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It was a beautiful Saturday for the Polar Plunge and Race at Seafarers' Memorial Park.

It was bright and sunny on Saturday, so what better to do than run into the water at Seafarers' Memorial Park to benefit Special Olympics.

There have been several daytime residential burglaries in Anacortes this week in the neighborhoods southwest of D Avenue and 12th Street.

An architect from Anacortes took the highest award and a Bow architect won another top award this week when the Northwest Washington chapter of American Institute of Architects handed out their 2015 regional Design Awards.

Teams are getting ready for this year’s March for Meals Bowling Bash, a fundraising program to support the Meals on Wheels program, which serves hot nutritious meals to local seniors.

The Anacortes Police Department, in an effort to expand a dialog with citizens, has launched accounts on Facebook and Twitter.

The Anacortes Small Boat Center, a group devoted to mostly non-motorized small boats, is moving ahead with plans to construct a small building on the northeast corner of Cap Sante Marina to support sail, paddle and recreational light-duty hand-launched boats.

The city has agreed to purchase the The Heart of Anacortes, a performance venue at the corner of Fourth St. and O Ave. in downtown Anacortes.

Puget Sound Energy delivered a check for $51,275 to the City Council on Monday night because the city’s Wastewater Treatment Plant has managed a major cuts in electricity consumption.

Mayor Gere presents a certificate to Eric Shen, with Transition Fidalgo & Friends, for the group’s winning the City Council’s Auto Magic competition among the non-profit groups to save the most car mileage during the last year.