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Police arrested an Anacortes man on assault and unlawful imprisonment charges when he showed up at the hospital to visit  the assault victim who was talking to police.

The ;city has set a series of pubic hearings in January on a proposed 2016 Comprehensive Plan, the bludprint that guides the city’s growth over the next 20 years.

Verizon has erected the first of what could be three new cellular phone towers in the city. The new 70-foot tower near Commercial Ave. and 32nd St. went up earlier this week.

The number of retail marijuana stores allotted for Anacortes will double to two under new allocations established by the state Liquor and Cannabis Board. One store is now operating in the city.

Anacortes Police are investigating the theft of several hundred dollars in personal items during the ransacking of a home on 16^th St.

A fire late Tuesday night caused an estimated $160,000 to a building housing the Anacortes Music Channel and Classic Upholstery in the 200 block of Commercial ave.

The City Council has okayed a $53.7 million city budget for the coming year, more than 42 million than Mayor Gere had originally asked for in her budget presentation last October.

The former development director of the Island Hospital Foundation has pleaded guilty to four counts of first degree theft and five counts of forgery in connection with the theft of more than $300,000.

The Anacortes library has scheduled an event designed to celebrate discovery and imagination in Sci-Fi. and, it’s just in time for opening weekend of the newest movie installment in a galaxy far, far away, Star Wars, The Force Awakens.

An enthusiastic crowd turned out for Anacortes’ annual Christmas parade on Saturday despite the very windy and sometimes rainy morning.