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No injuries reported in Monday house fire
Three people escaped safely from a house fire at 3707 W. Fifth St. around 2:45 p.m. Monday.Flames can be seen shooting through the roof…
- Join friends for fun night at annual Forest Lands fundraiser
- Tug a weighty problem right to the end
- Whitney teacher surprised with $1,100 worth of classroom supplies
- Secret Harbor boys settling in at South Fidalgo group home
- Commercial space a concern on condo plan
- Low enrollment creates $450,000 budget problem
- Vaccines to become available
- Guemes Channel Trail section gets OK
Sports
Anacortes sports preview
FootballCoach: Charlie Bell (fifth year)
Last season: 3-7 overall
Key returners:…
- Sister Cities tourney raises money for exchanges, projects
- Alums invited to honor AHS basketball coach Loren Anderson
- Still time to sign up for Sister Cities golf tournament
- Kids tackle trout fishing at annual derby at Heart Lake
- Soccer squad makes strong showing at Special Olympics tournament
- Athletes making their marks at schools, teams around the U.S.
- A-Buzz, Janz, Sortun, Schemmer, Swapp shone brightest in ’07-’08
- Anacortes’ greatest athletes, circa 1956, to honor coaches at alumni gathering Aug. 16
Entertainment
Annual hedgehog gathering features talks, shows
Annual hedgehog gathering features talks, showsAnacortes will be home to a showing of small spiny mammals when the sixth annual Hedgehog…
- Join friends for fun night at annual Forest Lands fundraiser
- Listen in on ‘surf hard-core trance’ music and much more this week
- Friday night gallery walk will be colorful, challenging
- Zaniness abounds in ACT’s funny forum farce
- Jones brings ‘storytelling with a Memphis groove’ to Rockfish
- Sign kids up now for School District’s fall ASAP arts classes
- Summery works round out season at Gallery Walk Friday
- Jazz Walk keeps the music flowing at downtown venues
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Living
ERIN EARLES | From Garden To Table
Abundant tomatoes can be used many waysOn Memorial Highway, a field of pumpkin leaves has turned white with mildew as its fruit of…
- Annual hedgehog gathering features talks, shows
- Everyone has something to share about computers
- Money management, Spanish part of Senior College fall lineup
- Local spiritual community has new name
- Photography in a digital world
- Let muscle pulls heal
- Sister Cities sponsors middle school exchange
- Divers can learn about fish identification
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