— In this issue —

Bits & Pieces

  • COUPEVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Parade Street Closures — Saturday, May 23, 2026
  • June 2026 at Penn Cove Gallery
  • Whidbey Community Foundation Helps Advance Affordable Housing in Coupeville Through Community Financing Partnership

What's Going On

  • Coupeville Memorial Day Parade Saturday, May 23 | 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Historic Downtown Coupeville
  • 8th Annual Service of Remembrance Monday, May 25 10 a.m.–Noon, Maple Leaf Cemetery, 1961 NE 16th Ave., Oak Harbor
  • Great Decisions Discussion Series: The Future of Human Rights and International Law Wednesday, May 27, 10 a.m.–noon Freeland Library, 5495 Harbor Ave.
  • Patio Sale Benefits Veterans Resource Center Friday, May 29–Sunday, May 31 South Whidbey Community Center, 723 Camano Ave., Langley
  • Ravel. Mozart. Garrop. Sunday, May 31, 7–9 p.m. First Reformed Church, 250 SW Third Ave., Oak Harbor

Whidbey Weekly News

  • Whidbey Weekly Asks Community to Help Sustain Local Print Journalism by Samantha Goodman
  • City of Oak Harbor Welcomes Kristina Hines as New Human Resources Director by City of Oak Harbor
  • Memorial Day Services and Community Observances Planned Across Whidbey Island by Whidbey Weekly

Life Tributes

  • Gregory “Greg” Wasinger January 21, 1949 - May 7, 2026
  • Florencia Gatbonton Gerona Popa May 10, 1960 - May 6, 2026

— "When Should I Go?" Health Corner with Dr. Darlene Castle

— NO PINKS……, NO SHORE SALMON? Island Angler with Tracy Loescher

— Reducing Veteran Suicide Rates Freddy Groves

— On The Pursuit, not the Happiness Charles LaFond

— Poetry on Whidbey: Whidbey Weekly Terry Fengler Case

— Community Bulletin Board: Jobs, For Sale & Others

— BRING OUT THE BEST Short-term renters, but not short-time friends by JoAnn Hellmann, JOC (USNR, ret.)

— Astrology for May 22-28 2026 Tense Skies, Mars square Pluto and Venus Square Saturn Readings by NOA

— May 22nd – May 28tht: the Three of Pentacles Reversed. Tarot from Camano with Tiffany FitzPatrick

— Our Community: An Upbeat Question of the Week with Helen Mosbrooker