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    Tractor tug nears completion in Langley
    By Jim Larsen • April 5, 2013 5:20 pm

    Finishing work on Nichols Brothers Boat Builders’ latest tugboat should be completed soon at its Langley facility.

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    A Krieg Construction worker crosses First Street where flowering plum trees were removed Wednesday. At left is the entry to the Inn at Langley.
    Flowering trees fall, complaints erupt in Langley
    By Jim Larsen • April 5, 2013 5:06 pm

    Removal of flowering trees as part of Langley’s First Street waterline project prompted an explanation and apology from Mayor Fred McCarthy.

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    Irene Magnuson
    A Holmes Harbor Rod & Gun club Easter...
    By Jim Larsen • April 2, 2013 4:14 pm

    Here are a few photos from the Easter egg hunt at Holmes Harbor Rod & Gun Club on March 30.

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    A 45-minute walk every day keeps cats like these
    Control those natural-born killer kitties, Whidbey
    By Jim Larsen • April 2, 2013 3:58 pm

    As a bird lover and cat lover who’s allergic to cats, Linda Bainbridge has had to make some unusual adjustments in her life.

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    With their summer home floating in the background in Mutiny Bay
    Barge brings home from reservation to Whidbey
    By Jim Larsen • March 29, 2013 6:22 pm

    One person’s loss is another’s gain, which means there was one happy family Wednesday when a barge brought a fine, two-story house to the shores of Whidbey Island at Mutiny Bay.

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    Freeland Water and Sewer District commissioners review the state auditor's report. From the left are Lou Malzone
    Water, sewer auditor awaits Freeland’s response
    By Jim Larsen • March 29, 2013 6:19 pm

    Freeland Water and Sewer District commissioners will meet Monday to discuss a response to a sometimes-neg- ative state auditor’s report presented this week in a small meeting room packed with approximately 20 people.

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    Freeland sewer district’s purchase of Holmes Harbor Golf Course nears
    Freeland sewer district’s purchase of Holmes Harbor Golf...
    By Jim Larsen • March 29, 2013 5:52 pm

    After months of discussions, it appears the Holmes Harbor Sewer District is about to buy itself a golf course and then lease it out to someone else.

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    Whidbey Telecom employee Marius Artis wires the security system for the new gun store going in at Ken’s Korner Mall. With cameras and motion detectors to deal with
    Gun shop readies to open next week in...
    By Jim Larsen • March 29, 2013 5:51 pm

    Next week if all goes as planned South Whidbey residents looking for a rifle or handgun won’t have to go to Oak Harbor or the mainland.

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    Langley Postmaster Jack Harrington listens to a question posed by Ronin Fisher as other second graders mingle behind them in the post office lobby.
    Second graders live story in Langley post office
    By Jim Larsen • March 26, 2013 6:41 pm

    A storyteller with help from teacher Leslie Woods brought a busload of second graders to the Langley Post Office earlier this month.

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    Amanda Gates shows a wounded arm and pokes her fingers through a hole in her jacket’s hood made by a dog bite. Since the thick hood covered her neck
    Bleeding Clinton woman crawls, screams to escape attacking...
    By Jim Larsen • March 26, 2013 6:07 pm

    A young Clinton woman feels she was lucky to escape death when attacked by a vicious dog, leaving her with serious head wounds and other bites to her back and arms.

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    Audit tells the toll on Freeland Water and Sewer District
    Audit tells the toll on Freeland Water and...
    By Jim Larsen • March 22, 2013 6:50 pm

    One of the commissioners elected to clean up financing within the Freeland Water and Sewer District sums up a state audit by saying, “There really wasn’t any fraud, nothing criminal, nobody made money or took money, it was just ignorance and incompetence.”

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    Drivers pull off Highway 525 en masse Friday morning in Greenbank. A snow storm caught Whidbey Island by surprise and sent many cars and drivers into ditches.
    Spring snow surprises South Whidbey | UPDATE
    By Jim Larsen • March 22, 2013 11:58 am

    An unexpected spring snowstorm hit South Whidbey and much of the surrounding area Friday morning, burying daffodils in the white stuff and causing some helpless motorists to slide into the ditch.

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    The Army Corps of Engineers alleges Nichols Brothers never applied for
    Nichols Brothers lacked permit to move ferry in...
    By Jim Larsen • March 12, 2013 8:19 pm

    Nichols Brothers Boat Builders launched the superstructure of the new state ferry Tokitae into the cold waters of Holmes Harbor, and now find themselves in hot water with the Army Corps of Engineers.

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