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    Articles by Roy Jacobson
    The last in a series of catamaran ferries is launched in Holmes Harbor on Monday by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland.
    Nichols Bros. launches its latest California-bound cat at...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 16, 2010 6:08 pm

    The last of four sleek twin-hulled passenger ferries destined for San Francisco Bay was floated by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders on Monday.

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    Land trust hopes to buy Trillium Woods property
    Land trust hopes to buy Trillium Woods property
    By Roy Jacobson • March 16, 2010 10:53 am

    The Whidbey Camano Land Trust has purchased an option to buy 664 acres of the former Trillium Woods property between Freeland and Greenbank.

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    The former bunkhouse and future home of the South Whidbey Historical Society (arrow) is seen in a 1911 photo.
    Langley museum makes state registry of historic places
    By Roy Jacobson • March 12, 2010 7:10 pm

    The South Whidbey Historical Society Museum, a former brushwhackers’ bunkhouse in Langley, has been added to the Washington State Heritage Register.

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    Nichols Bros. meets its Freeland neighbors over its master plan
    Nichols Bros. meets its Freeland neighbors over its...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 12, 2010 7:02 pm

    More than 60 people mingled with the elephants in the room as Nichols Brothers Boat Builders outlined its master plan for the future at a public meeting Thursday night.

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    Fire District 3 officials to get update on new fire station
    Fire District 3 officials to get update on...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 11, 2010 11:26 am

    Updated cost estimates and drawings for a new central facility at Bayview will be presented to Island County Fire District 3 commissioners at their monthly meeting tonight.

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    Officers of the South Whidbey Lions are (standing
    South Whidbey Lions to get a special day...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 9, 2010 7:24 pm

    A local organization dedicated to helping others to see better is about to become more visible itself.

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    Marilyn Strong
    Langley cemetery opts for an eco-friendly portal of...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 9, 2010 7:17 pm

    You can still be sustainable even when your life isn’t, thanks to green burials now offered at the city’s cemetery.

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    Community rallies around Clinton girl on her birthday
    Community rallies around Clinton girl on her birthday
    By Roy Jacobson • March 9, 2010 7:08 pm

    Twelve-year-old Vanessa Link of Clinton is approaching a 13th birthday to remember, thanks to her friends, neighbors and fellow congregation members at Unity of Whidbey in Langley.

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    Crew members of the Clinton-Mukilteo M/V Kittitas tow a wayward dinghy out of the ferry lanes last week.
    Wayward dinghy delays Clinton-Mukilteo ferry departure
    By Roy Jacobson • March 9, 2010 7:06 pm

    The 10 a.m. sailing this past Wednesday of the Clinton-to-Mukilteo ferry M/V Kittitas was delayed while a drifting dinghy was towed out of the way.

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    Liz Williamson stands next to a sign on her property near her disappearing pond. The sign is meant for county officials
    Bayview couple wonder where their water went
    By Roy Jacobson • March 5, 2010 7:58 pm

    Liz Williamson wants to know where the water went, and when it’s coming back.

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    New series of classes to be offered at Family Resource Center
    New series of classes to be offered at...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 5, 2010 7:54 pm

    When you’re a parent, you can use all the help you can get, and the South Whidbey Family Resource Center and the Readiness to Learn Foundation are ready to oblige.

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    Steffi Sidney-Splaver with actor James Dean at a 1955 Hollywood party a month before his death in a car crash.
    Steffi Sidney-Splaver, co-star to James Dean, passes away
    By Roy Jacobson • March 2, 2010 7:10 pm

    Steffi Sidney-Splaver never flaunted her inside Hollywood connections, not even a film role with the legendary James Dean.

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    Shepard ousted from Diking District 1 lawsuit
    Shepard ousted from Diking District 1 lawsuit
    By Roy Jacobson • March 2, 2010 6:57 pm

    Island County Diking District 1 commissioner John Shepard has been barred by a judge from participating in any further commission discussion of a pending lawsuit against the district.

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