Contrary to how their season has played out thus far, it was a slow start Thursday for most of the South Whidbey girls tennis players against Coupeville.
Though conditions weren’t favorable, South Whidbey’s girls golf knocked off defending state champion King’s, 85-78, April 12 at Useless Bay Golf and County Club.
For one Langley business, the thought of Choochokam Festival moving out of the city center defies logic. To another, it’s a welcome change.
Several downtown businesses are split on the longtime festival potentially being held at Community Park this summer. Organizers of the event say the festival has outgrown the city and are hopeful the park will better serve an expanding vision, though the move still needs approval from South Whidbey Parks and Recreation District commissioners when they meet April 20.
South Whidbey High School’s winter sports teams will have new plaques to hang in their respective locker rooms this year, but none have anything to do with achievements in athletics.
Proposed sewer rate hikes in Langley got an official nod of approval at Monday night’s city council meeting.
Opting for a six-year rate structure labeled “Borrow Max & Step-Up,” the plan outlines an increase to $126 every two months in the first year to $256 by 2021. The hikes are part of the city’s sewer comprehensive plan and were one of five options available. The council predetermined which rate structure was to move forward at an earlier workshop. Monday night was the legal step necessary in order to finalize the plan moving forward, though the exact rate structure is still being revised, Mayor Tim Callison said.
It’s been a dream almost two decades in the making for South Whidbey first-year head softball coach Alexandra Walter.
For most of her life, the 24-year-old San Diego, Calif. native has wanted to lead a varsity softball team. Her ambitions came to fruition after taking the mantle of the Falcon program this spring, which she is eager to build from the bottom up after a downward spiral in participation in recent years.
South Whidbey’s baseball team defeated Coupeville, 7-3, on Saturday afternoon.
The win came on the heels of two losses to Archbishop Murphy on March 30 and April 1. Despite playing three games in four days, with many of its players and coaches still battling or recovering from illnesses that swept through the team, the Falcons fought their way to a solid victory, head coach Tom Fallon said.
One of Langley’s biggest festivals might be moving to a new location.
The sights of Langley are now on display along the I-5 corridor between Whidbey Island and Seattle.
Langley unveiled a SeaTac Shuttle on First Street Saturday morning adorned with photographs depicting city life and culture. The images, taken by South Whidbey photographers David Welton, Michael Stadler and Debra Campbell, are strewn along the sides and back of the 24-passenger shuttle.
It’s not often a long jumper shatters a previous mark by 12 inches.
It was difficult for South Whidbey softball players Mackenzee Collins and Leah Merrow to pinpoint the best moment in their win over Cedar Park Christian Thursday afternoon.
In more ways than one, newly hired Langley City Planner Brigid Reynolds is entering her position at an unusually busy time.
With work still to be done on the city’s comprehensive plan update, including the implementation of the urban growth area reduction, and a number of development activities that require a permanent planner, Reynolds is hitting the ground running.
Tim Economu is always surprised by how well electric vehicles blend in with their gas-fueled counterparts.
