The City Council has okayed a proposal to name the courtroom at the Police Station in honor of a former judge, Eugene Anderson, who died last month. Mayor Dean Maxwell made the proposal and it was approved by the Council.

The City Council has given the go ahead for a 20-unit residential complex on Ninth St. between Q and R avenues. The 5-building project reserves first floor space for commercial or retail space.

City Council members Monday night called for better preparation for July Fourth traffic problems next year. Council member Kevin McKeown said “I’ve never seen lines that long. What a nightmare.”

A 19-year-old man who told officers that he had just moved to Anacortes received a warm welcome and was arrested for DUI after an officer observed him driving a 1998 Lincoln Town Car erratically in the 1400 block of “D” Ave.

This 1890 shot of a “barn door”-sized halibut was taken at Ocean Dock, built by the Oregon Improvement Company at the foot of what is now called Commercial Avenue.

Fourth of July fireworks will be handled by an Oregon company this year because John Curtis has decided to end his 15-year run handling Anacortes’ fireworks displays.