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    Articles by Ben Watanabe
    The new Mukilteo terminal's east elevators (left near stairs) are now open. They're located just a few steps from the transit center. (Washington State Ferries)
    Study examines Everett-Whidbey passenger ferry service
    By Ben Watanabe • February 26, 2021 1:30 am

    So far, no government is seriously considering such a service, which would cost millions of dollars.

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    Parking spaces to be striped behind Langley post office barricade
    Parking spaces to be striped behind Langley post...
    By Ben Watanabe • March 29, 2016 6:48 pm

    Facing the reality that the one-time, interim access from Third Street to Second Street through the post office lot is no more, Langley’s mayor is hoping to make lemonade out of lemons, so to speak.

    Mayor Tim Callison has a plan to stripe a few more parking spaces adjacent to the concrete barriers set near the former Third Street access to the post office parking lot. That area of Third Street already offers public parking and essentially operates as a dead-end lot. A private home blocks Third Street from connecting to Cascade Avenue, just east of the post office. Parking spaces are available on either side of the road, from Anthes Avenue to the dead end. Among persistent criticism that there is not enough parking in the downtown hub, any additional parking is welcome.

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    Langley city leaders are considering adding stop signs into and out of town on Third Street/Brooks Hill Road near Coles Road.
    Coles Road stop sign necessary, Langley residents say;...
    By Ben Watanabe • March 22, 2016 6:29 pm

    Langley, a city without a single signal light, is thinking about putting in a couple more stop signs at one of its gateways.

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    Langley City Council nixes proposed business restrictions
    Langley City Council nixes proposed business restrictions
    By Ben Watanabe • March 22, 2016 6:20 pm

    The Langley City Council this week rejected a first-draft proposal from city hall to lobby state regulators to place restrictions on the liquor license of Spyhop, the new restaurant and lounge trying to open up in the space formerly occupied by Mo’s Pub & Eatery.

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    Jennifer Krouse arranges some stuffed animal rabbits in her shop
    Bunny fever grips Langley stores, ready to hop...
    By Ben Watanabe • March 18, 2016 6:54 pm

    Bunny fever has gripped Langley’s stores, and now the merchants are coordinating a new event in honor of the little critters bounding around town.

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    Cj & Y Decadent Desserts hopes to carry on the quality made famous by JW Desserts.
    New famous Clinton cake shop owners promise same...
    By Ben Watanabe • March 18, 2016 6:48 pm

    JW Desserts, a South Whidbey bakery that achieved national fame, is no more, but in its place is something just as sweet.

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    Culinary scholarship struggles to find any takers
    Culinary scholarship struggles to find any takers
    By Ben Watanabe • March 18, 2016 6:45 pm

    Like so many dishes, a Whidbey scholarship board is having a hard time finding the right ingredients to entice would-be chefs to apply for a culinary school award.

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    Jill Johnson
    Restoring an epic tradition: Langley woman to help...
    By Ben Watanabe • March 11, 2016 7:21 pm

    Telling a nearly 1,500-year-old Celtic story is challenging on its own. Memorizing it is another task entirely, and one Jill Johnson of Langley is taking on with a dozen other storytellers March 19 in Seattle.

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    Langley roosters rescued
    Langley roosters rescued
    By Ben Watanabe • March 11, 2016 6:57 pm

    Like a fox in a hen house at night, a South Whidbey woman plucked chickens on the loose in Langley one by one this past week, but a couple of cluckers eluded her.

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    Langley Mayor Tim Callison explains the process ahead of the Spyhop owners for obtaining a business license to the Langley City Council on Monday night.
    Liquor license for lounge at old Mo’s Pub...
    By Ben Watanabe • March 8, 2016 6:00 pm

    The usually simple approval of a liquor license request turned into a long discussion of past problems being projected onto a new business in Langley.

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    Langley mayor picks 20-year veteran to head Langley planning dept.
    Langley mayor picks 20-year veteran to head Langley...
    By Ben Watanabe • March 8, 2016 5:31 pm

    Langley’s new planner is a nearby foreigner with expertise in environmental sustainability and affordable housing.

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    Yvette Lantz inspects a coral bark maple in her friend Christine Johnson’s back yard in Langley. Both women are officers in the South Whidbey Garden Club
    Gardeners of South Whidbey continue philanthropy, spreading natural...
    By Ben Watanabe • March 8, 2016 5:19 pm

    Winter is no time to rest for the busy bodies of the South Whidbey Garden Club.

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    Alicia Clancy tweezes customer Bridgit Howard's eyebrows during a recent visit to the one-chair salon in Clinton. The Freeland woman opened the business in a former espresso stand along the highway near the ferry terminal.
    Big dreams brew in a small space: Clinton...
    By Ben Watanabe • March 8, 2016 5:18 pm

    Alicia Clancy has a grand vision brewing in Clinton, and it only requires a small footprint.

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    • Community land trust focuses on affordable housing on Whidbey
    • New South Whidbey fire chief outlines plans for district
    • Roadside homeless camp on North Whidbey raises concern
    • Federal money to help electrify Clinton ferry dock
    • Port of Coupeville to make offer on Oak Harbor airport

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