MARYSVILLE — Feb. 11 was the Marysville School District’s deadline to solicit community input on its search for a new superintendent, and members of the MSD Board of Directors sat down with Dr. Wayne Robertson of Northwest Leadership Associates to try and quantify the hundreds of responses, most of them from parents and teachers, that the school district had received to survey forms that the district had printed out and posted online.
Ask 16-year-old French exchange student Helene Maleval what she thinks of America, and the odds are she’ll wind up using the word “awesome” multiple times, as she did during a recent presentation to members of the Marysville Noon Rotary, through whom she came to America.
The Marysville City Council met with nine citizens on Feb. 11 who hope to fill the vacancy left by former Council member Carmen Rasmussen following her departure at the end of last yea
Maybelle and Marvin Johnson spent this past Valentine’s Day the same way they’ve spent most Thursdays since they first met nearly four years ago, by playing Canasta at the Ken Baxter Community Center and reflecting on how life has given them a second chance to experience the love of a lifetime.
The Marysville Strawberry Festival packed the Jennings Park Barn nearly to overflowing on Feb. 12, when it introduced its seven Senior Royalty candidates and eight Junior Royalty candidates for the year.
SMOKEY POINT — The Gold’s Gym locations at Arlington and Marysville had their workouts interrupted on Feb. 19 when crews of movers arrived, with Snohomish County Sheriff’s deputies in tow, to remove the facilities’ equipment per a writ of execution.
The United Way of Snohomish County and the AARP are offering area taxpayers a few different ways to prepare their income taxes free of charge this year.
Barely a year after opening Marysville Tobacco Joes in 2011, Michael Thorn closed the store’s doors last summer, but with the New Year came a new bid to make a go at his business, as Marysville Tobacco Joes reopened at its old location, at 450 State Ave. and 1508 Fifth St., on Jan. 28 of this year.
In the wake of December’s school shootings in Connecticut, schools across America have become more conscious of their safety and security procedures, and the Marysville School District is no exception.
The search for a new superintendent for the Marysville School District solicited input from community members at the MSD Service Center on the evenings of Jan. 29 and 31, as members of the MSD Board of Directors and representatives of Northwest Leadership Associates led group discussions on what they see as the needs of the district and the necessary qualifications of a new superintendent.
Marysville dancer Tia Buell recently competed in the first-ever season of the worldwide online “Dance Upon a Dream” competition, and managed to distinguish herself among her peers in spite of not even sharing a room with them.
Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring reflected on a year of transitions and partnerships during his Jan. 25 State of the City address for 2013, at the same time that he pledged that the city would continue to meet its citizens’ needs through disciplined methods.
Three months after it opened, and two weeks after it was closed for final tweaks, the 1-5 overcrossing at 156th Street in north Marysville was officially dedicated on Jan. 28.
