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Artists of South Whidbey sell holiday cards such as this one by Judith Burns at several businesses around town. Find them at Casey’s Crafts in Bayview

Life

Happy holiday shopping at gift shows around South Whidbey

There's plenty of unique, delicious, beautiful, wild and crazy gifts out there, but South Whidbey has the lion's…

Kim Allen

News

Decorators make trees shine bright at Festival of Trees benefit on South Whidbey

They come with their flocking, their flugels, their popcorn and shells.They’re armed with bright ribbons, baubles and glistening…

Eileen Soskin on piano and singer Laurie Hungerford Flint rehearse in preparation for the opening of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Whidbey Island's Winter Concert Series. The women will present French and American Art Songs at Trinity Lutheran Church in Freeland at 3 p.m. Sunday

Life

Concert series opens with poetic art songs in Freeland

From life, to the poet, to composer, to performer, to audience.

“Moo!

Life

Beautiful life reflected in paint by Clinton artist

FREELAND — Artist Danielle Christian, who is eight months pregnant, was just about to bite into a large…

Richard Engstrom’s “Pageant in the Garden

Life

A lifetime of painting reveals a Whidbey Island artist’s mettle

Richard Engstrom has been painting for 52 years.

Author Jane Hamilton will talk about her newest novel

Life

Novel talk with Jane and Elizabeth in Langley

Voracious novel readers sometimes just can’t get enough.

Leland 'Mac' McCloskey sits for a moment in the sun outside the Maple Ridge Assisted Living Community facility where he lives.

News

Ninety five years old and Mac’s trying something new in Freeland

At Maple Ridge Assisted Living Community in Freeland there is a map of the United States marked with…

Roberta Sam plays Junie Moon and Josh Cloudwalker is Warren in “Tell Me That You Love Me

Life

High school actors tackle play about love, friendship, tragedy

Nobody can make it alone, especially teenagers living with a disability.

Anthony Gianni Hall

Business

Out of your gourd? Rip-roaring sales have merchants cutting it close

In Greek it was the word for a large melon: pepon.

Roosje Penfold's “Don Quichote Dulcinea” reflects the fairy tale quality of much of her work.

Life

A Whidbey painter: Romancing the artistic map of life

Her father was an artist and her mother a beautiful eccentric.

Elaine Damerau drives her pink loader/backhoe through the gravel and dirt pit at Andrew’s Landshapers in Freeland to increase awareness about breast cancer. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

News

Freeland business is pretty in pink for breast cancer awareness

FREELAND — Pink is the new black — for this month at least.

Soroptimists Lisa Grosso holds a travel bag

News

South Whidbey soroptimists offer not just your run-of-the-mill purses at fundraiser

Just bag it. No, that doesn’t mean throw in the towel.

Mary Anne Radmacher shaved her head in protest to bring awareness to bullying and a recent spate of suicides resulting from harassment.

Life

South Whidbey artist shaves her head to protest bullying

Empathy, she says, is the key to stopping a bully’s stride