Oak Harbor officials are considering changing the organizational chart for the city and creating a new administrative position.
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An attempt to strip Oak Harbor’s mayor pro tem of her title over an alleged threat against city employees was delayed this week by council members.
The community input process regarding potential improvement options for Windjammer Park continues through April 30.
Oak Harbor City Council members are considering a proposal to close a small section of Southeast Third Avenue to vehicles in an effort to protect pedestrians arriving at or leaving Volunteer Park.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES EDITORIAL: A tale of two road projects illustrates how things are amiss in Oak Harbor when it comes to spending priorities.
During last Wednesday’s City Council workshop, Mayor Bob Severns floated the idea of rebuilding the windmill that used to be in Windjammer Park. He commented that the city council said it would be rebuilt when it was torn down in 2017. Councilmember Jim Woessner reports being approached by a grassroots...
The Whidbey News-Times published an In Our Opinion column in their Nov. 13 edition. The column, which was unsigned, urged the city to rebuild the windmill in Windjammer Park. The windmill, a symbol of the city’s Dutch heritage, was torn down four years ago. WP to Hootsuite Log
Editor Jessie Stensland wrote an In Our Opinion column in the Nov. 10 edition of the Whidbey News-Times, urging the Oak Harbor City Council to consider changing from a mayor-council form of government to a council-manager system. They Said It Jessie Stensland: …Oak Harbor has had its share of political...