Young people on South Whidbey have ample outside time in store for them. Two non-profit organizations and a South Whidbey arts school teamed up and were recently awarded a No Child Left Inside grant by the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Department.
There may have been one boom too many in Langley on July 4.
A call for a ban on personal fireworks within Langley’s city limits at Tuesday night’s council meeting may lead to a change in city code.
Two Langley residents, Andi Schoenman and Sharen Heath, complained of excessive noise from fireworks on the Fourth of July, likening the volume and intensity to that of a war zone. A petition to ban the fireworks has also reached 132 supporters as of Friday morning on change.org.
A ban on assault weapons, global warming and funding for education were hot topics in the state senate race at a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters.
Held Thursday at Unitarian Universalist Church in Freeland, the event also included a question-and-answer period with Port of South Whidbey officials concerning the district’s proposal to become the new owners of the fairgrounds in Langley and assess a property tax increase to support the aging facility.
One of Langley’s two LED test bulbs installed over a week ago on Third Street and Park Avenue may be too bright for the city and potentially dangerous for its inhabitants.
While the sky was painted gray, spectators and parade participants dressed in red, white and blue filled the scene below during the 101st year of the Maxwelton Parade this weekend.
South Whidbey School District’s chief leader has been recognized as one of the top public school administrators in the state.
After four years of embracing South Whidbey baseball’s motto of team-first, it’s finally time for Ricky Muzzy to stand alone.
Muzzy, a pitcher and shortstop, was named the Cascade Conference’s player of the year by the league’s coaches to cap off a four-year varsity career. He batted .538, hit three home runs and 18 RBI, and stole 20 bases this season. Named to the first-team all-league team the last two seasons, Muzzy will play for Lower Columbia College next year where he hopes to eventually move on to a Division I program. Muzzy finished in the top four in last season’s most valuable player voting.
South Whidbey lost a respected high school football leader this week with the passing of “Coach” Jim Leierer.
Leierer, an influential man known for his wisdom, faith in God and corny jokes, died Wednesday at an adult care center in Seattle.
He was 92.
Artist Milo White had a bet riding that his and Lin McJunkin’s archway would fit perfectly into its previously constructed bolts.
He was right.
The $5,000 artistic archway titled “Inferred” was installed Wednesday afternoon without a hitch. Using the help of a crane provided by Vic Hanson of Hanson’s Building Supply Inc. in Langley, three separate steel pieces were placed carefully by White, McJunkin and a friend.
Time is up for South Whidbey High School’s three-decades-old scoreboards at the main athletic field and gymnasium.
Langley Mayor Tim Callison will lobby the Island County Council of Governments for more than half a million dollars in Coupeville today.
It was work ethic that separated Langley Middle School’s track and field team from the rest of the pack.
Piece by piece, segment by segment, Anna Scipione’s home is coming to life.
Seven modular home components, each 14×40 feet, will eventually comprise Scipione’s 3,000 square-foot, $1 million home on East Harbor Road. The modules were recently set on a foundation by Seattle-based Method Homes, Acc-U-Set of Washougal and Freeland’s Jade Craftsman Builders.
