Local residents either run for the hills or head to Commercial Ave. to watch motorcyclists gather for the annual Oyster Run rally, which will happen this weekend. The event is actually set for this Sunday, but many motorcyclists arrive early.
Actor Wood Weiss, flanked here by Tim Brown, Mike Antoine and Trey Hatch are featured in The Full Monty, an adaption of the film of the same name. The Full Month opens a 4-week run this Friday at the Anacortes Community Theatre.
The City Council okayed a contract with the Anacortes Rotary Club to perform some improvements to the Ace of Hearts Park on H Ave. Under the contract, Rotary will be responsible for installation of irrigation lines and a drainage system.
"We're finally here," Mayor Dean Maxwell said, as the City Council took up approval of a new Shoreline Master Program for the city. "We've been through this for a number of years, since 2006," he added.
The new hand-built five-person gig Island Star, launched earlier this month by OARS, approaches the finish line about 100 yards ahead of the rival Salish Star (upper left) at the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. The Island Star crew raced the new boat just days after finishing and launching it.
In an effort to support students pursuing a career in the competitive marine trades industry, the Skagit Valley College Foundation recently established a new scholarship for the college’s marine maintenance technology program.
“More than a Million” was the refrain at the Kick-off event for the United Way of Skagit County’s 2010 Campaign. Over 200 people crowded into the Cottontree Convention Center recently to learn about the campaign and watch the parade of Pacesetter checks.
A 44-year-old Anacortes man is facing drug charges after an officer discovered he was in possession of a small amount of drugs. The officer stopped the man in the 1300 block of 11th St as he was riding a bicycle well after dark without any type of light.
The City Council has okayed a 30-year contract to sell as much as 5-million gallons a day of city water, about a quarter of the current city deliveries, to Tethys Enterprises Inc., based in Everett, for use in a proposed bottling plant.
Anacortes Police arrested a driver after stopping him for texting while driving. The man was driving with a suspended license and had marijuana in his car.
