved.
If the turnout is anything like years past, hundreds of people will invade Windjammer Beach Park in Oak Harbor Saturday in the hopes of becoming the next driftwood art champions.
Still others with a less-competitive spirit may attend the fifth annual Driftwood Day just to watch people’s imaginations at work or for a bit of fun in the sun.
The first count of ballots for Tuesday’s primary election doesn’t look good for Proposition 1, the property tax increase that officials hoped would fill the $2 million hole in Island County’s 2011 current expense fund.
Dean Conway’s letter (News-Times, Aug. 14) referred to Henry David Thoreau’s refusal in 1845 to pay a tax, and compared it to Island County’s Proposition 1 proposal to increase property taxes. Just for the record, Thoreau did not own any property. He built a cabin at Walden Pond on land owned by Emerson.
When Megan McClung arrived somewhere, there was no doubt she had arrived. Her flaming red hair and strong personality earned her nicknames like “Firecracker,” “Tigger” and “Ladybug.” So it wasn’t surprising on Saturday morning to see hundreds of people at the Navy base anxious to keep her memory alive.
A combination of hot weather, sunny smiles, and gleaming cars, trucks and motorcycles of all ages and styles attracted a crowd estimated at well over 1,000 auto lovers for Saturday’s Oak Harbor Rotary North Whidbey Car Show held at Windjammer Park. Here are the winners as announced at the awards presentations that afternoon.
Despite the “heavy” traffic headed into Coupeville this weekend, the atmosphere at the Arts and Crafts Festival was relaxed and cheerful. Booths boasted brilliant tiles and cinnamon almonds among hundreds of other trinkets and treasures. Young children marketed their 25-cent cups of lemonade and panting dogs took refuge from the August sun under neighborhood trees.
On Saturday, Aug. 21, “The Princess and the Pea” will be performed at the Whidbey Playhouse with the help of dozens of local kids. The impressive backstory: They only have this week to rehearse.
One of the eight kitchens that will be featured in this year’s self-guided Dream Kitchen Tour belongs to Diane Billingsley and Bob Reik.
A 24-year-old Oak Harbor man is accused of stealing a car, leading a state trooper on a brief chase, crashing the car and resisting arrest, all of which occurred after he drank beer and took speed, heroin, Xanax and Percocet, court documents indicate.
The state Court of Appeals this month ruled that a judge abused his discretion when he suppressed crucial toxicology testimony in a vehicular assault case against a Freeland businessman.
When asked to pose for a picture that would accompany a story about his recent national recognition by the Commission on Cancer, Oak Harbor pediatrician Gabe Barrio did what came naturally.
He pretended to feed skin biopsies to a toy dinosaur.