"This sign is falling apart," is what Mark Lawrence, who is working on the beautification of the triangle park where highway 20 breaks off Sunset Ave to the state ferry landing, told the City Council.

Longtime resident Liz Lovelett announced Wednesday that she’s running for City Council Position 6, an at-large position, a position currently held by Bill Turner, who says he will run for re-election.

Several vehicles in the same area of town, around St. Mary Parish, were prowled one night last week, all of them unlocked.

Laurie Gere kicked off her campaign for Mayor Friday night, telling a very crowded Gere-a-Deli that, "I will create a mayor’s advisory committee with participants drawn from a cross section of the community to ensure that we develop the right vision for Anacortes.”

Anacortes will receive a new patrol boat for its parks and recreation department built by Skagit Valley College Marine Skills Center students as part of a settlement agreement between the Washington Department of Ecology and New World Yacht Builders.

Electric service for about 600 Puget Sound Energy customers in the Skyline area of Anacortes will be interrupted for up to 10 hours on Monday to allow for replacement and upgrade of PSE electric equipment serving that neighborhood.