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    Articles by Roy Jacobson
    Josh Hauser stands next to a sign pole that was hit by the yarn bombers.
    Law and order creates a good yarn in...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 11, 2011 8:28 pm

    Langley’s local “yarn bombers” apparently ran afoul of the law, and new Police Chief Randy Heston found himself tangled in a bind in only his second week on the job.

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    Jessica Manca (left) helps to register students for heart screenings at South Whidbey HIgh School.
    South Whidbey students take part in heart screenings
    By Roy Jacobson • March 11, 2011 8:19 pm

    Jessica Manca’s senior project at South Whidbey High School in Langley was a huge success — and may have saved…

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    Temporary layoffs hit Nichols Brothers Boat Builders
    Temporary layoffs hit Nichols Brothers Boat Builders
    By Roy Jacobson • March 11, 2011 8:12 pm

    Some employees at Nichols Brothers Boat Builders in Freeland have been laid off temporarily, company officials confirmed Thursday. The layoffs are expected to last less than two months.

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    The Langley State Bank
    Blast for the past: Historic conservation district eyed...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 8, 2011 7:06 pm

    Fans of Langley’s past are looking for an effective way to preserve it for the future.

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    Virginia Keck welds the crack that opened above Rachel’s left ear during the sculpture's collision with a Seattle taxi.
    Rachel heads home after market run-in
    By Roy Jacobson • March 8, 2011 6:50 pm

    Rachel the Piggybank is expected back in Seattle today after recuperating for a month in Clinton from its confrontation with a taxi cab.

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    Lolita the orca performs at the Miami Seaquarium. Whale watchers say her health may be in jeopardy.
    Tooth trouble may be threatening captured Whidbey orca
    By Roy Jacobson • March 8, 2011 6:45 pm

    Local whale watchers are worried about Lolita, the orca that was captured in Penn Cove in 1970 and has been the star of the Miami Seaquarium, a major tourist attraction in Florida, for more than 40 years.

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    Chicken coop burns in fire north of Freeland
    Chicken coop burns in fire north of Freeland
    By Roy Jacobson • March 7, 2011 2:21 pm

    Quick action by a Bush Point homeowner, a former South Whidbey firefighter, contained a blaze in a small chicken coop early Monday morning before it could threaten a nearby house, fire officials said.

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    Skull found on Maxwelton Beach remains unidentified
    Skull found on Maxwelton Beach remains unidentified
    By Roy Jacobson • March 4, 2011 7:36 pm

    The search for clues continues in an effort to determine the identity of an apparent homicide victim whose partial skull was found late last fall on Maxwelton Beach.

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    Retiring Langley Police Chief Bob Herzberg radios in his final dispatch call outside city hall on Monday. He spent 32 years on the force.
    Langley police chief retires after 32 years
    By Roy Jacobson • March 4, 2011 7:31 pm

    True to the lawman tradition, Police Chief Bob Herzberg rode off quietly into the sunset this week after more than 32 years with the department.

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    Beverly Rose and Duke LeBaron are leading the effort to establish a new federal credit union for Whidbey Islanders.
    Organizers banking on support for new Whidbey credit...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 4, 2011 7:23 pm

    The effort to establish a new federal credit union on Whidbey Island is gathering steam and daring to dream.

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    Skip Downing of Freeland with his classic 1941 Cadillac
    Freeland man spends a lifetime bringing classic cars...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 1, 2011 7:57 pm

    Skip Downing isn’t one to boast, but he says there’s a car in his garage that gets 60 miles to the gallon.

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    Nigel and Rachel Taber-Hamilton in front of the new expansion project at St. Augustine’s-in-the-Woods Episcopal Church in Freeland. “It’s a wonderful place to be
    Heading up Episcopal parishes is all in the...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 1, 2011 7:41 pm

    Nigel and Rachel Taber-Hamilton are together again on the same coast. And now they even have the same job.

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    Freeland in line for $3.5 million loan from state for sewer system
    Freeland in line for $3.5 million loan from...
    By Roy Jacobson • February 25, 2011 8:10 pm

    Freeland sewer boosters appear to be in line for a $3.5 million low-interest loan from the state Department of Ecology, officials said Thursday.

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