Nearly three months after the 41st annual Choochokam Arts and Music Festival was cancelled, vendors are still complaining that booth fees have yet to be returned.
Before the Carl Westling Invitational began Saturday, South Whidbey freshman Flannery Friedman didn’t know if she belonged with the other varsity cross country runners.
After placing 14th overall in the Division 2 race, earning a podium spot and setting a personal record, Friedman’s perception has changed.
Monday was just another day without The HUB for Langley Middle School students Madison Gabelein, Wyatt Ralph and Zach Murtha. Unfortunately, that day was mixed with some boredom.
“There’s not much to do in Langley without The HUB,” Murtha, a 12-year-old, said.
For most of the first half of South Whidbey’s girls soccer match against Port Townsend, the Falcons were looking for an opening into the net.
Langley bicyclists were spinning their wheels in frustration over the city’s six-year transportation improvement plan last week.
Diane Nilan lives out of a van.
She’s not homeless as the living arrangement is by choice, but she’s not exactly living in comfort either. She said it’s part of an effort to glean a small bit of insight into the lives of the homeless, whom she’s worked with over the past three decades as the founder of HEAR US, an Illinois-based non-profit organization that gives homeless a voice to share their stories through video interviews and books.
A city councilman has dropped his plans to wrestle the reins and rights of Choochokam, and instead decided to create an entirely new festival.
Bruce Allen, a former member of the Choochokam Foundation, said plans to host a music and arts festival on the streets of Langley the weekend after the Fourth of July are in motion.
South Whidbey boys tennis junior Ryan Wenzek shed a former version of himself on Thursday afternoon.
Objections from an insomniac, a former mayoral candidate who enjoys late-night swims and others were enough to pause the Langley City Council on Tuesday from adopting new citywide hours for parks.
The council opted not to make a decision on the proposal following a healthy discussion during the group’s regular city council meeting. The varying opinions expressed by the crowd, both for and against, warranted additional consideration, council members agreed. The time period in which the park will be closed is still unclear, with possibilities ranging from midnight to 6 a.m. or dusk to dawn.
A 50-foot-tall diseased and dying maple tree on Third Street that poses a risk to a nearby Langley household as well as pedestrians will be chopped down later this month.
South Whidbey’s football team arrived in Coupeville Saturday night in possession of the coveted “Bucket.” They left without it.
When Kale Reichersamer graduated from South Whidbey High School in 2014, his heart was set on becoming a college athlete. In what capacity, however, was a bit of a conundrum.
Come Sept. 6, the first day of school, Anthony Reeves will be ready to hit the books. That’s because the seventh-grade Coupeville Middle School student, who comes from a low-income family, will have all the school supplies he needs.
