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    Articles by Roy Jacobson
    Port may sell land sought for cell-phone tower near Clinton
    Port may sell land sought for cell-phone tower...
    By Roy Jacobson • August 17, 2010 6:49 pm

    Port of South Whidbey commissioners are inching toward selling a portion of land that’s been eyed for a 140-foot cell-phone tower above Possession Point Waterfront Park south of Clinton.

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    Kate Nilsen of Langley with Maasai children in Kenya during her two-week visit to teach basic computing.
    Langley teens travel to Kenya to teach computing...
    By Roy Jacobson • August 16, 2010 11:32 am

    How I spent my summer vacation: 10 feet from a pride of African lions ripping apart the carcass of a freshly killed wildebeest.

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    Smile if you’re a Langley High School graduate: It’s photo day
    Smile if you’re a Langley High School graduate:...
    By Roy Jacobson • August 13, 2010 4:36 pm

    If you graduated from Langley High School, you can all get into the act Saturday afternoon.

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    Feds: No grant for Freeland sewers
    Feds: No grant for Freeland sewers
    By Roy Jacobson • August 13, 2010 7:42 pm

    The Freeland Water and Sewer District has lost out on a $10 million federal grant to help fund a proposed sewer system in the South End’s main commercial hub.

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    Clinton owner of two biting dogs must appear in court
    Clinton owner of two biting dogs must appear...
    By Roy Jacobson • August 13, 2010 7:38 pm

    The owner of two dogs that bit two teenage girls as they were walking home in Clinton earlier this month has been served with two criminal citations.

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    Both sides planning appeals on Langley PAB decision
    Both sides planning appeals on Langley PAB decision
    By Roy Jacobson • August 13, 2010 7:35 pm

    The hot-potato Langley Passage housing project was tossed into the laps of the Langley City Council on Wednesday.

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    Teens attacked, bitten by dog pack in Clinton
    Teens attacked, bitten by dog pack in Clinton
    By Roy Jacobson • August 10, 2010 7:30 pm

    Two teenage girls are recovering from bites after being attacked by three dogs in Freeland this past week.

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    Matt Nichols with the company's last in a series of tractor tugs: 'We still have quite a bit of work going on.'
    Nichols Brothers says goodbye to tugs, but yard...
    By Roy Jacobson • August 10, 2010 7:22 pm

    The last of five large tugboats built by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland is about to leave the yard, but the workload remains steady and no employee reductions are planned, company officials said Monday.

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    Friendship Force and friends will liven up the fair parade
    Friendship Force and friends will liven up the...
    By Roy Jacobson • August 6, 2010 7:19 pm

    The Island County Fair parade will have an international flavor this year, thanks to Friendship Force of Whidbey Island. The…

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    Margaret Moore of Clinton shows some plums from her backyard tree. She and others are forming a group to pick donated fruit and give it to Good Cheer Food Bank.
    Volunteers hope to harvest South Whidbey’s neglected fruit
    By Roy Jacobson • August 6, 2010 7:17 pm

    Four high-minded South Whidbey women have their eyes on the island’s low-hanging fruit.

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    Deer Lagoon salmon project prompts early concerns
    Deer Lagoon salmon project prompts early concerns
    By Roy Jacobson • August 3, 2010 6:32 pm

    A proposal to modify a section of wetlands west of Deer Lagoon near Bayview to benefit salmon migration is raising a few ripples in the neighborhood.

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    Diking District 1 commissioners meet this week for budget talks
    Diking District 1 commissioners meet this week for...
    By Roy Jacobson • August 3, 2010 6:29 pm

    Island County Diking District 1 commissioners are expected to talk about next year’s budget at their meeting this week.
    Meanwhile, the results of a lawsuit against the district, and a decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding a pump permit, are still up in the air.

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    Plane makes hard landing at Langley airpark after pilot forgets to lower the wheels
    Plane makes hard landing at Langley airpark after...
    By Roy Jacobson • August 3, 2010 6:26 pm

    t would have been a perfect landing, Fred Lundahl said.
    If only he’d remembered to put the wheels down.

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