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A bald eagle shattered an Anacortes police officer’s windshield as the officer was driving on Highway 20 east of town. 

Three dogs mauled a 21-year old pet donkey near the corner of 32nd St. and H Ave. earlier this week. The noise from the attack woke the owner, Rosemary Orr, who reported seeing pit bulls or mixed-breed pit bulls attacking her donkey.

These 10 men are breaking ground at Seafarers Memorial Park for a major 2-1/2 year toxic cleanup of the area south of Cap Sante Marina. They represent the Port of Anacortes, state Dept. of Ecology and Kimberly-Clark.

Housing units destined for a small Alaskan village leave Fidalgo Bay on a barge pulled by a tug. Once on dry land, these housing units will be connected to make 19 living spaces and a garage/shop in Hooper Bay, Alaska, a little village located 525 miles west of Anchorage.

The head of the state ferry system was fairly upbeat as he addressed a meeting at the Senior Center Thursday night, but David Moseley indicated some tough work is still ahead to put the ferry system on an even keel.

Bellissima Trattoria owner Marianne Mach and son Tyler, who manages the restaurant, were pleased when the restaurant's new sign arrived this week. Bellissima, located at 904 Commercial Ave., is now in its fourth year of operation.

Careful is the big word around this enormous crane which is setting the first of 39 units on a trailer.  The trailer then creeps over to a spot within reach of another huge crane which loads each house unit onto a barge.

The Port of Anacortes will break ground Friday on a $20 million toxic clean-up an area south of Cap Sante Marina and the waterfront at Seafarers Memorial Park. The Port will host a community barbeque after the ground breaking.

Construction on the new roundabout where highway 20 meets Commercial Ave. will start on June 22, with an anticipated completion by Aug. 6.

A number of vehicles were discovered to have been "egged" in the Skyline area on Sunday, May 31. An empty egg carton was found at the corner of Doon and Cay Ways and the matter is under investigation.