The Anacortes-San Juan Island Red Cross chapter has merged with the Whidbey Island chapter and the new name is The Islands Chapter. Brian Geer, who has been in charge of the Anacortes chapter will be head of the combined unit.
Anacortes Police helped a Corrections Officer arrest an escaped felon this week; several cars were hit by a pickup truck in a parking lot and a woman walked away from a grocery store with $75 in groceries without paying.
The Department of Safety, a haven for creativity in art and music, is closing its doors Saturday, Jan. 30 with a farewell celebration. The DoS has been there since 2002, in a building abandoned as a police and fire station in the mid-90's.
An intense, new thriller, Edge of Darkness, starting Mel Gibson, opens this weekend in Anacortes. Back for another week are Up in the Air, The Book of Eli, and Tooth Fairy. I loved Up in the Air. Meanwhile, The Apartment, winner of 5 Oscars, shows Friday night at 7pm at the library.
Shell Refinery Manager Sue Krienen (second from right) presents a check for $10,000 to Trestle committee representatives, including Anacortes Parks Foundation Treasurer David Hall; City Council member Brad Adams; fundraising chair Michele Pope and vice-chair Kris Lytton.
Here's a list of upcoming fund-raising events to help the trestle rebuild. The goal is to raise as much as $300,000.
The search continued for the third day Monday in a remote area of southeastern Skagit County for Keith Anderson, who hasn't been heard from since January 6. His truck was discovered late Friday on a remote logging road.
The truck owned by 62-year old retired high school counselor Keith Anderson, who has missing since January 6, was discovered overnight in a remote area of Skagit County, according to a statement Saturday morning by Anacortes Police Chief Bonnie Bowers.
Someone stole large recycling bins apparently full of recycling material early Friday morning in the Skyline area.
One wonderful film, Up in the Air, comes to Anacortes this weekend. Also new this week are Did You Hear About the Morgans?, which is being panned and The Tooth Fairy. One holdover: The Book of Eli.
