“Cash on Delivery” is a bit like watching the “Benny Hill Show” play out in real-life. The plot winds up for a few minutes and then launches into two hours of total mayhem.
I absolutely agree with Kelly Hall and Jennifer Schweinhard (Letters, March 27). Kudos to both of you.
Michelle O’Kelley, all I can say is wake up! You want to feed and rear your children from indecent evil sources? How can you stomach that! Stop dreaming! I don’t even know what planet you came from and how long have you been in Oak Harbor.
Oak Harbor Police Department Lt. John Dyer gave a talking to three North Whidbey teens last week.
The trio was singled out not for recklessness behavior or disturbing the peace, but rather for their individual contributions to the community.
Oak Harbor graduates John Hu and Evan Wilson of the Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, N.J.) men’s swimming team were honored by the Empire 8 conference March 31.
At least 2,400 brightly colored, plastic eggs were nestled in the grass at the Taylor Road Fire Station, where children stood eagerly by with baskets Saturday.
The horn blared and kids scurried onto the field to gather up the eggs.
Washington State Ferries’ newest vessel made its first voyage Saturday but is still a few months away from service.
The Chetzemoka, a 64-car Kwa-di Tabil class ferry, was towed from Todd Pacific Shipyard in Seattle to Everett Shipyard, where it will remain for the next several months. South Whidbey residents enjoyed the view of the vessel passing by.
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – When the Academy Award winning best picture “The Hurt Locker,” showcased the dangerous business of defusing bombs in Iraq, actor Jeremy Renner put his acting talents to the test in a portrayal of an Army EOD expert.
But for the son of an Oak Harbor couple, being successful at defusing deadly explosives can mean the difference between life and death.
Whidbey Island’s tiniest church will experience its first Easter with no congregation and no preacher, but perhaps a passerby or two will stop in for a silent prayer and moment of contemplation.
The Oak Harbor City Council will discuss and likely move forward with the second phase of the controversial Pioneer Way redevelopment project at its next meeting Tuesday, April 6.
The second phase includes an engineering and design services agreement with Perteet Inc., the Everett-based engineering firm approved by the City Council in March 2009.
Working in the Island County Clerk’s Office may become a tad bit awkward when the election season heats up.
Oak Harbor resident Debra Van Pelt, an employee at the clerk’s office, announced that she will run against her boss in this fall’s election. Clerk Patricia Terry was appointed to the position by county commissioners last December. They are both Democrats.
Higher-than-expected enrollment forced the Oak Harbor School District to petition for more funding Monday.
The Oak Harbor School Board approved a general fund budget increase of $884,501.
A 1994 Oak Harbor High School graduate, 34-year-old Matt Gumbel, is in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after an explosion at the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes early Friday morning.
Regarding the News-Times’ February legal notice on Island County’s Conservation Futures Program, I strongly question the inclusion of conserving open spaces as public access areas.