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Making pets out of not-so-creepy crawlies

On top of being “cute” and entertaining, Narissa Jackson’s isopods help her with some house chores.

Photo by Agentur Dettmann

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Salish Sea Early Music Festival begins Jan. 21

This program offers guitar, lute and flute sounds from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

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Whidbey Island Film Festival returns to WICA screen

Tickets are now on sale for the festival, which runs Jan. 17-21 at WICA in Langley.

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Art of the whimsical on display

Scribner’s world is filled with cosmic sceneries, smiley critters and ants that play “Where’s Waldo.”

Photo of Jeff Kozma with white-headed male woodpecker

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Learn about Washington’s 12 woodpeckers

Biologist Jeff Kozma will explain how to identify all 12 breeding woodpecker species in the state.

"The Fates" by Ian Joseph Jackson.

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Exhibit opens at Hub Gallery on MLK Day

Goosefoot Community Fund is pleased to present “The Liberation Of Color II” by Ian Joseph Jackson.

Photo by David Welton

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Making a splash

Many challenged the Puget Sound’s cold waters at the Whidbey Island Polar Bear Dive in Freeland.

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Welcoming 2024 with fun events

Whidbey’s New Year’s Eve extended weekend offers 2023 one last chance of redemption.

Blake and Brook Willeford of The Clyde examine a strip of film. (Photo by David Welton)

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Parading through 2023

Here’s the top news stories from the front pages of the South Whidbey Record in 2023.

Daniel Burns checks out the few blooms at Meerkerk Gardens that can be found in December. The Greenbank forest and garden preserve is sponsoring a walk through its woods on New Year’s Day. (Photo by Patricia Guthrie)

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Start off the year with a hike

Local parks and organizations offer New Year’s Day hikes as a way to get away from holiday hubbub.

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Sharon Emerson and Kate Poss exit from their morning swim at the Langley marina

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The lure of winter swimming in the Salish Sea

A group of women takes morning dips in the cold waters of Goss Lake and the Puget Sound.

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South Whidbey woman raises funds for grief phone

Suzie Reynolds hopes to provide a place for residents to grieve by installing a wind phone.

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“All I want for Christmas…”

Kids from the Sunflower Room at the South Whidbey Children’s Center shared their Christmas wishes.