State experts find bones of at least 3 Native Americans in Oak Harbor

06/20/11 State experts who visited downtown Oak Harbor Saturday were able to answer two big questions about human remains unearthed on SE Pioneer Way late last week. "We know that there are at least three individuals and that they are Native American," said Allyson Brooks, director of the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation in Olympia. According to Brooks, the anthropologist who examined ...

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Northwest News: 3-year-old found wandering motel lot while mom gambles, police say; Transgender woman sentenced in ...

06/20/11 Also: Idaho state senator arrested on DUI, SUV theft charge; Washington construction on hold after Native American bones found at site; Springfield man gets 8 months in prison for deer poaching.

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School winners

06/20/11 The Rotary Club of Arlington recently recognized students of the month for May. Taylor Shepherd, Christine Serica, Sarah Peterson and Darby Throndsen were honored.

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Police Reports - June 14

06/14/11 *Someone took $80 from a purse belonging to Kristy Gaus, 40, of 110 13th St., Ellwood City. Borough police said the burglary took place shortly after 6 p.m. June 8, when a man wearing a white shirt went into Gaus' home by breaking through the front door and took the money from her purse before leaving.

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Hoffmire wins 2 gold medals

06/14/11 Alli Hoffmire of the North Whidbey Aquatic Club and the Fidalgo Flippers of Anacortes won two gold medals in the 2011 Special Olympics Washington State Games at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way June 4 and 5.

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The Herald's Baseball Player of the Year: Trevor Mitsui

06/14/11 Whenever Trevor Mitsui hit one over the fence for the Shorewood High School baseball, his father, Jeff, went running after the ball.

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Active Duty

06/13/11 Air Force Reserve Airman Joel Adriance graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Adriance earned distinction as an honor graduate.

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Duvenez, Ford earn OHHS's Athlete of the Year honors

06/12/11 Oak Harbor High School seniors Allison Duvenez and Judd Ford took much different paths en route to sharing the 2010-2011 Athlete of the Year Award.

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Education Digest: June 12, 2011

06/12/11 SOQUEL Fitzgerald named new principal The Soquel Union Elementary School District announced Thursday that Kathleen Fitzgerald will be the new principal at Soquel Elementary School.

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Two sentenced for car crash that killed 3

06/11/11 The Oak Harbor women were both steering an SUV before it crashed, killing three people.

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Oak Harbor mayor will run again

06/05/11 Following word that he officially announced his candidacy at a Rotary of Oak Harbor meeting last week, Mayor Jim Slowik confirmed Friday that he will seek a second term this November in the general election. Mayors are nonpartisan, which means candidates do not declare a political party. The office carries a four-year term and, in Oak Harbor, pays $51,408 a year under the 2011 pay scale. If ...

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Community Calendar

06/02/11 Post 58: 7 p.m. third Tuesday of every month at the Odd Fellows Building, 610 Lewis St., Monroe. Bob, 360-863-3544 or www.americanlegionmonroe.org . Post 6: 7 p.m. second Thursday of every month at the VFW Hall, 2711 Oakes Ave., Everett. Marvin, 425-224-4137.

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Alameda Letters to the Editor

05/19/11 Thanks for making book sale a successThe Friends of the Alameda Free Library would like to thank those who helped make our May book sale at the Alameda Point Al DeWitt O'Club one of our biggest and most successful sales ever.

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Community Extra Calendar

05/19/11 Post 58: 7 p.m. third Tuesday of every month at the Odd Fellows Building, 610 Lewis St., Monroe. Bob, 360-863-3544 or www.americanlegionmonroe.org . Post 6: 7 p.m. second Thursday of every month at the VFW Hall, 2711 Oakes Ave., Everett. Marvin, 425-224-4137.

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Small business seminars set for June

05/18/11 The Ohio Small Business Development Center at Terra Community College is offering free, two-hour seminars on Small Business Basics.

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Ruby Beets Made-to-Order Furniture

05/18/11 Ruby Beets now custom-makes simple and sturdy modern furniture, pieces to mix in with the old.

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Trike rider injured in North Whidbey accident

05/18/11 A 73-year-old Lynnwood man on a 2006 Honda GL 1800 Trike was injured in a collision Wednesday afternoon on Highway 20 in front of a North Whidbey convenience store.

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Made to Order, by Ruby Beets

05/18/11 Tiny Ruby Beets, tucked into an old silent-film theater on a side street in Sag Harbor, N.Y., is all of a sudden not so tiny, having doubled in size this month to accommodate a new line of furniture, Ruby Beets Made to Order. Sharone Einhorn and Honey Wolters, the store's owners, have long filled the place with antiquarian goods (like apothecary cabinets, bottom right) and artisanal objects ...

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School Winners

05/16/11 Four middle school students from Monroe were recently named semifinalists in the state's Letters About Literature project.

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County police reports

05/27/10 This activity report is provided by the Prince George's County Police Department as a public service to the community and is not a complete listing of all events and crime reported.

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