They’re big, they’re shockingly ugly, and you probably can’t do a damn thing about them. They’re clearcuts, the elimination of every tree on a piece of property.
The Skagit County Superior Court has set Oct. 11 as the start date of a jury trial over whether Greenbank residents Joanne and Bruce Montgomery had the legal right to build a stone wall at the eastern end of Wonn Road, excluding the public from a historic beach access.
The Campo Haciendo community on North Whidbey, a group of 61 families off West Troxell Road between Ault Field and Deception Pass State Park, has been on water rations for a week because of an ailing well, and full relief is likely weeks away, said Jeanne Napoletano, outgoing president of the community association.
The neighborhood’s 250-foot-deep well, dug in 1969, is “just trickling out water,” she said, yielding nothing close to the 12,000 gallons per day the community regularly uses.
A Stanwood businessman is preparing to buy and renovate the former Mi Pueblo restaurant near historic downtown Oak Harbor, turning it into an Alfy’s pizza restaurant that could open this summer.
Oak Harbor’s Main Street program, which business owners hope will resuscitate the city’s historic business district, has appointed a volunteer board of directors, one of the steps required to participate in the state-sponsored program.
Couple expanding offerings from beauty products to include raw milk.
A proposed law restricting private fireworks use in parts of Island County next year was delayed yesterday at the regular Tuesday meeting of the Board of Island County Commissioners.
Gov. Jay Inslee on March 25 signed into law a measure letting Island County form an organization of local governments to plan and fund future transportation projects.
Historic downtown Oak Harbor is getting a new but established business and, hopefully, for the owner, business will be blooming.
Island County’s Planning Department has scheduled four meetings to let the public address proposed changes to growth plans. The meetings will discuss the county’s Comprehensive Plan and how it may change the urban growth areas (UGA) of Coupeville, Langley and Oak Harbor and the non-municipal urban growth area (NMUGA) of Freeland.
Like many Whidbey Island residents, you probably support recycling, but have you ever wondered what becomes of, say, that fabulous bottle of wine you enjoyed after it’s dropped into your curbside recycling container?
Island County will pursue approximately $7 million in federal grant money to underwrite construction of the so-called Race Road Bypass, said Connie Bowers, the assistant county engineer, during a Board of Island County Commissioners work session last week
Island County this week revamped its website, making it more modern in look and feel and more capable, said Rick Hannold, chairman of the Board of Island County Commissioners.
