Public hearings will begin this month on the city of Langley’s 2010 preliminary budget.
The first hearing will be at the city council’s regular meeting, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at city hall on Second Street. A council workshop will be at 4 p.m.
The South End’s new fire chief said he can’t wait to get started. And he doesn’t mind the rain.
Two-term incumbent Mike Helland is handily defeating former three-term commissioner Gary Gabelein in the race for another six-year term on the Island County Fire District 3 board of commissioners.
Incumbent Russell Sparkman had a big lead over political newcomer Thomas Gill for a four-year term on the Langley City Council in returns released on Tuesday night.
Mr. Jones may be just another fur ball around the house. But in Europe, he’s 22 pounds of pure celebrity.
Growth, diversity and identity in this seaside city of 1,100 dominate the debate in the only contested race for the five-member Langley City Council.
The new flu is hitting Island County hard, especially at area schools, with student absentee rates reaching a record high this week.
Downtown Langley will expand its parking soon, thanks to a federal grant and the cooperation of the Christian & Missionary Alliance Church.
Two-term incumbent Mike Helland and former three-term commissioner Gary Gabelein will face each other in next week’s General Election for a seat on the Island County Fire District 3 board of commissioners.
Concerned about the appearance of a conflict of interest, Island County Commissioner Helen Price Johnson has decided to go mum about the raging dispute in Diking District 1.
It was a rocking good lunch on Tuesday in the basement of Langley’s Christian & Missionary Alliance Church as volunteers in the kitchen served up “stone soup” to more than 250 people.
Buoyed by one sign victory, some South End residents are shooting for another. They say don’t let a perfectly good concrete slab go to waste; use it to promote another community — Langley.
They’re not only planting flowers, but also the idea that driver-dominated downtown Freeland can function for other people, too.
