Guemes Islanders trying to save Guemes Mountain bring their cause to Anacortes this month with a "Save the Mountain" auction at the Depot. The Guemes Island Environmental Trust is attempting to raise money to purchase the mountain.
This week’s police blotter is highlighted by a 2-year old boy who suffered bite wounds to his eyelid, cheek, and mouth when he was bitten by a pit bull at Washington Park and flags stolen from two Anacortes churches.
Two new movies come to the Anacortes Cinemas this weekend, including well-rated (500) Days of Summer and the not-so-well-rated Time Traveler's Wife. That's Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, above, in (500) Days of Summer.
If you've been following the adventures of the moving Postal Service mail drop box -- you know, the one that used to be in the Post Office parking lot -- well, we've got news for you. No, it hasn't moved again, but a new drop box has appeared.
The state Ecology Dept. has just approved oil spill readiness plans for the Shell and Tesoro refineries on March Point.
An official with the Port says all the kinks have been worked out which
will allow an Anthony's restaurant to open next to the Cap Sante Marine
next summer, perhaps as early as the end of next June. Construction could start in November.
The 98-year old Depot Arts Center is getting a facelift this week as volunteers scrape and paint. We caught up with Dave Lowry of Lowry Painting as he did some work on one of the doors.
Old Growth by Micajah Bienvenu of Friday Harbor. This sculpture is in front of Windermere Real Estate near 32nd St. & Commercial Ave. Like all the sculptures chosen by the Anacortes Arts Commission, this sculpture is for sale.
An officer stopped a car on highway 20 near Reservation Road that was traveling at about 100 miles per hour. The car was stolen. Also this week: Over $10,000 worth of construction tools and equipment were stolen from a work site.
This wire sculpture, Eve by James Lapp, can be found at the corner of 14th St. & Commercial Ave. in Anacortes. The artist told me the name is "Eve, as in Adam and Eve," but conceded it looks like an upside-down wine glass. And, it's in front of Compass Wines.
