The race between Karl Yost and Bob Hyde for a School Board seat
continues to be tight. With the latest vote count released Thursday
evening, Yost leads Hyde by just 122 votes out of 5,124 votes counted.
The Depot will feature hand-turned bowls by longtime Anacortes resident Mike Young and wooden Mitercraft items from local artists Ron and Julie Flint during the First Friday Gallery Walk, 6 to 9 pm Friday.
Mayor Dean Maxwell solidified his victory over challenger Steve
Sonnenberg as new Anacortes election results were released Wednesday
evening. Karl Yost continues to hold a narrow lead over Bob Hyde in the
lone contested School Board race.
Mayor Dean Maxwell was relaxed as he waited at Gere-a-Deli for the first election returns, which gave him an easy 2-1 victory over challenger Steve Sonnenberg.The Yost-Hyde School Board race is too close to call.
Half a dozen Old Town residents urged the City Council to okay proposed zoning and Comprehensive Plan changes for a one block area of Old Town.
The City Council has okayed a conservative $38 million city budget for next year that includes a one percent increase in the city's property tax levy, the maximum allowed by law without having to put the hike to a public vote.
A little Super Hero gets a treat from an employee at Island Home Collection Saturday as downtown merchants welcome kids to trick-or-treat. The weather was good and the sidewalks were filled with kids.
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Several teenagers face possible charges of malicious mischief in connection with the vandalism of the high school this past week. One teen said they were bored.
Wow! Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is one of 6, count 'em, 6 films at the Anacortes Cinemas this Halloween weekend. Also for Halloween: Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Vampire's Assistant, and Zombieland.
