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    Articles by Roy Jacobson
    Islanders to ferry service: Keep the terminal in Mukilteo
    Islanders to ferry service: Keep the terminal in...
    By Roy Jacobson • December 23, 2010 1:45 pm

    Go ahead and move the ferry terminal out of Mukilteo — when Saratoga Passage freezes over.
    “It was a clear theme,” Hadley Rodero, a Washington State Ferries consultant, said this past week. “They want that terminal to stay in Mukilteo.”

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    Sandi Smith of Langley (center) shares the victory stand with Mr. Jones and show officials after Jones placed second in group competition and won $1
    Langley dog Mr. Jones still riding high on...
    By Roy Jacobson • December 23, 2010 1:33 pm

    Langley’s celebrity pooch has another plaudit for his pocket, if he only had a pocket.
    “We finally beat the poodle,” Sandi Smith of Possession Point said this week. “I can’t believe it. It was the highlight of all the shows I’ve been to.”

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    UPDATE | Langley city officials question candidate’s eligibility
    UPDATE | Langley city officials question candidate’s eligibility
    By Roy Jacobson • December 18, 2010 12:00 pm

    Langley officials are raising doubts about whether Kathleen Waters can be a candidate for a vacant city council seat.

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    Adams stays in the running for Langley council seat
    Adams stays in the running for Langley council...
    By Roy Jacobson • December 17, 2010 8:11 pm

    Langley Passage or no Langley Passage, Robin Adams remains a candidate for the vacant position on the Langley City Council, he confirmed Thursday.

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    Investigation continues into fatal crash in Freeland
    Investigation continues into fatal crash in Freeland
    By Roy Jacobson • December 17, 2010 8:09 pm

    The investigation continues into why a 42-year-old Langley man was fleeing from police when his car went off the road in Freeland and struck a tree, killing him, officials said Thursday.

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    Maxwelton Valley residents attend the Little Brown Church's 100th anniversary rededication ceremony this past May.
    Historic Maxwelton Valley church springing back to life
    By Roy Jacobson • December 17, 2010 7:59 pm

    Maxwelton’s Little Brown Church is easing back into business, but it remains a church in search of a flock.

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    George Springer at the microphone of his Langley radio station: “It’s a nice way to promote everybody.”
    Langley radio station plans to air City Council...
    By Roy Jacobson • December 14, 2010 7:00 pm

    The operator of a miniscule radio station featuring old-time broadcasts such as “The Cisco Kid,” “I Was a Communist for the FBI,” “Jungle Jim,” “Space Patrol” and “Inner Sanctum” plans to expand to include one of the South End’s longest-running melodramas, “The Langley City Council.”

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    David Moseley
    Idea to move Mukilteo Ferry Terminal gets chilly...
    By Roy Jacobson • December 14, 2010 6:50 pm

    A ferry terminal in Mukilteo will remain in Mukilteo, if the traveling public has its say.

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    Diking commission to discuss proposed clean water utility
    Diking commission to discuss proposed clean water utility
    By Roy Jacobson • December 13, 2010 1:28 pm

    Commissioners of Island County Diking District 1 will have a special meeting this week to discuss the county’s proposal to create a clean water utility.

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    Brad Rice works on a South Seas dugout canoe at his Freeland boat shop: 'It's kind of fun to go out in the woods and find a tree and get a boat.'
    Dugout canoe replica stretches Freeland boat builder’s creativity
    By Roy Jacobson • December 12, 2010 12:00 pm

    Brad Rice has built and restored classic wooden boats for 30 years, but this time he went right to the source.

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    The expansion of the Langley Marina may be scaled back. Port commissioners are studying possible changes due to the estimated cost of the project.
    Port looks into scaling back marina project
    By Roy Jacobson • December 10, 2010 7:39 pm

    Like battling a rip tide, Port of South Whidbey officials are trying to keep their Langley Marina expansion project buoyant in a foundering economy.

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    Holiday House volunteer Joan Smith displays a selection of the latest games available as gifts for those who need them. “It’s just wonderful
    South Whidbey’s Holiday House fills the gift gap...
    By Roy Jacobson • December 10, 2010 7:17 pm

    Holiday House is open for business again this year, pledging to help everyone who shows up have a pleasant season despite the economic woes.

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    Margeaux Scholz and Juliana Larson-Wickman belt out a tune from “Oliver! The Musical” as a float filled with youngsters from the production at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts makes its way down First Street on Saturday for the Langley Holiday Parade.
    Big crowd enjoys festive holiday parade in Langley
    By Roy Jacobson • December 9, 2010 12:41 pm

    Twenty entries performed under sunny skies at this year’s Holiday Parade in downtown Langley on Saturday, said Sherry Jennings, executive director of the Langley Chamber of Commerce, sponsor of the event.

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