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Witnesses on Skyline Way called police after trying to help a woman pushing a child in a stroller who kept falling down and knocking the stroller over, causing the child to scream and cry.

The two candidates for the Island Hospital Board of Commissioners agree that the hospital will need to affiliate with a larger hospital organization, sooner or later.

The Anacortes Police Department is investigating two reports of vandalism to several of their police cars this week.

Thieves who stole a kitchen stove from an unoccupied rental home on Seventh St. were thoughtful enough to leave an older stove as a replacement.

Anacortes Police have arrested a Burlington man suspected in connection with a series of different incidents of indecent exposure.

The City Council chambers was packed to overflowing for a public forum for Mayoral, Council and Island Hospital board candidates.

As they head into candidates forums Wednesday night, the two candidates for mayor tout their experience as the reason to vote for them in the upcoming November Mayoral election.

Washington Conservation Voters, the political voice for the environment, today awarded State Senator Kevin Ranker (D-40) its highest honor by naming him the 2013 “Legislator of the Year.” 

Don your tractht. Practice your yodels. Prepare your taste buds for delicious brews. Anacortes’s 4th Annual Oktoberfest “Bier on the Pier” has become a favorite Northwest German inspired tradition.

During October's First Friday Gallery Walk, Scott Milo will present a collection of landscapes, seascapes and florals by BJ Dollahite of Friday Harbor. The Gallery Walk is Friday, October 4 from 6 – 9 pm.