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Port's community planning moves ahead

Art Shotwell Feb. 7 2013 2 minutes read

2013-0207-port-surveyThe 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.

Learn all about vegetable gardens

Art Shotwell Feb. 7 2013 2 minutes read

Author Jane BillinghurstGarden 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.

Council okays permit for seaplane port

Art Shotwell Feb. 7 2013 1 minute read

2013-0207-mjb-seaplaneThe 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.

Council considers banning sky lanterns

Art Shotwell Feb. 5 2013 2 minutes read

2013-0205-sky-lanternsThe 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.

A Grand Parade

Art Shotwell Feb. 4 2013 1 minute read

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.

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OARS team in La Conner race

Art Shotwell Feb. 2 2013 1 minute read

2013-0202-island-starOne 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.

Police Blotter, Jan. 25 - 31, 2013

Feb. 2 2013 7 minutes read

Explosive ordinance disposal technicians from Naval Air Station Whidbey were called to Anacortes to examine and remove a live hand grenade.

Search team locates body of missing man

Feb. 1 2013 2 minutes read

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.

Library's annual Valentine event coming up

Feb. 1 2013 2 minutes read

2013-0201-scot-raneyTreat 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 Gallery Walk this Friday

Art Shotwell Jan. 30 2013 2 minutes read

2013-0130-art-walkFebruary'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.

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