http://www.goskagit.com/home/ en svhstaff@goskagit.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-21T21:00:44 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/thanksgiving_dinners_offered/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/thanksgiving_dinners_offered/#When:21:00:44Z Thanksgiving dinners will be offered in several locations around Skagit County this year. Here are some local events: SEDRO-WOOLLEY COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER: 12:30 to 3 p.m. Thursday,… News, Latest, Anacortes, Burlington, Concrete, LaConner, Mount Vernon, Sedro-Woolley, Skagit Valley Herald 2009-11-21T21:00:44 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/tax_breaks_for_multi_family_housing_headed_to_council/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/tax_breaks_for_multi_family_housing_headed_to_council/#When:19:00:12Z Planners gave their nod Nov. 12 to a property tax incentive for multi-family housing units in Anacortes’ downtown aimed at creating a more vibrant “urban center.” City officials are… News, Latest, Anacortes, Anacortes American 2009-11-21T19:00:12 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/cost_to_repair_trestle_going_up/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/cost_to_repair_trestle_going_up/#When:16:00:30Z ANACORTES — Estimated repair costs for the Tommy Thompson Parkway trestle are higher than originally expected. Engineers now say it could cost as much as $500,000 to fix the fire-damaged span.… News, Latest, Anacortes, Anacortes American 2009-11-21T16:00:30 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/anthonys_gets_permit_and_challenge_right_before_groundbreaking/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/anthonys_gets_permit_and_challenge_right_before_groundbreaking/#When:15:00:43Z Maybe Anthony’s Restaurants representatives had a reason to be hesitant about scheduling the groundbreaking for the Anacortes eatery on Friday the 13th. Lane Hoss, vice president of marketing,… News, Business News, Top, Latest, Anacortes, Anacortes American 2009-11-20T15:00:43 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/swine_flu_vaccine_now_available_to_more_people/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/swine_flu_vaccine_now_available_to_more_people/#When:11:00:47Z The Skagit County Department of Health is allowing anyone 6 months to 64 years to receive the injectable H1N1 vaccine. Health Director Peter Browning says that most pharmacies and doctors now… News, Latest, Anacortes, Burlington, Concrete, LaConner, Mount Vernon, Sedro-Woolley, Skagit Valley Herald 2009-11-19T11:00:47 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/anacortes_police_blotter_nov_18_2009/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/anacortes_police_blotter_nov_18_2009/#When:22:00:34Z A 35-year-old man faces charges of auto theft and burglary after allegedly breaking into his landlord’s home and using his car. A neighbor checking on the house in the 1100 block… Police Blotter, Anacortes, Anacortes American 2009-11-18T22:00:34 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/terrys_take2/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/terrys_take2/#When:21:51:17Z I went to a city council meeting awhile ago. I seldom go as I always have the urge to say something but audience members usually don’t get to talk. I guess 12 years on the council didn’t… Opinion - Column, Anacortes, Anacortes American 2009-11-18T21:51:17 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/tough_times_but_time_to_focus_on_whats_important/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/tough_times_but_time_to_focus_on_whats_important/#When:21:49:00Z Two looks through the rear view mirror show the tough road the Anacortes-area economy has gone down. Home values have dropped about 10 percent from a year ago, according to the Skagit County… Opinion - Editorial, Anacortes, Anacortes American 2009-11-18T21:49:00 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/letters_to_the_editor_nov_18_2009/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/letters_to_the_editor_nov_18_2009/#When:21:41:59Z Veterans Day ceremony drew small crowd Were you there? Causland Park on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, were you there? The canon was fired, but… Opinion - Letters, Anacortes, Anacortes American 2009-11-18T21:41:59 -08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/back_in_the_day_in_anacortes_nov_18_2009/ http://www.goskagit.com/sports/back_in_the_day_in_anacortes_nov_18_2009/#When:21:35:16Z Nov. 18, 1909 “Thanksgiving day of the year 1909 will not be a perfunctory event with the cannery men of Anacortes and of Puget Sound,” said Will A. Lowman of the Coast Fish… Opinion - Column, Our History, Anacortes, Anacortes American 2009-11-18T21:35:16 -08:00