“After years of beating down attempts by developers to build subdivisions and a destination resort on 118 acres of Saratoga Road forest land, a group of development opponents finally took the land off the market late last week when they and the Whidbey-Camano Land Trust signed a purchase option. Working together, the Land Trust and members of the group Save the Woods on Saratoga have raised more than $450,000 toward the purchase. The option agreement with landowner Resource Group, Inc. (RGI) will put the land under Land Trust ownership if it can raise another $300,000 to pay the $750,000 sales price. “
“This year’s spring razor clam season on the Washington coast is tentatively scheduled for April 26, 27 and 29 at Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks and Kalaloch. “
South Whidbey’s baseball team let two games get away from them against Lakewood last week.
“Recreational fishers for Dungeness crab are now required to record their catch in much the same way those who fish for salmon, steelhead, sturgeon and halibut have done in the past. “
“New shops offering unique antiques and collectibles have opened on South Whidbey. Among them is Kate’s Cabin, with owners shown here; Whidbey’s Wacky Women are also in Freeland; and in Greenbank, two businesswomen have opened 20th Century Collectibles. “
“With her team deadlocked 3-3 in match play with undefeated 3A Stanwood in Wednesday’s home tennis meet, Falcon sophomore Molly Fox was South Whidbey’s only hope. Fox played a three-hour match at Number 4 singles against the Spartans’ Elizabeth Curry, and earned a 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (4-0) win to put the Falcons over the top for the team’s seventh win of the year. “
The Bayview Farmers Market will open next month under a new management structure.
South Whidbey’s bats came alive last week to power the fastpitch team to blowout victories over Sultan on Tuesday and Meridian on Thursday
“Playing against a Granite Falls soccer team so new that the dye in their jerseys still runs in the rain, the South Whidbey High School boys used a mix of varsity and junior varsity players to knock off the Tigers 5-1 last week. “
“Shops from Freeland to Greenbank are welcoming spring and its tourists with items from old gardens, kitchens and grandmother’s attic. Among this is Kate’s Cabin, where owners Leslie Saelens, Heidi Norris, Jennifer Whiteman and Joni Reed have both garden antiques and shabby chic. “
Some of the choir members in this early 1950s photo remain unidentified by the church’s Centennial Committee.
“Lone Lake will have hundreds of sizeable new inhabitants when this year’s fishing season opens. Triploid trout were scheduled to be planted the week of March 26, according to the Department of Fish and Wildlife. The extra large rainbow trout are so named because they have three sets of chromosomes instead of the normal two. “
A fire engine was also damaged by rocks thrown out by an unknown driver spinning doughnuts in the parking lot at the Fire District 3 station on French Road.
