The morning started out foggy around our area, but the fog was particularly heavy in the Guemes Channel Saturday morning as the ferry Chelan arrives 30 minutes late at the Anacortes ferry terminal.

Members of the city's Planning Commission Thursday launched a Facebook page. The Commissioners write that the "page is designed to capture public feedback on how development and related legislation should progress in the City of Anacortes."

"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.”