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Council OKs 2009 budget, Forest Lands plan

With all the months of debate at past meetings on the record, the Anacortes City Council on Monday, without further comment, approved the 2010 city…





Sports

Golfer fires $50,000 hole-in-one

Pete Kovach’s first hole-in-one was worth waiting for. It netted him $50,000 Monday at the eighth annual Island Hospital Golf Classic…




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Wiegardt watercolors wow at November gallery walk

A number of noteworthy exhibits open this week and the Anacortes Schools Foundation hosts a fundraiser during the First Friday Gallery Walk, 6 to 9…




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Mom helps daughter collect 1,000 books for African kids

Holly Leaf believes in the value of children reading. So much so that she’s trying to collect 1,000 books for her own daughter.

Kaitlin…




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