Anacortes Schools Foundation board members recently shared an evening with donors and friends on board the Adventuress, the 101-year old schooner operated by Sound Experience, an educational non-profit.

A teenager from Sedro-Woolley is suspected in the theft of a cash box containing $500 from St. Mary’s Fest event at St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

The 101-year old schooner Adventuress, which is back in Anacortes Friday for sailings for local school kids and the Anacortes Schools Foundation, has regained a bit of its history with the return of the ship’s original bell.

The City Council, on a 6-1 vote, approved a shoreline permit for Banana Belt Boats, even as some Council members agreed it wasn’t the best use for the shoreline property.

The City Council heard requests during a Monday night public hearing that the city lift the nearly year-old ban on recreational marijuana businesses in Anacortes.

With the Police chief looking on, a Anacortes Police Officer who was instrumental in saving a crew member stuck on a capsizing $10 million yacht, was honored by Mayor Gere.