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    Articles by Roy Jacobson
    FD3 to discuss strategic planning
    FD3 to discuss strategic planning
    By Roy Jacobson • December 9, 2010 12:17 pm

    Planning will highlight this week’s meeting of Island County Fire District 3 commissioners.

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    Langley's town council in 1920. Front row (from left): Grace English
    Back in the good ol’ days, Langley had...
    By Roy Jacobson • December 8, 2010 9:00 am

    Get ready for a rare glimpse this week into Langley’s distaff history.
    With Island County poised to seat its first all-women commission next month, it’s a great time to revisit Langley’s first matriarchal town government in the early 1920s.

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    Search goes on for Freeland sewer funds
    Search goes on for Freeland sewer funds
    By Roy Jacobson • December 7, 2010 6:59 pm

    Despite the stagnate economy and tight-fisted budgets at all levels of government, proponents of a sewer system for Freeland continue to troll for funds while updating their proposal.

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    Paulette Becker
    Plan to aid salmon raises hackles in Deer...
    By Roy Jacobson • December 3, 2010 7:37 pm

    A plan to modify Deer Lagoon near Bayview to benefit Puget Sound salmon migration has been reined in for more study. Meanwhile, community concern mounts.

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    Two more hope to get seat on Langley council
    Two more hope to get seat on Langley...
    By Roy Jacobson • December 3, 2010 7:33 pm

    The field is getting crowded.
    Two more applicants for the vacant position on the Langley City Council have turned in their paperwork to city hall.

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    Update coming on salmon project
    Update coming on salmon project
    By Roy Jacobson • December 2, 2010 11:35 am

    An update on plans to rejuvenate migration of young salmon in Deer Lagoon will be held next week in Coupeville.

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    Legal fight may stymie pursuit for Langley council seat
    Legal fight may stymie pursuit for Langley council...
    By Roy Jacobson • November 30, 2010 7:08 pm

    Robin Adams’ bid for a seat on the Langley City Council may be sidetracked by a housing development controversy that refuses to go away.

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    South Whidbey Schools Foundation board members Wendy Baesler (left)
    South Whidbey teachers get grants for innovative classroom...
    By Roy Jacobson • November 30, 2010 7:04 pm

    Innovation is its own reward, but it’s nice to get a little money, too. Sixteen local teachers received grants totaling…

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    Winds across Whidbey disrupt ferry service
    Winds across Whidbey disrupt ferry service
    By Roy Jacobson • November 30, 2010 11:53 am

    Winds gusting to 50 miles per hour swept across Whidbey Island Tuesday morning, disrupting ferry service on the Coupeville (Keystone)-Port Townsend route.

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    ‘Supernanny’ TV episode in Clinton to air this week
    ‘Supernanny’ TV episode in Clinton to air this...
    By Roy Jacobson • November 29, 2010 12:00 pm

    This is the week television’s “Supernanny” puts her behavioral stamp on South Whidbey.
    The episode in which Britisher Jo Frost meets and works with a young Clinton family with three rambunctious young boys will air Friday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. on ABC TV, local Channel 4.

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    Fire District 3 officials thinking about a name change
    Fire District 3 officials thinking about a name...
    By Roy Jacobson • November 29, 2010 12:46 pm

    What’s in a name?
    When it comes to the local fire department, plenty.
    “Our legal name is Island County Fire Protection District Number 3,” Chief Rusty Palmer said Tuesday. “That’s a mouthful.”

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    Fire District 3 budget reflects caution about local economy
    Fire District 3 budget reflects caution about local...
    By Roy Jacobson • November 26, 2010 5:41 pm

    A new fireboat, a looming financial squeeze and a small measure of employee sacrifice all figure prominently in Island County Fire District 3’s proposed budget for 2011.

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    Seligson, Adams seek vacant Langley council seat
    Seligson, Adams seek vacant Langley council seat
    By Roy Jacobson • November 22, 2010 6:46 pm

    Two residents with high-powered credentials in business and government who have closely followed the contentious issues facing the city are the first to apply for the vacant position on the five-member Langley City Council.

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