TULALIP — The unloading of a truck full of compost at the Marysville Arts & Technology High School on Wednesday, April 30, represented the culmination of a six-year dream for Arts & Tech math teacher Karen McCaffrey, and a unique opportunity for Arts & Tech students get dirty while growing their own food.
TULALIP — The third annual Opportunity Expo served hundreds of students on Tuesday, April 22, from the Marysville School District and beyond, but in spite of what they deemed a very successful turnout throughout the day, event organizers are already considering how to adjust the schedule of next year’s event, to better serve greater numbers of students.
MARYSVILLE — Jennings Park and Twin Lakes County Park drew hundreds of children each for their annual kids’ fishing events last spring, and event organizers are already anticipating comparable crowds for this year’s events.
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville Arts Council’s third annual “It’s Raining Art” event is set to return to the former Dunn Lumber building, at 1410 Grove St. in Marysville, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 26.
In the wake of the special election on Tuesday, April 22, the city of Marysville’s Transportation Benefit District looks to be passing its proposed sales and use tax to fund transportation improvements, while the Lakewood School District is on the knife’s edge of possibly passing its proposed building bond to improve Lakewood High School, on its second time on the ballot.
TULALIP — Nearly 600 walkers started and ended their course at the Tulalip Amphitheatre for this year’s Walk MS in Tulalip on Saturday, April 12, and while this represented a slightly smaller turnout than last year’s local event, event organizers still considered it a healthy show of support given the other worthy causes close to home that are calling for people’s time and commitment.
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville Chapter of Soroptimist International offered the local community an eye-opening education on the world of human trafficking on Tuesday, April 15, from the perspectives of three people who deal most often with its victims.
MARYSVILLE — On the holiest day in the calendar of the Sikh faith, the members of the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple in Marysville demonstrated one of the central tenets of their religion — that of charity toward others, regardless of their backgrounds — by raising $4,100 and presenting it to Snohomish County Executive John Lovick on Sunday, April 13, the Marysville temple’s observance of Vaisakhi, so that Lovick could deliver that check to the United Way of Snohomish County in turn.
MARYSVILLE — The annual Spring Craft & Garden Show returned to the Ken Baxter Community Center on Saturday, April 12, with a slightly modified layout this year, to help prepare for impending changes to Comeford Park.
MARYSVILLE — Approximately 70 volunteers descended upon the Wilcox Farm in Marysville for four hours on Saturday, April 12, for an all-ages Earth Day planting of trees and shrubs next to Allen Creek, jointly sponsored by the Allen/Quilceda Action Team, the Adopt A Stream Foundation, Sound Salmon Solutions, the Tulalip Tribes, the Marysville School District, Snohomish County Surface Water, the city of Marysville and the state Department of Ecology.
MARYSVILLE — Victor Fernandez’s first job in the automotive industry was in 1994, and 10 years later, he opened the Marysville Ford dealership in 2004 as its co-owner.
MARYSVILLE — More than 60 bicycles, two motorcycles, several firearms and an unspecified amount of narcotics were found at a residence in the 5200 block of 81st Place NE, through an investigation by members of the Marysville Police Department’s N.I.T.E. Team, which Marysville Police Cmdr. Wendy Wade described as the definition of swift response.
MARYSVILLE — With the final inspections for Phase I expected to be completed by Friday, April 11, the Marysville facility for the Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts is anticipated to start hosting classes on Monday, April 21.
