St. Augustine’s in-the-Woods Episcopal Church will host the seventh annual “Blessed be the Peace Makers” event to remember Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 16 at the church in Freeland.
Firefighters from Island County Fire District 3 quickly extinguished a chimney fire on Heggenes Road about 8 p.m. Friday.
The Diking District 1 regular meeting on Thursday, Jan. 5 has been canceled.
The Record sought the wisdom of residents on South Whidbey about what 2012 has in store. Here are their thoughts.
The National Weather Service in Seattle issued a wind advisory early Tuesday for Admiralty Inlet northward, which includes Whidbey Island, and the north and central Washington Coast. Forecasters warn that power outages are possible.
Interested in learning to meditate? Already meditating and interested in deepening the practice? Learn mindfulness/awareness meditation and join others in practice at a meditation open house from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3 in the Sanctuary at the Whidbey Institute.
Transition Whidbey Potlucks with a Purpose! will meet from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Bayview Community Hall.
The Whidbey Writers Workshop will host three free literary events at the Captain Whidbey Inn at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7, 10 and 14. Thirteen professional writers and the workshop’s esteemed faculty will read from their own works at the events.
Hugh Shipman, a coastal geologist with the state Department of Ecology, will lead a free program that will offer details on how to help sustain shoreline areas next week at Langley City Hall.
It was a year where what was old — an unsolved Christmastime murder, unresolved controversies at Langley City Hall, lingering lawsuits — was new again. On the dawn of a new year, the Record looks back at the news that made headlines in 2011.
The Christian Science Society will begin the New Year in celebration of who God is and the role of the Creator in people’s lives: “In every place where I record My name and cause it to be remembered I will come to you and bless you,” (Exodus 20:24).
LANGLEY — There, front and center in Pam Muncey’s classroom, was Tobiah “Zippy” Leonard’s empty desk.
On the desktop stood her framed school picture, a lit candle and a vase of lilies, white daisies and green button flowers.
With many in the community still reeling from the tragic accident that claimed a South End 9-year-old girl’s life on Christmas, the South Whidbey Commons is offering counseling this afternoon.