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One of Twisp’s iconic landmarks, the Idle-A-While Motel on Highway 20, has new owners who will continue operating the motel as it has in the past.
Josh and Kristin Buehler, who own Abbycreek Inn in Winthrop, purchased the Idle-A-While property last month. The Buehlers have moved into the five-bedroom house on the …
By Don Nelson Faced with choosing between the letter and the spirit of the law, the Winthrop Town Council opted for the latter at last week’s meeting when it declined to fine Abbycreek Inn for violating the town’s Westernization code. The town’s Westernization Architectural Committee (WAC) had recommended that the town assess a civil penalty […]
By Don Nelson Sometimes the collision of good intentions can be a difficult thing to watch. There’s rarely a completely satisfactory outcome. Such was the case last week when the Town of Winthrop’s Westernization Architectural Committee (WAC) recommended that the owner of Abbycreek Inn (nee Alderbrook Inn, nee Best Western Cascade Inn) be assessed a […]
By Laurelle Walsh Winthrop innkeepers Kristin and Josh Buehler learned an “expensive lesson” last month, after finding out that their business name violated the trademark of a Hood Canal resort. On March 2, the owner of Alderbrook Resort & Spa telephoned to ask the Buehlers to change the name of their business — Alderbrook Inn — to avoid confusion […]
