Someone took what appears to be a sledge hammer to the pay parking machine at the Town of La Conner public parking lot on S. Third Street.

Although the vandal was not successful in breaking in for the few dollars that might have been inside, they managed to totally break the machine.

Public Works Director Brian Lease told the Town Council last week that the yellow box that had been taking paper currency and spiting out daily parking permits and dollar coins in change cannot be resurrected.

The thing has been living on borrowed time for the last few years. It is obsolete, and repair parts are p...