The Seattle-based team working with the Port on a plan for the west and north sides of Cap Sante Marina were back Wednesday night with more choices for the community.
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Garden expert and author Jane Billinghurst will explore the development of the vegetable garden from monastery cloister gardens to modern pea patches during a presentation this Sunday at the Senior Center.
The City Council has okayed a conditional use permit that would, eventually, allow seaplane to dock on MJB-owned property along Fidalgo Bay. MJB has a long process to go through to get state and federal approval.
The City Council is considering banning sky lanterns, airborne paper lanterns traditionally found in Asian cultures, but which are becoming popular in the west. Deputy Fire Chief Jack Kennedy told the Council Monday night that they're dangerous.
The town threw a parade on Monday for Madelyn Kuhnlein, a first-grader, to help celebrate her last chemotherapy treatment in a two-and-a-half year fight against cancer. View the Big Picture gallery.

One of the two rowing teams from Old Anacortes Rowing Society crosses the finish line at the end of a 7-mile race from La Conner south along the Swinomish Channel to Skagit Bay and back on Saturday. The crew, rowing the Island Star, finished in 1:09:44.
Explosive ordinance disposal technicians from Naval Air Station Whidbey were called to Anacortes to examine and remove a live hand grenade.
A search near downtown Anacortes has turned up the body of a man who went missing from Harbor House earlier this week. The body of William Landers was located by the search team in a wooded, wetland area near Market Street, not far from where he lived. There are no signs of foul play.
Treat your sweetheart to an enchanted evening in celebration of Valentine's Day. Themed on the classic romantic film "An Affair to Remember," this special event is inspired by magical movie moments:
February's Gallery Walk features new paintings by Lorna Libert, the whimsy of local women artists, and photographic & video works exploring the way memory shapes who we are and who we wish to be, like this work by Bill Finger at Anchor Art Space.