The City’s effort to block T-Mobile from building a 116 foot cell tower on church property has hit another setback.
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Ian Munce was in a jovial mood as as he met with old friends and City Hall cohorts before tonight’s City Council meeting. A cake and cupcakes were offered to city hall guests.
The Port of Anacortes and the City of Anacortes have both won awards recently.

“Our class was more (insert talented, athletic, or intellectual) than yours.” Organizers of the 3rd Annual AHS All-Class Reunion hope to see classes “battle” for attention at the Saturday, August 2 event.
They say "Everything's for sale, for a price" and that sure seemed true today at Anacortes' annual Shipwreck Day, a rummage sale to end all rummage sales. I spotted this little guy for sale, but I didn't bother to ask a price.
WSDOT has temporarily lowered the speed limit for three miles on SR 20 in South Fidalgo, from the Miller/Gibralter Road intersection to Meadow Creek, in an effort to improve safety for drivers and construction workers. The speed limit was reduced from 50 mph to 40 mph starting yesterday and lasting for the duration of the project.
"It's a suspensful adventure and a gruesome discovery that await
Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady as the subsiding rains of an
ominous thunderstorm expose an elderly couple that drive off a cliff in
Coronado National Monument and reveal two trash bags with human remains
..." This is from the latest novel by part-time Seattle writer J.A. Jance, Damage Control, the 13th Joanna Brady mystery.

An alternative rock festival, What the Heck Fest, returns to Anacortes this weekend, coinciding with the annual rummage sale Shipwreck Day. The festival’s three-day roster includes more than 40 bands.

Local artist and historian Bill Mitchell made his case to the Port of Anacortes Commissioners to save the derelict tug Enchantress again last night. The tug is sitting on the bottom of Fidalgo Bay in just a few feet of water.