Jon Crimmins came to Oak Harbor last Wednesday night to provide background and to share support for a concept that has been on his mind since he expanded his scope and became the first area manager of Central Whidbey State Parks in 2012.
Harrison Keating, 12, and Brenden Darnell, 15, are playing the central characters in the Neil Simon play “Lost in Yonkers,” which opens April 1 at the Whidbey Playhouse.
Sarah Aldrich was hired a year ago as the museum’s first paid full-time archivist to tackle the chore of modernizing the museum’s archiving system. Significant gains were made in recent months as she and a team of volunteers have been photographing delicate paper documents and converting them into a searchable digital format to be available for public inquiry and research projects.
Anglers will get fewer days this year to fish for halibut in waters around Whidbey Island.
A day rarely goes by that Rick Castellano doesn’t feel a sense of approval from Janet Enzmann.
It’s a good thing sticky notes were in abundant supply at the Coupeville Recreation Hall on Monday night. Opponents of a proposal to develop parts of Joseph Whidbey State Park for private business put the notes to good use, providing a tall stack of reasons why they think the concept is a bad idea.
Thursday’s downtown parade was framed by blue skies and white snow-capped mountains worthy of an Oak Harbor postcard.
Washington State Parks will hold a public meeting in Coupeville on Monday to discuss potential private business development at Joseph Whidbey State Park.
Oak Harbor’s 43rd annual St. Patrick’s Day parade invited clear skies and sunshine and a good crowd.
Dale Sherman’s cows are running out of places to hide.
Vin Sherman, Dale’s brother and neighbor, lost two mature trees in his yard to last Thursday’s windstorm, then watched his brother’s cows duck under one of them Sunday when the second windstorm hit.
Central Whidbey Fire & Rescue was summoned to investigate a burning electrical smell and haze in the Coupeville Elementary School library Thursday morning.
In eight years as the high school’s choral director, he’s built a program recognized for excellence. And now, on a holiday that celebrates Irish heritage, McCoy is being recognized by the community at Thursday’s parade along Pioneer Way that starts at 4:30 p.m., carrying a grand distinction often not bestowed on someone just 31.
Central Whidbey Fire & Rescue was summoned to investigate a burning electrical smell and haze in the Coupeville Elementary School library Thursday morning.
