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Damian Greene and Linda Racicot take their oaths to faithfully serve the school district at the board meeting Nov. 30. Both won unchallenged seats on the South Whidbey School Board.

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New school board will move to reverse LMS closure

LANGLEY — Langley Middle School is going to stay open next school year. A resolution to close the…

Sam Lee passes to Taylor Simmons as Zach Comfort defends the paint during practice.

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Inexperienced squad sets goal to surprise league | FALCONS WINTER SPORTS PREVIEW

LANGLEY — Henry Pope landed his dream job last year coaching the Falcon boys basketball team. He had…

Becky Ward waves to passing traffic on the corner of Maxwelton Road and Highway 525 on Monday afternoon. She was just one of 18 teachers from the union South Whidbey Education Association who rallied against proposed budget cuts as state legislators meet in a special session to reduce its  deficit.

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Teachers, South Whidbey school district officials unite against state budget cuts

LANGLEY — Teachers, parents, students, school board members and the school superintendent stood together Monday to protest further…

Avery Buechner filled a lot of roles on the Falcon football team. The senior was a  quarterback

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Despite injuries, Buechner voted to all-conference football teams

LANGLEY — Avery Buechner, all 200 pounds of him, liked running into the other football team’s players. On…

Krista Holmberg and her mother Ann Spink celebrated the recent opening of their new store

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New Langley cupcake shop offers local names, ingredients

LANGLEY — There’s a new spot to satiate a sweet tooth on the South End — Whidbey Cupcakes.…

Cortney Fredriksen

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Senior moments: Falcon girls soccer seniors take pride in improvement, unity

South Whidbey’s four senior co-captains led a young, inexperienced squad to two more victories than the 2010 season,…

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Friend of victims creates tribute shirts to help families

For some, there was a sense of helplessness following the car crash that killed three young men on…

Joan Smith cooks turkeys at the Eagles Aerie kitchen near Freeland in preparation for the Mobile Turkey Unit delivery.  Smith is part of a team of volunteers who carry out the legacy of Tom Arontas

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Tom Arhontas’ legacy continues with all the fixings

Cooking 14 turkeys is a bit odd for Joan Smith.

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Family offers forgiveness at memorial for crash victim

Sorrow, laughter and forgiveness — along with hundreds of people — filled South Whidbey Assembly of God for…

House of Prayer pastor Glen Horn presents a check to Lori Cavender

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Cranberry Festival leads to generous donation to Ryan’s House

Cranberries, a tart Thanksgiving dinner staple, were real sweet for Lori Cavender. Thanks to House of Prayer and…

Falcon girls soccer senior defender Brianna Haimes was voted to the all-Cascade Conference second team.

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‘Natural’ ability earns all-conference soccer award for Haimes

South Whidbey senior defender Brianna Haimes was voted to the all-Cascade Conference girls soccer second team.

Mary Stewart and Gayle Austin

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Dozens turn out for Occupy Langley

The Occupy movement settled into the Village by the Sea last week. A couple dozen people occupied the…

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Lessons from a life cut short: Friends, family pay tribute to accident victim

FREELAND — Energy was abundant in Robert Bruce Knight. Whether he used it to break out a 30-yard…