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Post office box holders have started contacting police about last weekend’s break-in of around 20 post office boxes.  

Someone stole mail from about 20 Anacortes post office boxes over last weekend. Police don’t know how much mail was stolen and there are no suspects. 

There are more homeless people in Anacortes this year, compared with last year, with an increase from 75 last year to 93 this year.

Geppetto’s Italian To Go will close soon after more than 20 years in business on Commercial Ave. Geppetto’s offers catering and food to go.

The city Planning Commission has okayed the construction of 38 condos and 22 single family homes on six acres at Ship Harbor.

State ferry workers with five unions have voluntarily agreed to forego pay raises this year. The raises, which ranged from 1.6 percent to 10.7 percent were negotiated last year.

A teen who was allegedly burglarizing a local business lost a shoe after he was scared off when a burglar alarm went off last week. 

A bicyclist was knocked off his bike on the Tommy Tompson Trail when he hit a cable stretched across the trail. 

Seattle-based Anthony’s seafood restaurant chain is taking an interest in Anacortes. The chain has submitted a proposal to open a restaurant at the Cap Sante Boat Haven.  

Two peregrine falcons have returned to Mt. Erie and the city is asking climbers to avoid the southwestern face of the mountain. The voluntary closure starts this weekend.