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NOT TO BE MISSED Jan. 20, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Museum of Northwest Art Inside an Artist & Scientist Collaboration: 66 Birds/3 Degrees Museum of Northwest Art121 1st StreetLa Conner, WA, 98257 Jan. 20, 7 p.m. Pelican Bay Books, 520 Commercial,...
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NOT TO BE MISSED Tuesday, Jan.16, 2024, at 6 p.m. Town of La Conner Planning Commission Meeting For a current Agenda go to www.townoflaconner.org Sign up for “Notify Me” to get current Town Information Jan. 20, 7 p.m. Pelican Bay Books, 520 Com...
By Swinomish Senate primary start of 2024 election season
The calendar has flipped from December to January; 2023 to 2024. That means it’s a general election year. And the first local polling are two Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Senate primary races later this month. Six candidates, including the i...
Thank you Mayor Hayes
How does one thank a person who has unstintingly given 16 years of his life to our community? Ramon Hayes has been La Conner’s mayor twenty four hours a day for every one of those years. Many of us have had the pleasure of chatting with him on his d...
2023: The year reviewed in its headlines
December was frosty and frozen 4-Jan La Conner Community combats wave of saltwater flooding 4-Jan Flood damage cost estimate $1.8 million 11-Jan Council creates emergency management commission 1-Feb...
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NOT TO BE MISSED Saturday, Jan 6: Indivisible Skagit is planning a signwaving at 2 p.m.along George Hopper Road up to the intersection with Burlington Boulevard in Burlington (by Costco). The theme will be protecting our democracy/rights. We welcome...
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NOT TO BE MISSED The Stanwood Area Historical Society presents: Jazzin’ with the Classics for Christmas Thursday, Dec. 28 7 p.m. Lloyd Norgaard Cultural Center, Stanwood, 27130 102nd Ave. NW more info: 360-629-6110 or www.candlelightnw.org S...
Mayor Hayes' final council meeting ends without fanfare
Four-term La Conner Mayor Ramon Hayes chaired his final town council meeting Dec. 12, but it was a business-as-usual session with no celebration or reception. Hayes wouldn’t have had it any other way. “It’s just not my personality,” he told the Wee...
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NOT TO BE MISSED The Town of La Conner December 26, 2023, Council Meeting has been CANCELED. Go to www.townoflaconner.org for current information and sign up for “Notify Me”. The Stanwood Area Historical Society presents: Jazzin’ with the Class...
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NOT TO BE MISSED Town of La Conner Council Meeting Tuesday, Dec.12, 6:00 p.m. For current Agenda go to www.townoflaconner.org. Sign up for “Notify Me” to get current Town Information. Skagit Community Band Holiday Concert with the A’Town Big Band...
Tiny Trees Festival lit up library last Friday
None of the 21 trees at the 2023 La Conner Swinomish Library's Festival of Tiny Trees stood over two feet high, but together they brought in some $10,000 at the library's seventh holiday silent...
Covering the holidays
Another holiday season has come to greater La Conner. Santa jump started December, showing up at the La Conner Swinomish Library to read stories to children last Wednesday. He returned twice Saturday, first fortifying himself with pancakes at the...
Holiday lights evolution from candles offer an even brighter future
Holiday lights abound. As Ray Stevens said about Santa Claus, they’re everywhere! They’re everywhere! They’re all over La Conner’s homes, streetlight posts and various public spaces. The big Christmas tree in Gilkey Square dominates the north e...
One-way First Street traffic championed at council
First Street parking issues were discussed in detail at the Nov. 28 Town Council meeting. But perhaps lost amid a one-hour presentation on potential future paid parking options for the downtown business district was a brief plea by Councilmember...
With flood threats managed, Town panel focuses on emergency shelter sites
Location, location, location. It’s not just the familiar real estate mantra. It’s also a key element as La Conner’s Emergency Management Commission crafts long-term disaster preparation strategies. The six-member advisory panel discussed best metho...
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NOT TO BE MISSED Shelter Bay Chorus holiday concert Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. At the Shelter Bay community clubhouse, 1000 Shoshone Drive. Admission is by donation. WSU Pop-Up Bakery Saturday, Dec. 9, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. or until...
Town council votes on 2024 budget Dec. 12
The 2024 annual budget the La Conner Town Council will pass at its Dec. 12 meeting will be the largest in its history. It projects revenues of $7.4 million, expenditures of $8.6 million and the fund...
Time to celebrate holidays with lights, music, boats and Santa
Santa is coming to town early this long holiday shopping season. He makes his first appearance today, Wednesday, Nov. 29, at the La Conner Swinomish Library to read stories to children from 4:30-5:30...
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NOT TO BE MISSED Breakfast with Santa Presented by La Conner Rotary and La Conner United, Saturday, Dec. 2, 8-11 a.m., Maple Hall, 103 Commercial Ave., La Conner. Adults $10, children $5, under 5 free. Bring your camera to take photos with Santa. Kiw...
Town's transport district includes tax
The La Conner Town Council has paved the way for smoother rides around town. The panel during one of several public hearings at its Nov. 14 hybrid meeting at Maple Hall unanimously approved formation of a transportation benefit district to generate...
Emergency management means issues beyond flooding
La Conner's new flood barriers are staged and in place up and down the waterfront. But the work of the Town's six-member Emergency Management Commission has only just begun. The Nov. 11 power outage...
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NOT TO BE MISSED Poetry Reading Saturday, November 25, 2023, at 7p.m. Pelican Bay Books 520 Commercial Ave., Anacortes Town of La Conner Joint Council/Planning Commission Meeting Tuesday, November 28, 2024, at 6pm For current agenda go to...
Town staff send Center Street condo project application back to developer for revisions
It is back to the drawing board for at least parts of the controversial 306 Center Street multi-family three-story project. Town of La Conner Planning Director Michael Davolio said several planned elements of the proposed apartment/condo building...
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NOT TO BE MISSED Town of La Conner Council Meeting Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at 6Pm For current Agenda go to www.townoflaconner.org Sign up for “Notify Me” to get current Town Information LIBRARIES La Conner Swinomish Library. 520 Morris St., La...
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NOT TO BE MISSED Town of La Conner Council Meeting Tuesday, November 14, 2024, at 6Pm For current Agenda go to www.townoflaconner.org Sign up for “Notify Me” to get current Town Information LIBRARIES La Conner Swinomish Library. 520 Morris St., La...
