It was just 30 years ago, May 2, 1984 when local historian Bill Mitchell and friends launched a project that has become part of the cultural history of Anacortes and which no includes more than 150 hand-painted murals featuring people from previous eras in Anacortes’ history.
This month’s First Friday Gallery Walk features 30 years of the Anacortes Mural Project with artist Bill Mitchell at the Depot, as well as new works by Renate Trapkowski, including “Inspiring Light,” featured here at Scott-Milo.
The cooperation of Summit Assistance Dogs of Anacortes and Hellam’s Vineyard of La Conner brought about a friendly gathering on Sunday.
Several cases of minors and alcohol this week, including a case of a 14-year-old girl, semi-conscious and sitting in her own vomit at the skatepark, who was rescued by her older brother.
Rescue workers in training help a volunteer ‘victim’ during training and exercise for volunteer members of the West Skagit Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Saturday at the Anacortes city shops.
The County will not require an environmental impact statement for Shell’s proposed new March Point rail yard designed to accept 102-car trains carrying roughly 60,000 barrels of crude oil daily from North Dakota’s Bakken formation.
