Home for Christmas
Ann Cory (right) holds her painting “Home for Christmas,” which was selected as the poster image for the 2010 Port Susan Snow Goose & Birding Festival taking place Feb. 20 – 21. Full Story
Clean water versus septic
Island County considers options
In a whirlwind of budget drafts, funding cuts, tax increases and proposed layoffs, Island County Commissioners are in the infant stages of considering an additional item:
A clean water utility fee.
The possible fee addresses concerns in Island County such as drainage problems, contamination of drinking water, and the need to monitor water levels. Full Story
Commissioners rescind sheriff’s right to absorb EMS
Island County commissioners Angie Homola and Helen Price-Johnson voted Monday to remove Emergency Management Services (EMS) from within the sheriff’s office.
Earlier this year, commissioners agreed to allow the sheriff to absorb EMS. Full Story
Three Driftwood Shores burglaries attempted
Island County Sheriff’s
deputies on Camano Island
responded to the following
recently:
Full Story
Island County commissioners approve three property tax levies
Island County commissioners approved a 1 percent increase to three property tax levies last Monday: current expense, roads, and conservation futures.
In addition, they employed banked capacity to further increase the county current expense levy and the roads’ levy totals by nearly $67,000 and $270,000.
Totaled, the increases will garner $488,827 revenue next year. Full Story
On the move Seven enormous girders began arriving Sunday night
In response to readers’
requests, the
NEWS will
run weekly updates on the
General Mark Clark Bridge
project on Camano Island
and the SR 532 corridor
project in Stanwood.
Full Story
Housing Hope receives assistance
Housing Hope, a locally grown affordable housing and services agency, with facilities in Stanwood has received $50,000 in new grant funding from The Boeing Company Charitable Trust. Full Story
Cascade River fishery closes
Low steelhead returns to the Marblemount Hatchery have prompted the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to close a portion of the Cascade River to recreational fishing beginning Dec. 19. Full Story
Enjoy family during the holidays
Still recovering from Thanksgiving weekend? Even trying to hold on to that good feeling can be a pressure, according to the co-authors of the parenting book, “The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have,” Malcolm and his wife Laura Gauld.
The Gauld’s have the following suggestions on having a positive holiday season with the kids. Full Story
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