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    Articles by Ben Watanabe
    Nighttime bandits burglarize popular Langley rug shop
    Nighttime bandits burglarize popular Langley rug shop
    By Ben Watanabe • April 17, 2015 6:47 pm

    Music for the Eyes, an exotic jewelry, attire and rug shop in Langley, was burglarized this week.

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    Mo Hamsa pitches against Cedar Park Christian in the first game of a 1A Cascade Conference baseball doubleheader April 15. He threw six innings and struck out eight.
    Baseball splits crucial Cedar Park doubleheader
    By Ben Watanabe • April 17, 2015 6:45 pm

    Thanks to some timely two-out hits and solid starting pitching, South Whidbey baseball won the first game of a doubleheader against Cedar Park Christian on Wednesday.

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    Bayley Gochanour lunges to stop a shot by Archbishop Murphy’s Courtney Skalley on April 14. The Falcon sophomore rallied from a first-set loss to win a third-set super tiebreaker 10-7.
    Strong win over Wildcats undone by loss to...
    By Ben Watanabe • April 17, 2015 6:44 pm

    A bit of a rain delay Tuesday only prolonged a match that was quickly in the South Whidbey girls tennis team’s court.

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    More than 100 people filed into Langley United Methodist Church’s fellowship hall to hear the city present options for marina access. No decision was made
    Langley marina access/bluff conveyance meeting draws crowds, but...
    By Ben Watanabe • April 17, 2015 6:43 pm

    Langley got its first sweeping look at projects that could better connect its commercial and residential areas to its waterfront and marina at the long-awaited charrette Tuesday night.

    Despite all of the blustery gusto and tension leading up to a public meeting about marina access project options in Langley, the meeting itself was befittingly calm for the Village by the Sea.

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    SLIDESHOW | Five-run second innings lifts Lakewood | FALCON BASEBALL
    SLIDESHOW | Five-run second innings lifts Lakewood |...
    By Ben Watanabe • April 15, 2015 2:31 pm

    Lakewood baseball completed its Cascade Conference season sweep of South Whidbey with a 9-6 win April 10 in Langley.

    The Cougars scored the majority of their runs in the second inning, padded their lead a couple more times and held off the Falcons.

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    Langley Mayor Fred McCarthy announced this week he won’t seek re-election this November.
    McCarthy to sit out mayor’s race
    By Ben Watanabe • April 14, 2015 4:00 pm

    Langley will be without an incumbent in the 2015 mayoral election.

    Mayor Fred McCarthy announced his decision not to seek re-election Monday morning. In an interview with The Record, he said he wants to pursue other interests, chief among them his family.

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    Jeff Meier passes against Cedar Park Christian earlier this season. He has scored three hat tricks thus far after recording his most recent three-goal game against Sultan on April 13.
    South Whidbey soccer thumps Lakewood, Sultan
    By Ben Watanabe • April 14, 2015 4:57 pm

    Eight different South Whidbey boys soccer players scored as the team rebounded from its second loss of the season with a 10-0 win over Lakewood on Friday.

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    South Whidbey senior Campbell Albertsen is tagged out at first base against Lakewood on April 10.
    Cougars roar past Falcon baseball
    By Ben Watanabe • April 14, 2015 4:56 pm

    A five-run second inning leaped the Lakewood Cougars baseball squad past South Whidbey to a 9-6 win on a wet and windy Friday.

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    Langley Mayor Fred McCarthy announced today that he will not seek reelection this November.
    Langley mayor bows out of 2015 race
    By Ben Watanabe • April 13, 2015 2:52 pm

    Langley’s 2015 mayoral race will not include Fred McCarthy.

    The mayor announced in a Monday morning email to The Record that he will not seek reelection this November. In a follow up phone call, he promised to serve out the remainder of his term but confirmed his plans to sit this race out.

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    A Langley resident dropped off this handbill on doors around Langley
    Handbill kerfuffle inflames Langley conveyance dispute
    By Ben Watanabe • April 10, 2015 6:49 pm

    Community discord over a proposed conveyance project in Langley reached new heights this week following the distribution of handbills that appear to encourage residents to highjack the agenda of Tuesday’s charrette with an unplanned vote.

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    Madelyn Howe
    Langley Whale Center, Main Street Assn. look for...
    By Ben Watanabe • April 10, 2015 6:46 pm

    The Langley Whale Center is preparing to move after celebrating its first year in business.

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    Falcon seniors Jeff Meier and Kai da Rosa (11) leap to try to head the ball in the waning minutes of a Cascade Conference soccer match against Cedarcrest on April 7.
    Quick Cedarcrest score stuns Falcons soccer
    By Ben Watanabe • April 10, 2015 6:44 pm

    A quick Cedarcrest score clipped the once high-flying Falcon boys soccer team and was essentially a gut-punch that led to a 2-1 loss on Tuesday.

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    SLIDESHOW | Quick goal puts soccer in hole against Cedarcrest | FALCON BOYS SOCCER
    SLIDESHOW | Quick goal puts soccer in hole...
    By Ben Watanabe • April 10, 2015 6:04 pm

    Cedarcrest scored the first goal in the second minute against South Whidbey in a Cascade Conference boys soccer match April 7. The Red Wolves took a 2-1 lead and held off the Falcons’ furious last-minute charges.

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