The Anacortes Yacht Club will be able to add a 1,500 square foot
addition to their clubhouse, thanks to action taken Monday night by the
City Council, which followed a site visit earlier in the evening.
Both the suspect and the victim in a domestic assault case were charged by Police this week after the victim went to the hospital for treatment of possible neck injuries.
The City's Public Works Department is moving forward with an improvement project at City Hall which includes installing new manholes and pipe on the City Hall sewer line at the north end of the building. As a result, Q Ave. will be closed between 5th & 6th streets for up to a week, starting Monday.
The Health Department reports that Fidalgo Island lakes, including Pass and Campbell lakes, appear clear and free from blue green algae blooms. The Toxic Algae Bloom Warning has been lifted from Pass Lake and the Caution from Campbell Lake based on visually clear water and sample results.
The Port has decided to dump the "Boat Haven" part of Cap Sante Boat Haven and go along with what most of the public calls it: Cap Sante Marina. The Port Commissioners okayed the name change at a recent meeting.
Among the artist exhibits featured this Friday is a collaborative exhibition of poetry and the visual arts featuring the work of Ann Reid, Eve Deisher and the poems of eleven regional poets curated by Jane Alynn at the Anchor Art Space, including this work, Breathe, by Eve Deisher.
A courtroom is an unusual place for the City Council meet, but recently
they met there, along with members of the Mayor's administration and a
facilitator, in an effort to work out new procedures to help run the
Council's business more smoothly and make their work more transparent.
The state health department has temporarily closed Samish Bay for commercial and recreational shellfish harvest due to the greater than 200 cubic feet per second rise in the river level.
While this may not affect Fidalgo Is. residents, I thought I'd pass it along. The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a Flood Watch for a portion of western Washington... including the following counties... Skagit... Whatcom. From late Tuesday night through Thursday morning
Police arrested an Anacortes man in connection with an hour-long beating of a 13-year-old boy. The suspect said he had just been “trying to teach the boy some respect.”
