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    The interior of the “Pork Chop Express". Owner Dave "Bronco" Erickson is seeking to re-home the car for $500, which includes the pictured unicorn air freshener. (Andrea Brown / The Herald)
    For sale: Whidbey’s fabled ‘Pork Chop Express’ gets...
    By Andrea Brown • June 6, 2023 1:30 am

    Asking price is $500 for the 1991 Subaru Justy, a three-cylinder econobox with 65K miles and a transmission as rare as hen’s teeth.

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    A photo of “M*A*S*H” character Corporal Walter "Radar" O’Reilly has mysteriously returned to the “Speed Checked by Radar” sign on Third Street coming into Langley on Whidbey Island on Jan. 2, 2023. (Andrea Brown / The Herald)
    In Langley, ‘Speed Checked by Radar’ — Cpl....
    By Andrea Brown • January 13, 2023 2:20 pm

    The random act of comedy on a traffic pole an is ongoing M*A*S*H-ed up mystery on Whidbey Island.

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    Possession Point Bait Company owner Dan Cooper fishes live herring out of his holding pond with a net on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022 in Clinton, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
    Fish on! Whidbey bait shop delivers $7 bucket...
    By Andrea Brown • September 15, 2022 5:00 pm

    Possession Point Bait Co. owner Dan Cooper keeps afloat the Clinton fishing business his family started in the 1960s.

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    Maria Rios, a galley cashier, helps Frank and Fran Butler, of Washington, D.C., with food purchases aboard the Suquamish ferry between Mukilteo and Clinton. The galley is among several reopened after being closed over two years due to the pandemic. The galley of the Tokitae, the other boat on the Mukilteo-Clinton route, remains closed for now. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
    Drink up! Happy hour on the Mukilteo-Clinton ferry...
    By Andrea Brown • August 2, 2022 1:30 am

    More galleys are reopening as pandemic restrictions scale back. Get out of your car for concessions just like at the ballpark.

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    People line up to get their prizes at the arcade at the Blue Fox Drive-In Theater. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
    Get off the couch, or bring it, for...
    By Andrea Brown • July 22, 2022 1:30 am

    Kids get in for $1 at the Whidbey Island outdoor theater, one of few still standing in the state.

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    Earth Sanctuary owner Chuck Pettis next to his Ley Line piece on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020 in Langley, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
    For $7, take a walk on the spiritual...
    By Andrea Brown • July 12, 2022 1:30 am

    The 72-acre nature preserve has sculptures and sacred spaces. “It is contemplative, peaceful and magical.”

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    Up Up Up Inc., a traveling circus on a flatbed truck stage with a crane, performs Wednesday in Langley and Friday in Everett on its monthlong Pacific Northwest tour. Seen here at a show on Guemes Island. (Submitted photo)
    Circus coming to Whidbey, then Everett, on a...
    By Andrea Brown • July 20, 2021 1:30 am

    Theatrics include the world’s largest wedgie, a flying piano, human ceiling fan and a hair hang act.

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    Joe Hempel (right), and Kristin Galbreaith finish their 35-minute, one-mile swim from Seawall Park in Langley. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
    Scantily clad is the dress code for these...
    By Andrea Brown • March 9, 2021 3:30 pm

    Immersed for 30 minutes in frigid water would kill most of us. It energizes these swimmers.

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    A Tyrannosaurus rex appears to eat a car at a home owned by Burt Mason and Mary Saltwick in Freeland on Whidbey Island. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
    Jurassic yard: Freeland couple displays dinos
    By Andrea Brown • March 5, 2021 2:16 pm

    These creatures from long ago won’t chomp or chase you, and you’re welcome to visit.

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    Viva Las Langley! Artist Tim Leonard’s neon signs are lighting up the village
    Viva Las Langley! Artist Tim Leonard’s neon signs...
    By Andrea Brown • August 30, 2019 1:30 am

    Viva Las Langley.

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