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Weekend Movies

Art Shotwell Oct. 3 2009 6 minutes read
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Two recent films make it to Anacortes this week: Love Happens and District 9. A routine romance and a si-fi epic shot in South Africa. District 9 has won some rave reviews. Not the same story for Love Happens, though.

$2.2 million raised to save Guemes Mountain

Art Shotwell Oct. 2 2009 2 minutes read
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Supporters of an effort to save Guemes Mountain have met an Oct. 1 deadline to raise enough money to purchase 70 acres of the top of the mountain from Panoramic View Enterprises. The have raised $2.2 million for the purchase.

Chamber to sponsor election events

Sep. 30 2009 2 minutes read

election2009.pngThe Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a number of events this election season, including a candidates forum and a mayoral debate.

Police Chief: No problems with Oyster Run

Art Shotwell Sep. 29 2009 1 minute read
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Police Chief Bonnie Bowers estimates there were at least 6,000 motorcycles on the streets here for the Oyster Run last weekend. She briefed the City Council Monday night on the event.

Seafarers' building moved in the dead of night

Art Shotwell Sep. 27 2009 2 minutes read
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A crew from Nickel Brothers moved the Seafarers' Memorial Park building to a temporary lot on Q Ave. behind McDonald's early Monday morning.

Fall coming quickly; weather change ahead

Sep. 27 2009 1 minute read

A significant change to cooler and wetter weather will begin later Monday and will continue through at least next weekend...

Motorcyclists come for Oyster Run 2009

Art Shotwell Sep. 27 2009 1 minute read
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Thousands of motorcyclists converted on Anacortes Sunday for the annual Oyster Run, the largest motorcycle rally in the Northwest. These riders are heading out of town. By 4 pm, outbound traffic was backed up from Sharpes Corner to the roundabout.

The Police Blotter, Sept. 26, 2009

Sep. 26 2009 14 minutes read

Several cars were broken into in the Community Forest this past week and a woman was bitten by a dog being walked on the Tommy Thompson Trail. These are just a few of the reports Anacortes Police worked on last week.

Seafarers' building readied for move

Art Shotwell Sep. 26 2009 2 minutes read
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The building at Seafarers' Memorial Park is being readied for a move to a temporary location to make way for the $25 million cleanup of the former Scott Paper mill site. Contractor Nickel Brothers plans to move the building early Monday morning.

The mystery of the movie banner

Art Shotwell Sep. 25 2009 1 minute read

Anacortes Police are investigating the case of an eleven-foot banner for the movie Angels & Demons. Seems two men were spotted carrying it late Thursday night near Sixth St. & Commercial Ave., not far from the movie theater.

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