The City Council has okayed a proposal to name the courtroom at the Police Station in honor of a former judge, Eugene Anderson, who died last month. Mayor Dean Maxwell made the proposal and it was approved by the Council.
The City Council has given the go ahead for a 20-unit residential complex on Ninth St. between Q and R avenues. The 5-building project reserves first floor space for commercial or retail space.
City Council members Monday night called for better preparation for July Fourth traffic problems next year. Council member Kevin McKeown said “I’ve never seen lines that long. What a nightmare.”
A 19-year-old man who told officers that he had just moved to Anacortes
received a warm welcome and was arrested for DUI after an officer
observed him driving a 1998 Lincoln Town Car erratically in the 1400
block of “D” Ave.
This 1890 shot of a “barn door”-sized halibut was taken at Ocean Dock, built by the Oregon Improvement Company at the foot of what is now called Commercial Avenue.
Fourth of July fireworks will be handled by an Oregon company this year because John Curtis has decided to end his 15-year run handling Anacortes’ fireworks displays.
The Anacortes Small Boat Center group has elected their first officers, including treasurer Jack Richardson, secretary Beth Bell and President John Pope, shown here. Pat Barrett was elected Vice-President.
There are 3 positions up for election on the South Fidalgo Community Council, which represents the unincorporated areas of Fidalgo Island.
A wagon stops at Amos Bowman’s store in this early street scene, near Guemes Channel in the vicinity of Third Street and Q Avenue.
Little Blue Whale is a new novel by Oregon author and local police chief Ken Lewis which follows a small town police department’s efforts to solve a series of unusual murder cases. This is a good summertime read.
