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    Articles by Roy Jacobson
    300-pound safe stolen from Casey’s Crafts in the Bayview Shopping Center
    300-pound safe stolen from Casey’s Crafts in the...
    By Roy Jacobson • January 18, 2011 6:55 pm

    Someone broke into Casey’s Crafts in the Bayview Shopping Center late last Saturday night or early Sunday morning and made off with a heavy safe from the office, owner Laurie Davenport of Langley said Tuesday.

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    Main Street program may be the spark Langley seeks
    Main Street program may be the spark Langley...
    By Roy Jacobson • January 14, 2011 7:37 pm

    he city got a glimpse Wednesday night of what could be, through the eyes of a nonprofit movement specializing in downtown revitalization.

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    Workers spread gravel across Frog Water Road during the installation of a new culvert system to protect the road from washing out. Island County crews have been at the site around the clock since Jan. 5
    Pumping reduces latest flood threat to Glendale
    By Roy Jacobson • January 14, 2011 7:32 pm

    Around-the-clock emergency pumping in the upper Glendale Creek area near Clinton has all but ended the most recent flood threat to Glendale Beach, Island County Public Works Director Bill Oakes said Thursday.

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    Steven and Beverly Heising outside the bunker that houses their new distilling operation.
    Langley couple to open Whidbey’s first legal distillery
    By Roy Jacobson • January 12, 2011 4:00 pm

    Steven and Beverly Heising are toasting their retirement as the spirits move them.
    They’ve put up a still in their back yard – the first legal still in island history.

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    Likely Langley council candidates keep cool and coy
    Likely Langley council candidates keep cool and coy
    By Roy Jacobson • January 11, 2011 6:39 pm

    It could get crowded on the Langley City Council election ballot in the fall. Or maybe it won’t, if you listen to the likely candidates.

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    Cara Collins
    Merry Christmas, and here’s $50
    By Roy Jacobson • January 8, 2011 8:00 am

    Santa came early to several visitors to Good Cheer Food Bank in Bayview, thanks to members of three South End organizations.

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    Visitors relax on a sunny Saturday at Tilth Farmers Market.
    Tilth Farmers Market will make the move to...
    By Roy Jacobson • January 7, 2011 7:42 pm

    South Whidbey Tilth, one of the island’s oldest farmers market, will switch from Saturdays to Sundays this spring.

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    Clinton resident Craig Williams stands on submerged Deer Field Lane
    County mans the pumps as water backs up...
    By Roy Jacobson • January 7, 2011 7:34 pm

    Island County waded in this week to reduce severe flooding on upper Glendale Creek before it can pose another threat to the beleaguered Glendale beach community downstream.

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    Laurie Cecil and her poodle Sebastian: “He’s always loved having his picture taken.”
    Clinton woman’s dog is a real rocker
    By Roy Jacobson • January 7, 2011 8:00 am

    Sebastian, the South End’s distinctive 10-year-old poodle, is rapidly cementing his celebrity.

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    Business is booming at the Langley cemetery
    Business is booming at the Langley cemetery
    By Roy Jacobson • January 4, 2011 6:41 pm

    Not all is fiscal gloom and doom in Langley.
    There’s a mini land rush in town — for burial plots at the city cemetery.

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    Black ice sends cars off road
    Black ice sends cars off road
    By Roy Jacobson • January 4, 2011 4:59 pm

    Five people escaped injury when their vehicles went off three different roads coated with black ice in the South End on Monday night and Tuesday morning, officials said.

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    Freeland sewer backers delay LID hearing
    Freeland sewer backers delay LID hearing
    By Roy Jacobson • December 23, 2010 2:34 pm

    The Freeland Water and Sewer District has pushed back until next spring the date for a hearing to form a local improvement district for a new sewer system.

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    Langley vet hails repeal of ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’
    Langley vet hails repeal of ‘Don’t ask, don’t...
    By Roy Jacobson • December 23, 2010 10:48 am

    A local pioneer in the fight for the rights of gays and lesbians serving in the military hailed the U.S. Senate’s repeal Friday of the Clinton-era “Don’t ask, don’t tell” law.

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