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An Anacortes police officer caught a man driving 75 miles an hour on T Ave., which is only a dozen blocks long, last Thursday, May 21.

The School Board Thursday night okayed cutting another 20 employees. The latest round of cuts are so-called ‘classified’ staffers who are not teachers or administrators.

The Anacortes Schools Foundation presented more than 40 scholarships valued at more than $52,000 during a ceremony Wednesday night.

Filing forms are now available for offices up for election this year, including those of the Mayor, 4 City Council members, all of whom say they will seek re-election.

The city will close the main entrance to the city, where highway 20 meets Commercial Ave., for a month this summer to construct a roundabout. 

Police were called to break up a fight between two groups of women outside a bar on Highway 20 on May 9. 

State Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen received a commemorative "Saved" poster Friday night at the Anacortes Waterfront Festival kickoff dinner.

The state has agreed to purchase two islands at the south end of Similk Bay using state and federal funds.  Kiket and Flagstaff islands have been offered to the state by their owners. The islands will become part of Deception Pass State Park.

Proposals to add new restrictions along the Guemes Channel waterfront and in Old Town drew a large crowd to City Hall Wednesday night.

A car accident was not responsible for the April 23 county-wide power outage last month, according to Puget Sound Energy.