I have been watching, with some interest, as Island Hospital installed and revised new directional signs on the West side of their campus, along M Avenue. Large, backlighted, new signs signs were installed a few days ago. One sign pointed the wrong direction to the Emergency Room. If you heading North on M Avenue, the sign at the corner of 24th pointed further North to ER. That sign was fixed fairly quickly.

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Tomorrow is Election Day, though what with mail-in ballots, I suspect few people actually vote on Election Day. I voted today and will place my ballot in the ballot box tomorrow.

It is important to vote even though this is an off-year. Some Anacortes residents must choose between two City Council candidates. There are numerous other offices on the ballot, but many candidates seem to have

I've been working on AnacortesNow for the past couple of months in my spare time. Yes, I do have a job... as an independent Web designer. I've created this site because I think the community needs a voice. It's own voice.  Not a voice that gets lost and mixed in with the voices of other communities to our east. Anacortes has many issues that differ from issues that face folks living

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