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    Articles by Sam Fletcher
    The Oak Harbor Youth Sailing Wildcat team racing in a two-person dinghy. (Photo provided)
    Oak Harbor to host national high school sailing...
    By Sam Fletcher • May 14, 2024 1:30 am

    This weekend, the country’s high school sailing champions will meet in Oak Harbor to race.

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    File photo
    Water Festival off to the races this weekend
    By Sam Fletcher • May 14, 2024 1:30 am

    Some new faces, voices and boats will weave into the tradition of Penn Cove Water Festival this year

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    Paula Fries finishes her Serendipity Lane mural on Thursday. (Photo by Sam Fletcher)
    New mural colors Oak Harbor’s Serendipity Lane
    By Sam Fletcher • May 14, 2024 1:30 am

    Oak Harbor dwellers may notice a new mural by the waterfront.

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    Capt. Dave Williams (right) poses with another pilot. (Photo provided)
    Not exactly ‘Top Gun’: Oak Harbor veterans share...
    By Sam Fletcher • May 10, 2024 1:30 am

    Call signs, nicknames for pilots or aircraft, can be quick identifiers for military crew.

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    Ferry Cove host Ryan Anderson makes an announcement on the ferry radio in the basement. (Photo by David Welton)
    Ferry-themed Airbnb welcomes all aboard
    By Sam Fletcher • May 10, 2024 1:30 am

    Tucked behind the Clinton ferry line, a small path leads to Ferry Cove, an immersive vacation rental

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    The fungus causing white-nose syndrome grows on the nose, wings and ears of an infected bat during hibernation, giving a fuzzy, white appearance; here, it's on the bat's snout. (Photo courtesy Ryan von Linden/New York Department of Environmental Conservation)
    Whidbey bats’ behavior likely slowing the spread of...
    By Sam Fletcher • May 10, 2024 1:30 am

    White-nose syndrome gets nearer and nearer to Island County, but Whidbey’s bats seem, for now, safe.

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    Open seats multiply on parks and rec board
    Open seats multiply on parks and rec board
    By Sam Fletcher • May 7, 2024 1:30 am

    Two commissioners stepped down from the Park and Recreation District board last week.

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    Photo by David Welton
A Hearts & Hammers volunteer repairs a deck on Saturday.
    Hearts Hammers hits 30 years of neighbors helping...
    By Sam Fletcher • May 7, 2024 1:30 am

    Three hundred and eight Hearts & Hammers volunteers united Saturday before venturing to 25 job sites.

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    Photo by Sam Fletcher
Claire Seitzer-Jones, a Department of Natural Resources firefighter, clears potential fire hazards from the Pondilla Estates in Coupeville.
    Coupeville neighborhood becomes wise about wildfires
    By Sam Fletcher • May 3, 2024 1:30 am

    Residents in the Pondilla Estates received a grant from the Department of Natural Resources.

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    Oak Harbor abandons plans for regional park
    Oak Harbor abandons plans for regional park
    By Sam Fletcher • May 3, 2024 1:30 am

    City had big dreams for property that was purchased for over $1.1 million in January 2020

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    Bruiser not guilty of assault
    By Sam Fletcher • May 3, 2024 1:30 am

    Despite rumors, Whidbey’s elk didn’t harm anyone.

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    Photo by David Welton
Robert Bower travels to Oregon to collect obsidian for his knife blades.
    Not a dying art, only knapping
    By Sam Fletcher • May 3, 2024 1:30 am

    Oak Harbor resident makes knives with ancient techniques

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    Gary (left) and Teresa Gillespie (right) display their garden, which will be in full bloom come June. (Photo by Sam Fletcher)
    Tickets on sale for Oak Harbor garden event
    By Sam Fletcher • May 1, 2024 1:30 am

    Tickets are now on sale to tour some of Whidbey’s most beautiful gardens.

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