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    Langley chocolate shop owner shares 10-year recipe of...
    By Ben Watanabe • August 25, 2015 5:25 pm

    The smell is intoxicating in Sweet Mona’s, and wherever owner Mona Newbauer visits after work in her Langley chocolate shop.

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    Tim Leonard inspects the driver’s seat of his Soup Box Derby racer
    Soup Box Derby becomes race for remembering
    By Ben Watanabe • August 21, 2015 6:30 pm

    Another name in memoriam will be included in the upcoming Langley Soup Box Derby.

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    Langley considering uploading council meeting audio online
    Langley considering uploading council meeting audio online
    By Ben Watanabe • August 21, 2015 6:28 pm

    Putting audio recordings of city council meetings online is on Langley’s list of things to do.

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    Langley Police Chief Dave Marks (right) addresses the city council Monday concerning noise at Mo’s Pub.
    Langley cops serve popular pub first noise fine
    By Ben Watanabe • August 21, 2015 6:27 pm

    Langley city leaders were wondering this week how to permanently resolve long-standing conflicts between residents and a neighboring tavern.

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    LAKE performs at a recent show at the SOhO in Santa Barbara
    LAKE, 10 years later: Olympia indie band with...
    By Ben Watanabe • August 18, 2015 6:33 pm

    Ten years later, LAKE has plenty to sing about.

    The indie pop band that sprung from Olympia’s music scene a decade ago is returning to frontman Eli Moore’s hometown for a free 10-year anniversary performance Aug. 22. LAKE will play every song from its 10 albums (seven published, three unreleased), an estimated 120 pieces, during a 12-hour marathon at Bayview Hall this Saturday.

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    Duaine Weston
    Dog House howls quieted with City Hall assurances
    By Ben Watanabe • August 18, 2015 6:16 pm

    The Dog House Tavern land swap deal is still on the table and is actively being pursued, Langley city leaders affirmed this week.

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    Walk-on passengers prepare to disembark from the Tokitae on Thursday morning.
    Port of South Whidbey to back parking study...
    By Ben Watanabe • August 18, 2015 6:12 pm

    Overnight parking in Mukilteo recently took another step toward becoming reality — some day.

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    Bonnie Nichols holds a pink salmon she just landed at Bush Point on Aug. 13 with her daughter
    Freeland Ace/Fishin’ Club Pink Salmon Derby celebrates community,...
    By Ben Watanabe • August 14, 2015 6:41 pm

    Bonnie Nichols likes her chances to claim a prize at the upcoming Freeland Ace Hardware/Fishin’ Club Pink Salmon Derby next Saturday.

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    Brad Johnson
    Freelanders tell county they want smallest urban growth...
    By Ben Watanabe • August 14, 2015 6:37 pm

    A small and vocal crowd of Freeland residents let Island County planners know Thursday they wanted the smallest possible urban growth area boundary.

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    American Legion Riders drive along as part of the Whidbey Island Fair parade on Langley Road toward the Island County Fairgrounds on Saturday
    Confederate flags flown in Whidbey Island Fair parade...
    By Ben Watanabe • August 11, 2015 4:58 pm

    A different set of stars and bars drew the ire and attention of plenty of people at the Whidbey Island Fair parade Saturday.

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    Elizabeth Derrig
    Luise’s legacy: German composer’s descendant brings music to...
    By Ben Watanabe • August 8, 2015 6:00 am

    A German woman’s compositions will be played in full on Whidbey Island with the first Luise Greger International Music Festival this month.

    Luise Greger, a German composer whose works from the early 1900s were discovered only recently in the past two decades, will receive a new life. She is featured in Brigham Young University’s list, The Sophie Project, of German-speaking women’s works. Deer Lagoon-area resident Elizabeth Derrig, Greger’s great-great granddaughter, organized the Aug. 14-15 festival in honor of her ancestor.

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    Barry and Lilly van Gerbig opened Fair Trade Outfitters in early July
    New Langley shop with fair trade mindset opens
    By Ben Watanabe • August 7, 2015 7:48 pm

    Lilly and Barry van Gerbig are taking a stand and an admittedly exciting and nerve-wracking risk by opening their store, Fair Trade Outfitters.

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    Maddie Heiser of Mill Creek and Taryn Cook of Mill Creek spin around in one of the rides at the Whidbey Island Fair. The girls were visiting Whidbey Island where Cook's grandmother
    Whidbey Island Fair slides to start with plenty...
    By Ben Watanabe • August 7, 2015 7:42 pm

    The signs that the 91st Whidbey Island Fair has begun are noticeable well before any waft of fried food, blaring tunes of stage music or shrieks of ecstasy from rides.

    Cars lined Camano Avenue/Langley Road, and the few paid parking lots were already smattered with cars before noon on the fair’s opening day on Thursday.

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