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City gets paid to save energy

Art Shotwell Mar. 3 2015 1 minute read

2015 0303 energy check

Puget Sound Energy delivered a check for $51,275 to the City Council on Monday night because the city’s Wastewater Treatment Plant has managed a major cuts in electricity consumption.

Transition Fidalgo (again) wins mileage prize

Art Shotwell Mar. 2 2015 1 minute read

2015 0301 transitions

Mayor Gere presents a certificate to Eric Shen, with Transition Fidalgo & Friends, for the group’s winning the City Council’s Auto Magic competition among the non-profit groups to save the most car mileage during the last year.

Monthly Gallery Walk this Friday

Art Shotwell Mar. 2 2015 3 minutes read

The First Friday Gallery Walk for March features a collection on display at City Hall, a new venue.

Police Blotter, February 20 - 27, 2015

Feb. 28 2015 6 minutes read

An early morning call to 911 from a local hotel about loud voices and a fight ended with a male booked in Skagit County Jail.

Planning for city's future

Art Shotwell Feb. 27 2015 3 minutes read

2015 0227 workshop

City planner Libby Grage answers questions from a table of citizens at a community planning workshop, where dozens of residents discussed how the city could accommodate an expected six thousand new residents over the next 20 years.

Two businesses burglarized

Feb. 27 2015 1 minute read

Anacortes Police have arrested two teenagers in connection with the early morning burglaries of two businesses here.

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