There is some good news on this week’s police blotter… A Police officer discovered a wallet that the wallet’s owner didn’t know was missing.
We've had rain for the last couple of days and more rain is in the foreast. But, here's a ray of sunshine I discovered while riding my bike around March Point last Wednesday.
One of the most remarkable human accomplishments is the population of the inhospitable Arctic. Half Inuit and half white, Anacortes resident John Ireton arrived in our town in 1981, perhaps guided by his inbred survival skills and sensitive ear.
A fourth generation fisherman, Jake Anderson, who left Anacortes as a kid to become a fisherman in Alaska has written a new book about his adventures on the F/V Northwestern, one of those boats featured on the Discovery Channel series The Deadliest Catch.
The city’s Public Works Director has laid out a $40-million plan to upgrade most of the city’s streets which the City Council indicated Monday night it would carefully consider.
"People in the United States are getting older. But increasingly, they don't want to live in some old folks' community," writes Sarah Goodyear. As the number of Americans over 65 grows, concepts like aging in place are gaining new pertinence.
