Coupeville News Archives

With the name for the first Keystone-to-Port Townsend ferry already decided, the naming of the second one could be more of an ordeal.

If a grant is approved, boaters in Penn Cove will have a new place to dump their wastewater.

Island County and Island Disposal employees made up nearly half of the roughly 20-member audience at the Island County roadside recycling information meeting at the Coupeville Recreation Hall.

A woman was injured late last week when a dead tree at the side of the road blew over as she was driving past and shattered the windshield of her car.

Several students at Coupeville High School are helping others and earning college credit at the same time.

Chief Snakelum could be rising from the dead. The late chief of the Lower Skagit Tribe is buried near the Au Sable Institute, and hea s one of the features of a Whidbey Island-themed haunted house that is opening in time for Halloween at the Au Sable Institute, 180 Parker Rd., Coupeville.

With two weeks before the Nov. 3 general election, candidates for the only competitive race in Coupeville made their case to the voters.

With the holiday season fast approaching, shoppers perusing the quaint shops in Coupeville could see an unexpected windfall if they are lucky.

Several Coupeville residents criticized plans to rezone a rural entry into town.

To keep a popular after-school program afloat, the Coupeville School District is partnering with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Island County.

Whidbey Island voters received their Nov. 3 general election ballots in the mail this week, but missing in the same batch of mail was the local votera s pamphlet traditionally produced by the Island County Auditora s Office.

Several Coupeville townspeople are up in arms about a rule change they say allows town council members to shirk their responsibilities to hear from the public.

A rumored development planned to go in near Whidbey General Hospital has some residents questioning a rezone of a small parcel of land.

The celebration of the final farmers market of the year turned out to be a record breaker.

Two new faces are busy scooping ice cream behind the counter of an iconic Coupeville shop.

Merchandise has been flying off the shelves at Good Cheer's Thrift Store in Langley, and soon there will be more retail runways for takeoff.

Another 249 acres of historic and prime agricultural land in Ebeya s Landing National Historical Reserve will remain available for farming, thanks to the Whidbey Camano Land Trust and a group of willing property owners.

A carrot, an eggplant, a zucchini, a pumpkin and a little bunch of green onions will spend the next several weeks enjoying coffee at the end of the Coupeville pier.

Verizon telephone service has been on and off for three days this week at Island Transit and other locations in Central Whidbey, spurring concerns about senior citizens who rely on the bus service to get to medical appointments.

Two neighbors will be battling for an opening on the Coupeville Town Council. Sue Cunningham and Tom Tack, who live in historic homes two doors apart on North Main Street, are competing to fill the spot being vacated by Jim Phay.

Community leaders and state legislators got an up-close look this week at progress on the new ferry that is slated to operate on the Port Townsend-to-Keystone route beginning in the middle of 2010.