While I was raving yesterday about the deals at the Meat Department at the Anacortes Safeway, (just after I had finished stuffing myself with a delicious spinach & strawberry salad, I realized I needed to rave about the produce department, too!
I swear they are trained to be super-friendly! They always look up and say hi to [...]

 
By Mark Johnson
I saw a line in an article summing up the past week’s market activity that said “…but it was the first week in a while without any major new government initiative to roil the markets.”.  It seems that EVERYONE missed the significance of what happened last Thursday.
 
I don’t think many people understand the [...]

 
Local Anacortes resident Rich Bergner has just been named 2008 NATIONAL COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR by the National Wildlife Federation.  Rich is Fidalgo Island’s Certified Backyard habitat specialist inspiring and helping over 500 local homowners plant and develop suitable habitat for wildlife in their own yards.
 
For more information on the wonderful program Rich introduced to Anacortes [...]

 
Congratualtion to Island Hospital Emergency Dept. for maintianing a Level III trauma designation!
            A recent survey shows the Island Hospital Emergency-Department (ED) received unconditional designation by the Washington Dept. of Health (DOH), who not only stated that ED met the standards for Level III Trauma designation, but the DOH listed 13 strengths of our Anacortes hospital deserving of special mention.  [...]

 
Sleep Disorders Center in Anacortes: Better sleep for a better life!
The Island Hospital Sleep Disorders Center (SDC) is now seeing patients at its brand- new, specially designed facility at 1110 22nd Street (corner of O Avenue) Anacortes, WA.
The new Anacortes facility has a number of different features designed to make patients comfortable.  These features include: super [...]

 
Bob Hyde, Port of Anacortes Executive Director, will speak next Tues., Feb. 3, 10 a.m., at the Newcomers’ Plus meeting held at the Anacortes Public Library. 
 
Bob gave a presentation at the Jean Groesbeck & Associates Anacortes Real Estate Expo last Feb. to a standing room only crowd, and many of us have been wanting to hear [...]

Since moving to Anacortes, the first of the San Juan Islands, it seems I have become an official  “Bird Noticer”!  Birds of such a variety have become a focal point of even the most mundane day, always delighting and surprising me.  They’re in my yard, dainty little ones to noisy crows, right now, attracted to the one [...]

Trace the History of Your Anacortes Old Town Home
Have you ever wonder who originally owned your Anacortes home?  Do you know how they contributed to the growth of Anacortes?  Here is a chance to find out how to research who built your home, what they did for a living, who they sold it to…… 
Come TODAY to the [...]

 
What an amazing day it was in Anacortes today!
 
 
 We have had a couple months of winter weather but the sun came out today and we had to get out to enjoy it.  It felt like Spring!
The photos here are of a hike to Little Cranberry Lake via the trails of the Anacortes Forest Lands.  Anacortes [...]

 
Due to a small gathering of three at our Anacortes home, and the fact that we had recently had a turkey, we decided to have a roast chicken for our Christmas dinner.  But, we still wanted to make it feel “special”, so the decision was made to try our neighborhood butcher shop, ANACORTES MEATS,  for [...]