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A curious goat takes break from clearing blackberry bushes to check out a Record reporter Monday. Goat owner Carol Osterman and property owner Julie Bean are in the background.

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Herd of landscaping goats returns to South End

They’re baaaack. Carol Osterman’s famous herd of landscape clearing goats returned to South Whidbey last week, and as…

Dawn M. Chapel

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Phase 3 yields promise

A piece of property off of Highway 525 is being considered for purchase by the Freeland Water and…

Freeland resident Keith Anderson walks through empty campgrounds at South Whidbey State Park on Tuesday. The grounds

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Officials confirm South Whidbey State Park will transition to day-use only

It appears the campground closure at South Whidbey State Park may be permanent.

JoAnn Baker

Business

South Whidbey Record welcomes new marketing consultant

The South Whidbey Record has hired JoAnn Baker as its new marketing consultant.

Opinion

EDITOR’S COLUMN | Waiting for candidates akin to Christmas eve

It’s Friday morning, the sun is shining and next week is filing week. That might not get a…

Clinton residents Don Johnston and Cindy Weeks

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Hearts & Hammers: Volunteers fix, repair more than 30 homes on work day

The garden is weeded, the grass cut, the rotten deck boards replaced, the roof is blessedly free of…

Theresa Johnson

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Barber says adieu to Whidbey clients, friends after 30 years

After nearly three decades of cutting hair on South Whidbey, Theresa Johnson set down her shears for good…

Vicki Taylor of Wolf Hollow releases a bald eagle in Freeland Thursday. The bird was injured in February.

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Freeland bald eagle lives to soar again

An injured bald eagle from the Freeland area was released back into the wild Thursday.

Sage

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South End PR firm owner arrested, charged with child rape

A Langley man who ran a public relations firm on South Whidbey turned himself in Monday after being…

Melene Thompson was hired by the Port of South Whidbey as the property manager of the Island County Fairgrounds.

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New Island County fairgrounds manager eager to see growth

Meet Melene Thompson. She’s already well-known to people on South Whidbey, but will likely become even more familiar…

J. Glenn Mutti-Driscoll

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Drilling for answers

J. Glenn Mutti-Driscoll, a hydrogeologist with Seattle-based Pacific Groundwater Group, looked at a core sample dug on a…

Opinion

EDITOR’S COLUMN | A rebirth for Clinton?

I thought with regular exercise one is supposed to lose weight. What a crock. Six pounds. Six. Pounds.…

Master boat builder Brad Rice secures the bow of the folding boat he made for Bob Kertell. He’s moving to Europe and needs a boat that would fit into a 20-foot container.

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Frog Prince makes debut on Lone Lake | CORRECTED

A maritime marvel literally unfolded before a crowd at Lone Lake this week.