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Several vehicles in the same area of town, around St. Mary Parish, were prowled one night last week, all of them unlocked.

Laurie Gere kicked off her campaign for Mayor Friday night, telling a very crowded Gere-a-Deli that, "I will create a mayor’s advisory committee with participants drawn from a cross section of the community to ensure that we develop the right vision for Anacortes.”

Anacortes will receive a new patrol boat for its parks and recreation department built by Skagit Valley College Marine Skills Center students as part of a settlement agreement between the Washington Department of Ecology and New World Yacht Builders.

Electric service for about 600 Puget Sound Energy customers in the Skyline area of Anacortes will be interrupted for up to 10 hours on Monday to allow for replacement and upgrade of PSE electric equipment serving that neighborhood.

As expected, the county's Growth Management Act Steering Committee has decided to recommend docketing a request from Anacortes to expand the city's urban growth area.

The Boards of Commissioners of Island Hospital and two other public hospitals in Skagit and Snohomish counties  have approved a plan to look for a larger health care partner.

A planned boardwalk through the Ship Harbor Interpretive Preserve, near the state ferry landing, moved a step ahead this week with the City Council's okay to fund it with $30,000 in city money.

The City Council has approved a conditional use permit for construction of a 16-home single family subdivision called Channel Landing in land mostly zoned for Commercial Marine use. The approval came Monday night.

Businessman Mitch Everton and restaurateur Lauri Gere have decided to enter the Mayor election this year, joining City Council member Brian Geer and incumbent Mayor Dean Maxwell.

Police says that an offer had to suspend a field sobriety test on a Texas man suspected of drunk driving and hit-and-run for his own safety because the man’s balance was so poor.