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A 51-year-old Anacortes man was cited for disorderly conduct after police were called to his home for a fourth time in a week for his excessive noise in the middle of the night.

City Planning Director Ryan Larsenis is answering what he terms some mis-information being circulated by critics of his proposal to hire a professional Hearing Examiner to handle city land use applications. 

The ferry Hyak has been pulled from service and will enter a drydock at Dakota Creek on Monday to get an exterior paint job. The boat lately has been sailing Puget Sound with rust on one side.

The lowest bidder for a contract to update and expand the city's water treatment plant came in well under the city's expected $60 million price tag and more than $10 million less than the city's original $67 million estimate. 

The Anacortes Arts Commission is recommending an 18-foot stainless steel sculpture for the roundabout that Commission chair Rita James said "is really going to make a statement."

Dash!, a local Fidalgo Island volunteer organization this weekend will kick-off of their 2010 FOOD “Food Offers Opportunity Drive” – a community fundraiser benefitting the Salvation Army.

The 25th anniversary concert of Les Miserables, which was presented at London's O2 Arena Oct. 3, will screen at the Anacortes Cinemas at 7:30 pm Wednesday night, along with dozens of other theaters nationwide..

When the Hospital district board approved a $74 million 2011 budget, the commissioners also extended 2 programs one month beyond the current state funding cut-off that provide teen maternity care and infant care health services.

The City Council approved a one percent hike in the city’s property tax levy, a levy that Mayor Dean Maxwell said was just about the lowest in Skagit County.

The state Transportation Commission has unanimously approved a 2.5 percent hike in ferry fares to take effect on the first of 2011. The new fares eliminate day-of-week pricing and peak season passenger surcharges on the Anacortes-San Juan Islands route.