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    Articles by Emily Gilbert
    The Oystercatcher’s owner and chef, Tyler Hansen, prepares a dozen 3 Sisters beef bolognese lasagnas to go on the shelves at 3 Sisters Market. Photo by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times
    Chef liaises with other business owners
    By Emily Gilbert • April 6, 2021 1:30 pm

    A Coupeville chef has expanded his partnership with local business owners to help his restaurant survive during the coronavirus pandemic.

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    Multiple fire agencies responded to a mobile home in Oak Harbor Sunday night. Photo by Bryan Fick/WestCoast Fire Media
    Drain cleaner ignites fire that decimates Oak Harbor...
    By Emily Gilbert • March 30, 2021 1:30 pm

    No one was injured by the flames although one of the occupants lost three rats.

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    Rishi Sharma checks levels in his camera before interviewing WWII combat veteran Frank Burns of Freeland last Saturday. Sharma travels the country interviewing WWII combat veterans for his oral history project and nonprofit, Heroes of the Second World War. Photo by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times
    Recording for posterity tales of WWII vets across...
    By Emily Gilbert • March 30, 2021 1:30 pm

    Rishi Sharma has met more than 1,100 World War II combat veterans to document their stories.

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    Whidbey schools to receive millions in federal stimulus
    Whidbey schools to receive millions in federal stimulus
    By Emily Gilbert • March 26, 2021 1:30 pm

    The COVID-19 relief package includes more than $122 billion for K-12 education across the nation.

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    Judy Thorpe, left, Tracy Weissel, Sarah Westcott and Michael Thorpe listen to the audience during a community meeting at the Central Whidbey Sportsmen’s Association in Coupeville last Friday. About 40 people came to the meeting to discuss their concerns about the Whidbey Homeless Coalition’s proposed emergency overnight shelter on Morris Road near Coupeville. Photo by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times
    325 people sign petition opposing new shelter
    By Emily Gilbert • March 23, 2021 1:30 am

    Forty people gathered Thursday at the Central Whidbey Sportsmen’s Association to voice their concerns about the shelter.

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    Photo by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times
    Port reflects on 2020, looks at projects, possible...
    By Emily Gilbert • March 19, 2021 1:30 am

    Port officials are considering asking voters for a levy to tackle large capital maintenance projects at its historic properties, including the iconic Greenbank Farm and Coupeville Wharf.

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    Blake Lewis, 7, at Bush Point where he threw a message in a bottle out to sea. Ruth Smethers later picked it up in Port Townsend. Photo provided by Jessie Lewis
    Writer, finder connected over message in bottle
    By Emily Gilbert • March 16, 2021 1:30 pm

    The message traveled all the way from Bush Point to Port Townsend.

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    Oak Harbor sets virtual open house on Harbor Heights
    Oak Harbor sets virtual open house on Harbor...
    By Emily Gilbert • March 9, 2021 3:30 pm

    Public comment sought on future 75-acre regional park

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    Photo by Bob VonDrachek
One photographer spotted a gray whale the morning of March 8 from the public parking lot at Hidden Beach in Greenbank.
    Homecoming: Gray whales return to Whidbey waters
    By Emily Gilbert • March 9, 2021 3:30 pm

    The gentle giants include a well-known gray that has been coming back each year for 30 years.

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Photo by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times
    First lady Jill Biden talks to families at...
    By Emily Gilbert • March 9, 2021 2:10 pm

    First lady Dr. Jill Biden met with local families to listen to their concerns.

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    WhidbeyHealth EMS, North Whidbey Fire and Rescue, a Navy Search and Rescue team and state parks personnel all responded to the call for help. Photo provided by NWFR.
    With tide rising, girl, 10, rescued from mud...
    By Emily Gilbert • March 2, 2021 1:30 pm

    The water was up to the girl’s shoulders by the time rescuers were able to free her.

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    Coupeville Middle School students are returning to campus, but not for class
    Coupeville Middle School students are returning to campus,...
    By Emily Gilbert • March 2, 2021 1:30 pm

    Students in grades 6-8 will return to campus on March 8 in the afternoons for two days a week.

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    Debbie Jackson photo of European starlings at home in Penn Cove.
    Winged creatures take flight during snow
    By Emily Gilbert • February 23, 2021 1:30 pm

    A Penn Cove photographer was graced by the presence of several species of birds.

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