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The Oak Harbor School District Board of Directors will soon begin to decide how much to spend on the expansion and remodeling of the high school, and whether that expansion package will include a new sports facility on high school grounds. Costs could go as high as $50 million.
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The garden cleanup is complete. The perennials are snuggling under a cozy blanket of mulch. The lawn has had its final fertilizer of the season; new bulbs are tucked in the ground for spring. The garden hoses have been drained and stored, the rain barrel covered. Now, as winter approaches, we find ourselves spending less time in the garden, and more time nesting indoors.
Even though the weather has been more for hunting, many local areas know that when the winter winds start to blow, it is time to start thinking about blackmouth. Blackmouth are not a separate species of salmon, rather they are juvenile kings. They are given the name blackmouth because of the color of the gums.
A man lost all his possessions along with his boat to a fire that broke out Friday afternoon in Cornet Bay.
The Coupeville volleyball team heads out on a little road trip tomorrow.
With the ongoing terrorist activities in our world, many of us are craving the comfort foods of our past.
The final stage of the North Whidbey Skate Park was officially opened Saturday, and now the facility belongs entirely to the kids.
With just 6,124 ballots counted in Island County late Tuesday night, most election contests are too close to call, but so far the incumbents in the various races seem to be making a strong showing.
It also looks like a lean fiscal times ahead for both local county and city governments, as the property tax limit initiative, I-747, passes handily.
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