MARYSVILLE — On Jan. 20, many area residents were able to watch history unfold on television, among them a packed room of students, parents, teachers and staff at the Marysville School District offices, who watched the inauguration of President Barack Obama on the big screens in the board room.
Marysville residents might have spotted a unique vehicle making its rounds through much of the city recently.
A trio of juniors at Marysville’s Grace Academy have decided that that the only way for them to do community service is to go big.
In June of last year, owner of Boondockers Restaurant, Shabbir Bala, found one of the windows in his front door had been broken, as part of an attempted burglary. On Jan. 9 of this year, his restaurant was broken into in much the same way, and this time, the burglary attempt was successful.
MARYSVILLE — Marvin Johnson has been playing Canasta “since it was invented,” at least 50 years ago, and for the past several years, he’s been playing it with fellow visitors to the Ken Baxter Senior Community Center, at 514 Delta Ave.
MARYSVILLE — For Marysville resident Nancy LaMont, the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life in North Snohomish County is not just a cause to support, but a benchmark of her personal struggles.
The offices of the Snohomish County Republican Party in Marysville played host to one of the Puget Sound Blood Center’s collection vehicles Jan. 14, as donors both young and old turned out for six hours to give of themselves, literally.
MARYSVILLE — Water damage might not be the primary problem you’d associate with a fire, but for the Jones and Co. Pet Store on State Avenue, the water from their sprinkler system did more damage to their store and its merchandise than the fire that the sprinklers activated to put out.
Marysville Jones and Co. Pet Store Manager Loraine DeMars explained that their Jan. 13 fire began sometime before 1 a.m., in the back room they used to store quarantined fish.
For Oosterwyk’s Dutch Bakery, it was “the fire that wasn’t,” not that passing motorists would have known it from the line of emergency response vehicles parked on the street.
MARYSVILLE — Ticket sales began Jan. 12 for the city of Marysville Parks and Recreation Department’s fourth-annual Father-Daughter Valentine’s Dances, and Recreation Coordinator Andrea Kingsford warned that those interested in attending shouldn’t wait to purchase their tickets.
MARYSVILLE — Adults with special needs in the community will be able to party on the week of Valentine’s Day at the Marysville YMCA, while also supporting families in need.
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville School District’s fifth annual kindergarten registration and information fair takes place Jan. 24 from 9-11 a.m., and Marshall Elementary Principal Michelle Gurnee sees it as a one-stop shop for parents of kindergarten through middle school students.
MARYSVILLE — Janet Crumley’s goals for the future were born a quarter of a century ago.
