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During boardwalk construction last Wednesday, July 16, a steel piling fell over, crushing a pickup owned by the town. Nobody was in the truck, and there were no injuries. La Conner Mayor Ramon Hayes said an apparent equipment malfunction caused the mishap. The job was shut down for a couple of days while the problem was investigated, and everything is back on track and on schedule, Hayes said. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Tuesday July 15 1:16 p.m.: Hot dog – A report of a dog left in a car on a hot day near First and Morris streets in La Conner, but deputies were unable to locate the vehicle. 3:09 p.m.: Mad motorcyclist – Deputies were alerted to a motorcyclist who was driving erratically onFir Island Road nearConway. They contacted a frustrated motorcycle operator who had been trying to ward other drivers who were tailgating him by moving toward the center line during vehicle passes. He was cautioned that driving in a responsible manner is his...
Rumor has it Al Capone’s old boat has been tied up at the guest dock at La Conner Marina lately. The large vessel, with its Roaring 20s lines and teak helm that conjures up images of Old Hollywood, is the Acania, a 136-foot luxury yacht built in 1930 — at the start of the Great Depression and in the final years of Prohibition. The last 84 years have given it a checkered past, with many names and many owners since, and it was nearly destined for a scrap yard until its current owner, D...
