The Anacortes-Sidney, B.C., ferry route will resume service on March 30, the Washington State Department of Transportation announced. The first trip, which will leave Anacortes at 7:45 a.m. and arrive in Sidney at 10:50 a.m. on the 30th, will include celebratory marching bands, town criers and a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

In other marine transportation news, the spring ferry schedule will also resume inter-island service between the San Juan Islands and restore eight hours of Monday through Thursday midday service between Anacortes and the San Juans.

The spring ferry schedule will remain in effect through June 21.For more information, go to http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries.