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Marty Parkhurst of TNT Fireworks in Tacoma unloads a truck of fireworks at Ken’s Korner as helpers Greg Smith and Stan Walker of the South Whidbey Kiwanis prepare to stock their fireworks stand. The stand is a major fundraiser for Kiwanis donations to community causes. To learn more

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Celebrate America returns to Freeland Park

Organizers of the Freeland Park Independence Day celebration are putting a couple of new spins on a South…

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Proposed ‘condo’ garages cause concern

No more storage units on Highway 525 into Freeland. That’s the message some Freeland residents are sending to…

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Maxwelton Parade celebrates 91st year

The Maxwelton Fourth of July Parade celebrates its 91st anniversary this year and a woman who has been…

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Freeland Library to close for major remodel

The Freeland Library will close its doors to the public next Saturday for a six-month remodeling project that…

Obituaries

June L. Chandler

June L. Chandler, 87, died peacefully at her home in Langley on June 17 with her daughter Kaycee…

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Clarence W. Bauer

Clarence “Clair” Bauer passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday June 21, 2006 at his home on Whidbey Island in…

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County, consultant unveil Main Street plan

Island County has unveiled its “Main Street Corridor plan” for Freeland, and the proposal includes landscaped medians that…

Henry Pope has been named to replace John Pyrtek as the new South Whidbey High School girls basketball coach. He’s scheduled a “meet-the-coach” meeting for players and parents at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the high school gym.

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New girls hoops coach at South Whidbey High named

For years, Henry Pope has dreamed of coaching at the high school level. Now he’ll get his chance…

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Wallace will run as a Dem

A fired Island County deputy who was running as a Republican candidate for sheriff has switched horses just…

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Friends of Friends welcomes new director

Friends of Friends Medical Support Fund, the South Whidbey volunteer safety net, has helped South Enders struggling to…

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Concert to benefit tortured monks

In 1959, the people of Tibet attempted to establish a nation independent of China. Over the years, as…

Mark Arand

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Slap Happy, South Whidbey’s barbershop quartet gives their final performance

Four young men inspired by the barbershop quartet in “The Music Man” learned the music and made the…

Conrad Borden dams a stream of water at low tide on Monday at Double Bluff Beach. Conrad was making the most of the weather while hanging out in the water with his siblings.

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A SCORCHER!

Record temperatures scorched South Whidbey Monday, driving many people to the beach and others to the nearest shady…