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    Articles by Roy Jacobson
    Kathy Stanley's combined class of second- and third-graders  with its solar oven.
    Let the sun shine in: Kids study sustainability...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 29, 2011 7:46 pm

    Students in Kathy Stanley’s combined second- and third-grade class at South Whidbey Elementary School are learning about sustainability firsthand this school year.

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    A crew moves the apron back to the transfer span for mounting at the Mukilteo Ferry Terminal last week.
    UPDATE | Ferry terminal work wrapped up, construction...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 29, 2011 7:44 pm

    Crews working to upgrade the Mukilteo Ferry Terminal completed the bulk of their work this past weekend, eliminating the need for a third closure planned for the weekend coming up, ferry officials said Monday.

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    South Whidbey Elementary’s Destination ImagiNation team
    Brainpower propels South Whidbey team to state tournament
    By Roy Jacobson • March 29, 2011 7:37 pm

    The six members of South Whidbey Elementary School’s Destination ImagiNation team hope their performance will propel them into the competition’s national finals later in the year, with a chance to win a lot of money.

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    Kathy McLaughlin (right)
    Good Cheer wins an award for its volunteer...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 28, 2011 1:56 pm

    Good Cheer Food Bank has received $5,000 and a special award for its volunteer program from Western Washington’s largest hunger relief organization.

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    Updated subarea plan seen as Freeland’s foundation
    Updated subarea plan seen as Freeland’s foundation
    By Roy Jacobson • March 27, 2011 10:00 am

    The updated plan is in place. Development regulations are on the horizon.
    Can sewers be far behind?

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    Shirley Wilson of Shirley’s Kitchen watches for potential customers at the Clinton ferry dock Monday. The snack shack boasted booming business over the weekend
    Long ferry ride to Clinton is money in...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 24, 2011 12:19 pm

    It wasn’t so great for travelers, but it was dynamite for business. The first round of ferry detours from Clinton to Edmonds and back this past weekend served up 90-minute waits between boats and plenty of pizza and burgers on the Clinton shore.

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    Nancy Skullerud
    Budget-cuts demonstration draws a crowd in Clinton
    By Roy Jacobson • March 18, 2011 7:53 pm

    There was a crowd of many ages, signs of protest, four police cars — and, best of all, no rain.

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    Sommer Albertsen surveys flooding damage to her family’s cabin along lower Maxwelton Road on Thursday. “It is what it is
    Heavy rains lead to Maxwelton Beach flooding
    By Roy Jacobson • March 18, 2011 7:44 pm

    The water has to go somewhere, and a lot of it late this week was in the Maxwelton Valley.

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    A visitor to Whidbey Island nearly drove into the Glendale Road washout last weekend
    Near-miss car accident at Glendale Road raises a...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 18, 2011 7:41 pm

    A young driver from Sequim was lucky this past weekend while trying to find his way near Glendale, residents say — he and his car might have landed in a 25-foot-deep hole.

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    Dale Strickland works to remove slide debris in Whidbey Shores on Monday: “If we get another gully washer
    Slides continue in beleaguered Whidbey Shores neighborhood
    By Roy Jacobson • March 15, 2011 7:50 pm

    Smaller mudslides continued through the night Monday in the wake of a large slide this past weekend that blocked East Point Drive, hit two houses and damaged two vehicles in the Whidbey Shores waterfront neighborhood north of Langley.

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    Meerkerk Gardens in Greenbank prunes staff to battle economic pinch
    Meerkerk Gardens in Greenbank prunes staff to battle...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 15, 2011 7:38 pm

    A projected 20-percent decline in revenue has forced Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens in Greenbank to reorganize, board president Robert Boehm said Monday.

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    Island County works to clear slide near Glendale
    Island County works to clear slide near Glendale
    By Roy Jacobson • March 15, 2011 7:37 pm

    County crews were working quickly on Tuesday afternoon to clear a mudslide just above the beachside community of Glendale, officials said.

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    Christine Bunn of Snohomish County Volunteer Search and Rescue watches closely as her yellow Labrador retriever Springfield sniffs for human remains on Maxwelton Beach on Friday morning.
    Dogs comb Maxwelton Beach for clues to an...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 11, 2011 8:29 pm

    Three four-legged sleuths combed Maxwelton Beach at Useless Bay for nearly four hours on Friday, searching for clues that might lead to the identity of an apparent homicide victim whose skull was found in the same area late last fall.

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