A pending Diking District 1 resolution is the latest wrinkle in the continuing story of pumps, tax assessments, charges, countercharges, ecological debates and the clash of island cultures in the 743 tranquil acres surrounding Deer Lagoon on Useless Bay.
Langley’s sixth annual Welcome the Whales Day will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 18 and will feature a parade, events, activities for all ages, music, presentations, fun, food, T-shirts and “Gary,” a 20-foot-long gray whale puppet.
Four of the six paid on-call firefighters who lost their jobs in budget cuts this month have rejoined Island County Fire District 3 as volunteers.
Discussions are continuing for a new pharmacy in town, Langley Mayor Paul Samuelson told the city council at its meeting this week.
Go easy on the Glendale beaver. He was just doing his job.
Actually, he wasn’t doing his job, and that’s the problem.
The beaver blamed for last week’s Glendale flood may have been dead for weeks, apparently run over while waddling across Cultus Bay Road.
A Clinton water commissioner is battling state legislation that would let cities, towns and the county raise local utility bills by as much as six percent.
A break in a massive beaver dam sent a flash flood roaring down Glendale Creek overnight, swamping homes and washing out Glendale Road.
Ed Jenkins is ready to meet hard times head-on, if he can get some help. The community activist from Clinton wants islanders to circle the wagons and pull together in the economic gloom by forming a Whidbey Volunteer Corps.
Island County’s lens is back on Freeland, and community boosters are more than ready for their close-up. Work to create a customized set of development regulations for Freeland will start next week with a public meeting.
The spigot’s beginning to flow, and boosters of Freeland’s proposed sewer system are expecting to hear soon if the project will receive federal stimulus funds.
Five cars were damaged in the PayLess Shopping Center parking lot in Freeland on Monday afternoon when a driver unintentionally hit his gas pedal instead of his brake, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Talk about enthusiasm. Three days before he died, John Carty of Langley was still doing his best to help out the South Whidbey School District.
There’s $18 million in the Senate transportation budget to set up a pilot project for a ferry reservation system, but it can’t be tapped for at least a year.
