MARYSVILLE — The Snohomish County Regional Veterans’ Job and Resource Fair was unable to return to the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Marysville on Thursday, April 3, due to the ongoing response to the Oso mudslide, so the Totem Recreation Center at the Naval Support Complex, just a block east, played host to the event’s 50 on-site employers and hundreds of visitors.
TULALIP — As Tulalip Tribal Board Chair Mel Sheldon Jr. and Vice Chair Deborah Parker extended their thoughts and prayers to those who have been hit by the impact of the Oso mudslide on March 22, they recalled how their own Native American ancestors suffered similar disasters in that same Camano Head area, as recently as the 1800s.
MARYSVILLE — The fourth annual Prom Dress Exchange and Fashion Show of North Snohomish County again drew more than 100 shoppers on March 22, as a dozen models strutted their stuff on the stage of the Damascus Road Church in Marysville.
Construction is already underway at Comeford Park to prepare it for its incoming spraypark, but the Marysville City Council didn’t award the bid for the construction of the spraypark itself until its meeting on Monday, March 17.
The city of Marysville’s Transportation Benefit District Board met on Monday, March 17, to seek further clarification of the potential projects to be funded by an 0.02 percent sales tax increase on the April 22 special election ballot.
MARYSVILLE — Dues Produce Barn in Marysville invited the surrounding community to its first “Spring Fling” on Saturday, March 15, drawing more than 20 vendors and close to 200 attendees within its first two hours, according to Becky Due herself.
MARYSVILLE — Last year, Fallyn Gentry decided to celebrate her 10th birthday by asking her family and friends to give gifts to those facing greater needs then herself, and her birthday party at the Marysville Community Food Bank generated 459 pounds of food and an estimated $100 in cash for the local nonprofit charity.
MARYSVILLE — For the fourth year in a row, young people from throughout Snohomish County will be able to take part in the local community’s free Prom Dress Exchange & Fashion Show — which will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 22, at 1050 State Ave. in Marysville this year — so that girls from Marysville, Arlington and beyond will be able to dress fashionably for all the formal social events coming up this spring and summer.
MARYSVILLE — Incoming Marysville Police Officer Kelly Pitts proved to be a man of few words during his swearing-in ceremony on Monday, March 17, saying only, “It’s an honor to be here,” but his fellow Marysville Police officers had plenty to say about the law enforcement veteran, who came to the Marysville Police Department through a lateral entry from the Monroe Police Department.
Although the library of Shoultes Elementary suffered significant water damage in the wake of burst pipes just before winter break, the Marysville School District and Cobra Construction expect to have the impacted library space open for business later this spring.
The Marysville Special Education PTSA meeting on Tuesday, March 11, featured appearances not only by Marysville School District Superintendent Dr. Becky Berg and Assistant Superintendent Ray Houser, but also by interim Special Education Services Executive Director Dave Gow and Director Dr. Bob Gose.
MARYSVILLE — The Treasure Trove Antique Appraisal Show made a successful debut at the Ken Baxter Community Center on Saturday, March 8, according to city of Marysville Recreation Coordinator Maryke Burgess.
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville-Pilchuck High School Music Boosters’ “For the Love of Music Auction” not only narrowly exceeded its turnout goals on Saturday, March 8, but it also bested its fundraising totals from last year.
