It could get crowded on the Langley City Council election ballot in the fall. Or maybe it won’t, if you listen to the likely candidates.
A $2.6 million budget for 2011 will be considered at this week’s meeting of Island County Fire District 3 commissioners.
There were 41 motorists stopped and arrested in Island County for driving under the influence during last month’s “Drive Hammered, Get Nailed” campaign in Island County sponsored by the Washington Traffic Safety Commission.
Biofuels will be the focus at this month’s presentation, the latest installment in the Lyceum 2.0 series, at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Whidbey Island in Freeland.
Xavier O’Neil, 10, got a Christmas surprise of a lifetime this year. Xavier and his mom Carrie Saunders were in the process of moving, and Carrie had told her son that there probably wouldn’t be a tree. However, when they made it to their new home, a seven-foot live tree, fully trimmed, stood in their new home — courtesy of Big Brothers Big Sisters supporter Elizabeth George of Langley.
Santa came early to several visitors to Good Cheer Food Bank in Bayview, thanks to members of three South End organizations.
The South Whidbey School District has decided to forgo looking for an interim chief to replace departing District Superintendent Fred McCarthy, and will instead launch a search for a permanent replacement.
Island County waded in this week to reduce severe flooding on upper Glendale Creek before it can pose another threat to the beleaguered Glendale beach community downstream.
Gov. Christine Gregoire has announced a plan to form a regional ferry district that would raise more money for the ferry system through a new government entity that could raise taxes in the nine counties served by Washington State Ferries.
Jordan Thompson and Ron Conant have announced their engagement, and have plans for an August 2011 wedding to be held on Whidbey Island.
Port of South Whidbey commissioners will discuss the process by which the port will sell the uplands portion of its park property at Possession Point at a meeting next week.
City officials are exploring the idea of a land swap that would lead to the rerouting of Wharf Street along the Edgecliff bluff near the Langley marina.
Saratoga Community Housing, a nonprofit community land trust, will hold an affordable home-ownership orientation next week in Freeland.