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    Articles by Ben Watanabe
    South Whidbey Reign get together for one final photo as a premier Washington Youth Soccer U-19 club that played together since 2007. From left to right are Lochlan Roberts
    Tournament loss ends Reign soccer team’s 8-year run
    By Ben Watanabe • March 4, 2015 6:00 pm

    The South Whidbey Reign’s rule of the state championship is over after the boys U-19 soccer club lost 3-0 to Seattle United on Feb. 8 in Tukwila.

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    An overhead view of the location of the funicular
    Council eyes date, agrees to seek port data...
    By Ben Watanabe • March 3, 2015 6:28 pm

    Heeding the words of several residents, the Langley City Council agreed to task the planning director with gathering data on the marina’s visits and projections ahead of a public input meeting in late March.

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    Langley nixes food trucks from annual event
    Langley nixes food trucks from annual event
    By Ben Watanabe • March 3, 2015 5:53 pm

    Food trucks with city-issued licenses will have to look elsewhere than downtown Langley during Choochokam Arts Festival weekend.

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    Chris Tormey is leaving the Falcon football team.
    Falcon coach takes job with CFL Montreal Alouettes
    By Ben Watanabe • February 27, 2015 7:19 pm

    Falcon football head coach Chris Tormey is one and done at South Whidbey High School.

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    The Dog House Tavern in Langley was appraised for a land swap
    Dog House appraisal outlines parameters for land swap
    By Ben Watanabe • February 27, 2015 7:16 pm

    The long awaited land appraisal for the Dog House Tavern is finally complete, and the solution to reopening the Langley landmark may be a “reduced value” property swap.

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    Langley City Council to revisit mayor’s salary | CORRECTED
    Langley City Council to revisit mayor’s salary |...
    By Ben Watanabe • February 24, 2015 4:00 pm

    Four elected positions in the City of Langley are up for election this fall, and chief among them is the mayor’s seat.

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    SLIDESHOW | City of Langley becomes center of amateur sleuthing for “It’s No Laughing Murder” mystery weekend
    SLIDESHOW | City of Langley becomes center of...
    By Ben Watanabe • February 24, 2015 6:49 pm

    Langley was aflutter with amateur crime scene investigators and wannabe Sherlock Holmeses and Matlocks for the 31st annual Langley Mystery Weekend, “It’s No Laughing Murder.”

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    Wrestlers prepare to start the Mat Classic XXVII all-classification wrestling tournament at the Tacoma Dome on Friday
    Disputed calls, close losses cost Falcon wrestler
    By Ben Watanabe • February 24, 2015 6:35 pm

    A couple of close matches, both losses, bumped South Whidbey High School from the 1A state Mat Classic wrestling tournament Friday.

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    Annie Zeck
    1,000+ swarm Langley to solve deadly, fictional deed
    By Ben Watanabe • February 24, 2015 6:29 pm

    A bit of sunshine helped cast a bright light on a dark deed in Langley over the weekend for its annual murder mystery.

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    South Whidbey High School sophomore wrestler Hunter Newman
    Reaching Mat Classic meant sacrifice for Hunter Newman
    By Ben Watanabe • February 20, 2015 6:43 pm

    If fate and destiny exist, then wrestling was always Hunter Newman’s future.

    The South Whidbey High School sophomore’s dad is the Falcon wrestling team’s assistant coach, and Newman practically grew up in the mat room. Its white walls were his crib cage and its padded blue mats his playground.

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    Brian Iverson
    Langley officials looking into possible firehouse sale
    By Ben Watanabe • February 20, 2015 6:30 pm

    The longtime commercial tenant of the old firehouse in Langley wants to buy the publicly-owned building, and city officials are considering it.

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    South Whidbey Fire/EMS volunteer Jon Gabelein treks up the steps of the Langley Fire Station to demonstrate the climb he'll do at the Columbia Tower in Seattle in March. He's practicing and raising funds Saturday
    South Whidbey firefighters prep for Columbia Tower climb...
    By Ben Watanabe • February 18, 2015 4:43 pm

    A couple of firefighters from South Whidbey have a big climb ahead of them.

    Will Piepenbrink and Jon Gabelein, both volunteer firefighters with South Whidbey Fire/EMS, are planning to tackle the Firefighter Stairclimb on March 8. The annual event is the largest climb in the world and takes place at Seattle’s Columbia Tower.

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    Hunter Newman
    South Whidbey’s Hunter Newman qualifies for wrestling Mat...
    By Ben Watanabe • February 17, 2015 5:53 pm

    South Whidbey High School will be represented at the wrestling tournament in Tacoma this weekend.

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