🌱 How an Anacortes cannabis shop hopes to expand into Concrete
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In today's newsletter:
- How an Anacortes cannabis shop hopes to expand into Concrete
- Why is La Conner buying a surplus ambulance from Anacortes?
Also on today's calendar: Come Writers! Come Readers! and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Clouds giving way to sun, with a high of 53 and low of 41 degrees.
- Saturday: Increasing amounts of sun, temps: high: 59, low: 45.
- Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 57 and low of 47 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Cannabis store proposed for Concrete (thenewstribune.com) — An Anacortes cannabis retailer is looking to expand by opening a new shop in Concrete, and town officials are drafting regulations that could make it possible. The proposal hinges on whether Concrete’s council will relax distance rules between cannabis businesses and places like libraries, with supporters arguing the store could bring tax revenue and curb unregulated sales. 
• La Conner Town Council approves purchase of ambulance (tri-cityherald.com) — La Conner’s town council has agreed to buy a surplus ambulance from Anacortes for $13,000, restoring emergency transport after La Conner’s rig failed beyond repair. The council also advanced historic district code changes, emergency planning agreements, and tech upgrades, decisions that matter for anyone who lives, works, or spends time just across the channel from Anacortes.
📸 Around Anacortes
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Come Writers! Come Readers!
Oak Harbor Library - Sno-Isle Libraries, 1000 SE Regatta Dr, Oak Harbor
1:00 pm
Thursday April 23
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Other local events
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Salish Sea Coffee Club - Earth Day at the Beach!
The Salish Sea School , 2201 Skyline Way Unit 101 , Anacortes
10:00 am -
Adventure Series to Cypress Island
Island Express Charters , 2013 Skyline Way , Anacortes
11:00 am -
Wildlife & Island Ecotour
Skyline Marina
4:00 pm -
Raise the Roof Gala & Benefit Auction: Unmasking Affordable Homeownership
Swinomish Casino & Lodge , 12885 Casino Dr. , Anacortes
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Writing Circle
Anacortes Public Library , 1220 10th Street , Anacortes
6:00 pm -
Tuesday Trivia Night
Anacortes Chamber of Commerce , 819 Commercial Ave STE F , Anacortes
8:00 pm -
Drop-In Fun
Anacortes Public Library , 1220 10th Street , Anacortes
3:30 pm -
Live Music at the Rockfish Grill
Anacortes Chamber of Commerce , 819 Commercial Ave STE F , Anacortes
6:00 pm
Saturday April 18
Monday April 20
Tuesday April 21
Wednesday April 22
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Networking for Success: The Real Talk on Talkin’ Biz
Skagit Valley Chamber of Commerce , 301 W Kincaid St , Mount Vernon
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PNW Artisan Marketplace
Christianson's Nursery , 15806 Best Rd , Mount Vernon
10:00 am -
Take Flight Friday at the Childrens Museum of Skagit County
Children's Museum of Skagit County , 432 Fashion Way , Burlington
3:00 pm -
Teen Art Club
Museum of Northwest Art , 121 1st St , La Conner
3:00 pm
Friday April 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Insight Global posted a job opening for Payroll Specialist in Anacortes. Apply here.
- MHC Equity Lifestyle Properties posted a job opening for Housekeeper in La Conner. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Anacortes here.
🗞 Nearby News
La Conner
- Whale-watch boat Emerald Clipper delivered (workboat.com)
Oak Harbor
- Margot Elizabeth Tennant: March, 22, 1955 (whidbeynewstimes.com)
- They Want to Drop a Bomb in My Father's Name (rollingstone.com)
Burlington
- Costco Recalls Cookies Over Missing Nut Allergy Warning (pulmonologyadvisor.com)
- Wagoner to run for seat on Skagit County Board of Commissioners (thenewstribune.com)
- Northbound I-5 reopens ahead of schedule near Bellingham (columbian.com)
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