1st Annual Robotics Team Spaghetti Dinner is set for this weekend. Catered by Chowder Bob’s Avenue Catering, This Saturday Nov 17, at the Anacortes Senior Center. Serving starts at 5 pm and goes to 7:30 pm. Enjoy an elegant dinner with robotic entertainment. You will be served by the Anacortes High School Robotics team.
Representatives from the American Legion Post honor America's military Veterans by laying a wreath into the Guemes Channel following a ceremony with speeches inside the Port's Transit Shed on Sunday. Moments later a flyover by the Blackjack Squadron took place.
Some criminals just aren’t all that smart. Police arrested a man who came into the Police station and asked for the return of a bicycle he had been riding when he was previously arrested. The problem: the bicycle had been stolen and the Police knew it. Plus, the guy had drugs on him.
High school videographer Max Magerkurth uses the opportunity of a sunny Friday morning to shot video of an OARS boat and rowers for part of a planned Chamber of Commer video featuring the row club. View the Big Picture.
Paul de Barros, jazz columnist for the Seattle Times, will discuss his new biography of Marian McPartland, a living legend in the annals of piano jazz, during a presentation at the library this Saturday.
Thursday, November 8 at 1:15pm, the Shell Puget Sound Refinery will hold their annual “Level III Evacuation Drill." The exercise will involve 10 cycles of the “wildcat” siren. This is the same siren that you usually hear on Wednesdays at noon, but it will be repeated 10 times.
State Representatives Jeff Morris and Kris Lytton are calling on Gov. Chris Gregoire to establish a multi-agency task force to identify the statewide economic, transportation, and environmental impact of a proposed coal terminal near Bellingham.
The increased tax levy for the Fidalgo Pool & Fitness Center is leading in early voting results by a 79% to 21% margin. Also, Incumbent County Commissioner Ron Wesen has an early lead over challenger Nick Petrish and fellow County Commissioner Ken Dahlstedt is leading challenger April Axthelm, both by narrow margins.
Congressman Rick Larsen and friends took over the 4 corners at 12th St. and Commercial Ave. late Tuesday morning as they wave campaign signs. Larsen expressed optimism that he'll be re-elected.
The city will be building a new playground on 28th St, just west of Q Ave
and one of the features is this 10-foot tall piece of playground
equipment called a Performer Dome by the manufacturer Kompan. Yes,
playground equipment has changed over the years.
