Summer heat, gas prices and the whooping cough scare kept some Choochokam visitors away, but those who came said it was the best festival ever.
The Langley Police Department got a bit more action than usual in the small and usually quiet Village by the Sea on Saturday night when officers stopped a 23-year-old Langley man on a rampage after Choochokam.
When the family gathered at Jim and Jean Gervais’ Freeland home Friday evening, the mood was somber. The drunk driver who drove the car that killed the couple’s daughter, Karen Gervais Boone, 18 months ago had been sent to prison for more than seven years. But the deep breath that would bring relief wasn’t there.
The Langley City Council wants to hold its regular meetings two days sooner.
The council is likely to vote on a resolution Wednesday that will move the meetings from the first and third Wednesday of the month to the first and third Monday.
LANGLEY — The European plastic fringe curtains that have been a hit during Choochokam are back this year, and it’s the last chance to get them at the old price.
Trees damaged at fire hall project
Prosecutor notes driver had previous convictions
Langley may have a crab bandit on its hands. The crabbing season opened just last week, but the Langley Police Department has received an unusually high number of phone calls about stolen crabs and crab pots.
Goosefoot Community Fund is selling more than 10 acres of land in Bayview — including the historic Sears House — to pay for improvements to Bayview Center.
COUPEVILLE — The very people who Craig Firth hurt with his crime came to his defense when he was sentenced Monday to more than four years in prison.
With road construction going on in the heart of Langley, it’s hard to imagine that Choochokam is only three days away.
And Langley Police Chief Bob Herzberg predicts that the construction on Anthes Avenue will cause a bit of a traffic nightmare. Especially for those festival visitors, who try to park as close as possible to the action.
Beverly Graham and Julie Keegan are launching an online radio program called “Breathe in radio” at 6 p.m. Friday, July 11.
The city of Langley nearly doubled parking on the waterside of First Street by changing the striping from parallel to angle parking.
