EVERETT — The federal government shutdown has hit home locally, as Naval Station Everett furloughed 43 civilian employees on Tuesday, Oct. 1, and the Smokey Point Commissary at the Navy Support Complex in north Marysville is shutting down starting Wednesday, Oct. 2.
LAKEWOOD — Economic development, transportation infrastructure and public safety were among the subjects covered by Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring during his coffee klatch with citizens in the International House of Pancakes restaurant in Lakewood on Tuesday, Sept. 24.
Two local companies — OutBack Power Technologies in Arlington and Silicon Energy in Marysville — served as hub sites for this year’s Snohomish County Solar Tour, whose informational walk-throughs on Saturday, Sept. 21, were designed to answer the questions of area residents and industry professionals alike.
In the wake of the resignation of Cindy Rebain (formerly Erickson) from the Marysville School District Board of Directors on Sept. 3, the school district is looking to fill the vacant seat on its board within the required 90-day window, but as district officials solicit the public’s input in the process of replacing Rebain, the board reflected on her eight years of service.
MARYSVILLE — Marysville has given itself a year to work out how it will handle marijuana businesses within its city limits. By a 5-1 vote on Monday, Sept. 9, the Marysville City Council approved an ordinance adopting a one-year moratorium “on the establishment, siting, location, permitting, licensing or operation of marijuana cultivation, production of marijuana or marijuana derivatives,” with Council member Rob Toyer casting the lone dissenting vote out of expressed concerns that the Council might wait to make its decision until shortly before the moratorium would be set to sunset.
MARYSVILLE — After its two co-presidents stepped down together, and one of its two existing co-vice presidents did not make his bid to succeed them as president, the Marysville Special Education PTSA now has one new president and four co-vice presidents, in the wake of its first public meeting for the 2013-14 school year on Tuesday, Sept. 10.
MARYSVILLE — Cedar Avenue was blocked off by Marysville Police officers, between Eighth and Grove streets, for close to an hour following a head-on collision between a 2007 Honda Accord and a Marysville NAPA Auto Parts truck at approximately 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 18.
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville Walmart opened a week later than it had previously planned, but this delay only seemed to make the surrounding community more eager to see the inside of the store. On the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 18, Marysville Walmart Store Manager Sonia Smith was joined by fellow Walmart employees and dignitaries from the Marysville community alike in cutting the ribbon to the store.
The Cascade Valley Hospital and Clinics’ third annual Community Health and Safety Fair certainly didn’t fail to catch the attention of passersby, given that two of its more prominent exhibits included a giant brain and heart, courtesy of the Pacific Science Center’s “Blood & Guts” exhibit.
Close to 300 motorcycles took to the roads of Arlington, Lake Stevens and Marysville to honor the men and women of law enforcement, the fire service and the armed forces, as well as those who lost their lives on 9/11, as part of this year’s area “Patriot Ride.”
MARYSVILLE — “Hi, I’m here for a trim, but I brought my own shears,” Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring joked, as he brandished the city of Marysville’s oversized scissors to cut the ribbon marking the official grand opening of The Competition Hair & Tanning Salon at its latest location, in Suite B at 1059 State Ave. in Marysville, on Tuesday, Sept. 17.
MARYSVILLE — In the wake of a Snohomish County Superior Court judge’s recent ruling in favor of Cedar Grove Composting, both the city of Marysville and the Marysville-based Citizens for a Smell Free Snohomish County have disputed claims that the citizens’ group and its campaign against Cedar Grove were spearheaded by the city and its consulting firm, Strategies 360.
MARYSVILLE — Firefighters, police officers, city officials and community members gathered at the Police and Firefighters’ Memorial, outside the Marysville Library, to observe the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
