An Arlington author recently teamed up with a teacher who lives in Marysville to produce a unique book for children.
In the wake of the Aug. 18 primary elections, Chris Nation and Heather Thweatt will be moving on to the general election for the Marysville School District Board of Directors, while John Koster and Ellen Hiatt Watson will be doing the same for the Snohomish County Council.
In the wake of the Aug. 18 primary elections, Chris Nation and Heather Thweatt will be moving on to the general election for the Marysville School District Board of Directors, while John Koster and Ellen Hiatt Watson will be doing the same for the Snohomish County Council.
The annual Marysville Homegrown Festival and Street Fair, which took place Aug. 14-15, would seem to be a relatively recession-proof event, going by the estimates of Mary Burns.
“Whether it’s men in shiny white Cap’n Crunch outfits waving donation cans at 88th Street and State Avenue, or people brandishing cardboard signs at freeway ramps, panhandling is a growing social and public safety concern in Marysville and across the country,” said city of Marysville Community Information Officer Doug Buell. “The current sour economy has only raised panhandling’s visibility.”
The first meeting of the Young Professionals Network took place Aug. 13, at the mPulse Lounge at the Tulalip Resort Hotel and Casino, and attracted close to 50 attendees from throughout north Snohomish County.
The Marysville Goodwill, located at 9315 State Ave., literally had lines outside its store before its doors opened Aug. 14, in anticipation of the start of its two-day “Western Days” sale.
The friends, family and fellow Tulalip Tribal members of Johnny Enick said farewell to the 23-year-old Aug. 7, after his body was recovered earlier that week from the Stillaguamish River.
The Aug. 8 “Summer Jubilee” wasn’t the only community service event held at the Tulalip Amphitheatre recently, as the Tulalip Tribal Police staged their first National Night Out Against Crime there Aug. 4 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Kids’ Kloset of Arlington has set up donation sites for its back-to-school drive at four locations in the Smokey Point and downtown Arlington area, in order to drum up donations of backpacks and other school supplies for children ranging from preschool through high school, who attend schools in the Arlington, Lakewood and Darrington school districts, and who qualify for free or reduced-price school lunches.
The Lakewood School District Board of Directors is seeking qualified applicants for the Director District 2 School Board Member position that will be open Dec. 1, and Lakewood School District Superintendent Dr. Dennis Haddock explained what candidates should expect if they’re selected.
Sound Harley-Davidson of Smokey Point served as the starting point for the Marysville Police Department’s seventh annual charity ride for Special Olympics Aug. 1, in which more than 100 motorcycle riders traveled a roughly 100-mile loop before finishing their run at Comeford Park in Marysville.
An annual tradition got a big boost July 30, as the egg-drop contest on the last day of the July 27-30 Cub Scout event in Jennings Park received some assistance from the Marysville Fire District.
