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I think it is appropriate for the season to tell a Dirty Biter winter tale. While living on Park Street in La Conner, I received a telephone call from a woman in Conway on Christmas Eve morning 1975. She called to tell me my small, dark brown dog was in her barn. I thought for a moment and then told her that it couldn’t be Biter, because he was a blond dog and was under our bed still sleeping. She told me she had found only the words La Conner on his dog tag. She called the La Conner Town H...
Decades after it laid the foundation for Fir Island students, history is repeating itself at the landmark Skagit City School. Only this time, truly in terms of bricks and mortar. A new foundation is in the works. Also a new roof. And a host of other related exterior repairs to the weathered old schoolhouse, which dates to the turn of the century. The 20th century, that is. The long-sought facelift is being undertaken jointly by the Skagit County Historical Museum, Chad Fisher Construction, and a...
Monday Dec. 14 6:10 p.m: Tele-bully – Parents reported that their child’s cell phone was broken by another student at La Conner High School. Tuesday Dec. 15 3:34 a.m.: Big Ticket! – Vehicle stopped in theConway school parking lot for an equipment violation and the driver turned out to be driving on a suspended license. 12:11 p.m.: Unattended death – A La Conner resident was found deceased at home.There was no evidence of foul play. 11:25 p.m.: Pub Plunder? – Conway Pub’s automatic alarm sounded, the building was sec...
