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The Police Blotter

Jan. 18 2009 8 minutes read

The third time was not the charm last week for a 51-year-old Anacortes man arrested for speeding, driving with a suspended license and without insurance. 

Inter-Island ferry riders vent

Jan. 17 2009 4 minutes read

One inter-island ferry rider told the state ferries director "Can you find another duck to pluck?" during a  public hearing for islanders on WSF long-range plans for the ferry system.

Police looking for this man

Jan. 17 2009 1 minute read
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Anacortes police are trying to identify this man, who was caught in surveillance photos this week shortly before he pulled what police called “a classic scam” on a local retailer.

Wild Beauty: Photographs of the Columbia River Gorge

Jan. 17 2009 2 minutes read

wild_beauty.jpgThe editors of Wild Beauty have selected more than 130 images by some three dozen photographers to chronicle the history of photography in the Columbia River Gorge.

Broken traffic light working again

Art Shotwell Jan. 15 2009 1 minute read

That traffic light at 17th St. and Q Ave. has been fixed. It had been blinking since it was damaged during a winter storm last month.

 

Rep. Morris questions spending priorities

Jan. 15 2009 1 minute read

State Representative Jeff Morris questions the consistency of a policy that includes $11.7 million for the Enhanced Driver License (EDL) program, while cancelling the primary maritime route between Washington and Canada.

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