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Rene Neff stands at Hladky Park in Langley overlooking Saratoga Passage. The city councilwoman was successfully treated for breast cancer in 1988 and had a double mastectomy in 2012 to significantly reduce her future risk.

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Councilwoman Rene Neff chooses life

Rene Neff considers herself fortunate. She’s a retired teacher, a Langley city councilwoman, former art gallery owner, wife,…

Debbie Larson visits with Deborah Livesey

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Clinton author with MS finds her voice after losing her speech

Deborah Livesey found her voice even as she lost the ability to speak. The 63-year-old Clinton woman wrote…

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Planners expect little to no growth in Clinton by 2017

Clinton is likely to stay much as it is today for at least the next two years.

Daniel Thomis inspects the gravity of one of his concoctions at Double Bluff Brewing Company

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LOVE AT FIRST FLIGHT: Biermeister has Village by the Sea hopping

Something’s been brewing in Langley, and it has nothing to do with a funicular, rabbits or mayoral races.

Langley Mayor Fred McCarthy speaks to the city council about the city’s role in finding a solution to the rabbit population during the council’s meeting Monday

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Bunny problem not city’s fault, Langley councilman says

Bunnies, bunnies, bunnies. It’s about all some people talk about in Langley these days, even in the hallowed…

Brian Kenney

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Hark back to a time of classics with Island Consort

A chorus of strings, woodwinds, voices and a harpsichord will resound through the sanctuary of the Unitarian Universalist…

Hospital board candidate Georgia Gardner

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Whidbey General Hospital hopefuls make affiliation plans clear, Langley mayoral candidates say ‘no’ to funicular, ‘yes’ to diversifying economy

Six people hoping to fill three positions in the general election this November answered a string of questions…

Ensuring that cars are not parked and left on Ferry Dock Road is a high priority for the Clinton Community Council

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Clinton pushes for Ferry Dock Road changes, awaiting port study

Despite a handful of “for lease” signs that dot Highway 525, a group of a dozen people is…

Ida Gianopulos holds up a tiny mushroom she spotted in South Whidbey State Park.

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Fungi fever grips South Whidbey activities

Only a few steps into the Wilbert Trail at South Whidbey State Park, Ida Gianopulos is already rooting…

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The Record to hold election forum tonight

Election season is ramping up with the first of three October forums taking place on the South End…

Langley is practically eliminating its urban growth area

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Langley UGA change dispute settled with county’s help

Amid discord and disagreement between Langley City Hall and the planning advisory board over how much land was…

A pack of feral domestic rabbits loiter on an athletic field at Langley Middle School. The small cluster represents a much larger issue of voracious Velveteens eating landscaping and burrowing under the fields and people's yards.

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Bunny battle divides Village by the Sea

With the city, port and school district waiting to declare a course of action on what some fear…

Robert “Dusty” Dawson shows off the gear he will tote for the next two years as he walks across the 50 United States of America. He is starting his trek — a way of raising awareness about veterans for Wounded Warrior Project and the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans — Oct. 1 in Freeland.

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Trek for the troops – Retired Army man gears up for cross-country walk

Retired Army man gears up for cross-country walk to draw attention to veterans’ struggles