State Senator Harriet Spanel and Anacortes Mayor Dean Maxwell were among guests at the October 1998 open house hosted by the Food Pavilion grocery store on Commercial Avenue. Were you there? (Now The Market at Anacortes)
Among speakers at the recent Chamber of Commerce Centennial event was Dr. Bud Strom, an Anacortes native with a lifetime of civic involvement including a stint as mayor. Strom noted that he and numerous other World War II veterans went to college and returned to their hometown intent on making the community a better place […]
Mayor Dean Maxwell (right) took a spin in the city’s new hybrid car Tuesday afternoon with Shell Puget Sound Refinery Manager Tom Smith riding shotgun. Shell donated $8,000 toward purchase of the 2004 Toyota Prius. Maxwell drove the car, then Smith took his turn behind the wheel. Both delivered a “thumbs up” verdict.