Last spring, in a 4-1 vote, Langley City Councilmembers voted in a ban on fireworks within city limits. Councilmember Thomas Gill was the only nay vote to the ban. During last Monday’s meeting, Craig Cyr asked staff to send a notice to property owners about the change. Police Chief Donald...
Scott Chaplin has been appointed over Councilmember Thomas Gill by the Langley City Council to serve out the remainder of the term of Mayor Tim Callison who is resigning. Councilmembers grilled the two candidates on a number of issues including management style, financial concerns, traffic safety, climate change preparation and...
Whidbey Island will soon receive millions of dollars of American Rescue Plan funding. Oak Harbor was allotted $6,578,122. Coupeville was allotted $550,480 and Langley was allotted $318,229. Island County will get $16,500,000. Half the money will be received in 2021 and the other half in 2022. The respective city councils...
Two more candidates have stepped forward to challenge Thomas Gill in the race to be the next mayor of Langley. Scott Chaplin and Roger Scrafford have both submitted applications for the position. Scott Chaplin is also running for election to Position 5 on the Langley City Council. The Langley City...
Big change is on the horizon for the City of Langley. The only applicant, so far, for the remaining two years of Mayor Callison’s term is councilmember Thomas Gill. If he is appointed, councilmember Craig Cyr will be the only current councilmember remaining as incumbents Dominique Emerson, Peter Morton and...
According to Karina Andrew’s story in the Whidbey News-Times, the Coupeville Town Council has approved, in a 4-1 vote, a conditional special event permit for the Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival for this August. There are certain conditions attached concerning spacing of artists but there will be at least 5...
After more than a year, Langley Mayor Tim Callison and the City Council have agreed to repeal the mask mandate and to instead follow Gov. Jay Inslee’s orders for the state. Kira Erickson has the story in the South Whidbey Record. On the Ballot in November 2021 – Langley City...
The Oak Harbor City Council is in disagreement over paying for a traffic study that has already been completed. There is confusion about who ordered the study concerning the access road to the future 75-acre city park. The study compared Northwest Elwha Street and Gun Club Road as entry points...
