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It was more than a rush of seasonal energy that inspired the recent facelift at D Avenue Nursery, Fidalgo Island’s oldest retail garden center. Continue reading
For 22 years, the Skagit Valley Highland Games have been a staple in summertime Skagit entertainment. It’s a family-oriented festival with lots of live music, dance, sheepdog trials, children’s events, athletic events, a beer and whisky garden. Continue reading
Anacortes…a community working together… to work things out. We are individuals living and working together in a beautiful little town by the sea. It’s the stuff books are written with and movies are made of. From the outside looking in, it would appear that most of us live carefree, easy lives. Continue reading
Within this town, there lies many hidden secrets and talents. I often find myself wandering through the town’s streets and exploring the unknown corners of our historic neighborhood. If you really look and listen, you’ll find evidence of local creativity … Continue reading
This will make my third visit to Croatia in the last 15 years and one might ask what is the fascination with this place by a fourth generation Los Angeles boy? Continue reading
At Maya Shakti Yoga Studio, Yoga, art and music are fused together in a calming environment designed to create a sense of well-being while supporting positive change in each individual’s personal life. Continue reading
Anacortes artists were well represented in Downtown Mount Vernon’s September First Thursday’s artwalk. Continue reading
by Teru Lundsten Last fall, at age 61, I began to learn to sing for the first time in my life (not counting my participation in mandatory elementary school choirs). The idea that I should learn to sing niggled at … Continue reading
The Mayor of Anacortes, Laurie Gere, will proclaim Anacortes “Home of the Original Seahawks” on February 2, 2015, ninety years to the week from when the students of Anacortes High School claimed the name for their sports teams. Continue reading
Marius Hibbard hosts a benefit show of photographs from the Island of Brac in Croatia. A remarkable collection of more than 500 photographs stands as evidence of Anacortes resident Marius Hibbard’s recent trip to the historic Island of Brac in … Continue reading
On a dark and rainy October day, the Anacortes Museum – located in the historic Carnegie Library at 1305 8thStreet – can feel imposing. A long flight of stairs is flanked at the top by after-life-like murals of steel tycoon … Continue reading
There’s a new state giant pumpkin champion. Well, almost new. State Champion giant pumpkin grower, Joel Holland of Sumner, broke his current State record today with a pumpkin weighing in at 1,450.5 pounds at the Skagit Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival held at Christianson’s Nursery in Mount Vernon. Continue reading
