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Petunia the pig is celebrating her first birthday.

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Petunia the rescue pig to celebrate first birthday

The community is invited to join South Whidbey’s most famous hog for her first birthday.

Gary (left) and Teresa Gillespie (right) display their garden, which will be in full bloom come June. (Photo by Sam Fletcher)

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Tickets on sale for Oak Harbor garden event

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

Photo by Luisa Loi

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Choir club brings musical revue to high school stage

The Oak Harbor High School Choir Club will soon bring a blend of Broadway and Hollywood’s best songs.

Photo courtesy of Peggy Darst Townsdin

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Reminiscing about downtown Oak Harbor

Over the decades, downtown Oak Harbor has gone through significant changes.

The Orion Squadron poses before a prowler on a VAQ-129 tour in 2022. (Photo provided)

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Oak Harbor’s Sea Cadets: Working hard, playing harder

The Sea Cadet Corps fuses the best aspects of the ROTC and the Boy Scouts.

Photos by David Welton
Holland Happening Grand Marshal Audrey Butler Henry Vanden Haak and other Dutch sweepers parade their klompen shoes in Downtown Oak Harbor. The cold, the rain and mild wind did not stop the festivities, which featured a professional wooden shoe carver, the annual Klompen Canal Race, delft tiles and numerous vendors.

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Oak Harbor goes Dutch

Photos by David Welton

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Trio bringing music of Brazil to Whidbey

A special concert is coming to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Whidbey Island.

Photo by Luisa Loi

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Freeland resident celebrates 103 years

South Whidbey resident Joan Andrew has been learning something new everyday for almost 103 years.

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An abundant harvest of greens

If you’ve ever been curious about the edibility of Whidbey’s wild plants, Karen Achabal is your guide.

Photo by Sam Fletcher
Whidbey Artist Libby Hammer makes her Ragamuffins in her home studio.

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Artist makes ‘Ragamuffins’ from Whidbey beach rubble

Ragamuffins Rock Art are portraits of “rocks and shells, bits and pieces, found on Whidbey beaches.”

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The Klompen Canal race.

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Holland Happening returns to Dutch roots

Holland will happen, but Dutchier, this weekend in Oak Harbor.

The portrait of Dr. Bishop is missing.

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Rockin’ a Hard Place: Remembering a forgotten legacy and a missing portrait

When Dr. Paul Bishop came to Coupeville in 1949 and became the town’s only doctor with an office…

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Drop off old prescriptions on upcoming National Drug Take Back Day

South Whidbey residents who have been searching for the opportunity to dispose of old medications can attend a…