The commissioners for the Port of Coupeville are looking at how the Greenbank Farm will be operated in the future.
A longtime advocate of Coupeville schools is retiring.
Don Sherman, who has been a member of the Coupeville School Board for 12 years, announced his resignation during a public meeting last week. His last day is March 31.
Several employees at Whidbey General Hospital are seeing smaller paychecks thanks to a snafu in a new payroll system.
A small group of students are spending their afternoons rebuilding and tweaking science projects in preparation for competition.
A bruised ego was the only injury sustained by a paraglider from Bothell who crashed into trees near Fort Ebey Wednesday.
Pete Blyzka, who has been paragliding for five-and-a-half years, was gliding above the coast line at Fort Ebey State Park Wednesday morning when he encountered blustery weather.
“It just blew me back over the trees,” he said.
Several employees at Whidbey General Hospital are seeing some smaller paychecks as a result of a problem in a new payroll system.
In a report released Feb. 18, state auditors reported hospital officials did not have adequate controls over payroll to safeguard public resources.
The result of that condition caused the hospital to make $183,000 worth of overpayments to employees, the report said.
Central Whidbey voters gave Coupeville schools two thumbs up Tuesday.
Two levies proposed by the Coupeville School District appear to be passing with the approval rates over the 60 percent mark.
Commissioners for the Port of Coupeville are starting work to determine how the Greenbank Farm will be operated.
The current contract with the Greenbank Farm Management Group expires in mid-2015 and port commissioners are looking at the best way to prepare for that deadline.
The three-member elected board will meet in March to discuss parameters they would like to include in the request for proposal used to advertise for potential entities interested in managing the Greenbank Farm.
“There are a lot of questions that need to be addressed,” said Port of Coupeville executive director Tim McDonald.
There’s a new face running one of the businesses on Coupeville’s historic Front Street.
Pati Schmakeit recently bought Back to the Island, a small boutique located next door to the Penn Cove Gallery.
Back to the Island sells clothes and novelties popular with tourists and neighbors alike.
She had a casual journey to becoming a business owner.
Gardeners will have a new source for seeds that should thrive in Whidbey’s climate.
Deep Harvest Farm located on South Whidbey Island is offering a selection of organic vegetable seeds at Bayview Farm and Garden located in Langley.
Nathaniel Talbot, owner of Deep Harvest Farm, has been developing organic seeds since he was a student at the farmer training center located at the Greenbank Farm.
He has 20 varieties of vegetable seeds he has available for sale at the south end garden center.
Repairs keep piling up for the Port of Coupeville.
The small port district owns the Coupeville Wharf and the Greenbank Farm, both of which are 100 years old, and repair projects needed to keep the historic buildings safe are adding up.
The latest project emerged last week after a wind storm blew through Whidbey Island. The blustery weather damaged the moorage floats and the deck and moorage tubs located at the Coupeville Wharf.
State auditors are critical of the way Whidbey General Hospital officials handle the payroll system.
In a report released Tuesday, auditors said hospital officials “did not have adequate controls over payroll process to safeguard public resources.”
Because of this problem, Whidbey General Hospital made $183,211 in overpayments to hospital employees and staff accrued 22.73 hours in unearned time off, according to the report.
Gardeners will have a new source for seeds cultivated to thrive in Whidbey’s climate.
Deep Harvest Farm located on South Whidbey Island is offering a varieties of organic vegetable seeds at Bayview Farm and Garden located in Langley.
