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.
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.
Coupeville Chamber of Commerce honored several members Feb. 6 during its annual awards banquet.
The big winner of the night was Dan Miranda and Front Street Grill, which won Business of the Year.
Oak Harbor’s Kmart is closing its doors for good in late April, according to a company spokesman.
Howard Riefs, director of corporate communications for Sears Holding Corp, said a total of 68 employees, mostly part-time and hourly workers, will lose their jobs.
And another commercial property will sit empty in the city.
Connie Arroyos couldn’t fill the balloons fast enough.
Just moments after she completed her balloon bouquet, it was snatched up.
But it wasn’t just any bouquet.
Most anything blue and green has disappeared fast at the Whidbey Party Store in Oak Harbor this week in preparations for Super Bowl XLVIII.
Any Super Bowl matchup is traditionally a popular occasion for a party. But with the Seattle Seahawks involved Sunday, the impact has been felt at the cash registers of retail outlets on Whidbey Island.
Coupeville Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations for our 2014 Excellence In Business Awards, sponsored by Whidbey Island Bank. Categories are: Business of The Year, Entrepreneurial Spirit, Business Leadership and Lifetime Achievement Award.
Winners of the 2013 Excellence In Business Awards were: Business of The Year: Whidbey Island Bank; Entrepreneurial Spirit: Lavender Wind; Business Leadership: Janice Vaughan; Lifetime Achievement: Coupeville Festival Association.
More than 1,000 large cement blocks connected by thick cable are being installed around the perimeter of the Navy’s Outlying Field Coupeville.
Years toiling in the restaurant industry paid off for one Coupeville chef.
Tyler Hansen, who recently moved to Whidbey Island, is the new owner of the Oystercatcher, a cozy little bistro located in downtown Coupeville.
Visitors to downtown Coupeville can now access the Internet free of charge.
A free wifi zone was created by the Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association with financial partnership with Allstate Insurance and Town of Coupeville. The zone encompasses the downtown corridor from Coupeville Inn to Main Street and down onto the wharf.
CWHA started the project earlier last year and has been working to find the best system for the project.
After taking a break, Ebey Bowl is back in action.
The bowling alley was closed for about a month, and re-opened mid-October.
On Sept. 22, Traci Wisdom received a phone call from Matt Iverson and Mimi Johnson, the siblings who own Ebey Bowl. They asked her if she wanted to become a partner.
The siblings own an Allstate Insurance Company branch in Oak Harbor as well. Between the business in Oak Harbor and the bowling alley, they were not getting to spend as much time with their families, Wisdom said.
Washington’s minimum wage will increase to $9.32 per hour beginning Jan. 1.
The state department of labor and industries calculates the state’s minimum wage each year as required by Initiative 688.
The 13-cent-per-hour increase, from $9.19 to $9.32 an hour, reflects a 1.455 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI‑W) over the last 12 months ending August 31.
Business owner Vanda Coleman is dancing her way to a new location in downtown Oak Harbor.
Her store, Fantasia Boutique, moved to 665 Southeast Pioneer Way two weeks ago, and Coleman is excited to be there.
“At the old location, we were upstairs and it wasn’t working,” Coleman said. “We wanted to make sure everyone could reach us.”
The boutique supplies island residents with quality dance equipment, such as shoes, practice wear, performance outfits and more.
As pretty as some birdhouses go, the ones that make Mike Dessert cuckoo are those outfitted with a tiny stick poking out of the front.
“If you ever see a birdhouse that has a perch, it’s not a real birdhouse,” Dessert said. “You don’t find perches around cavity holes in the wild. There’s a reason for that. It’s so predatory birds don’t eat the young birds.
