It began near the end of the last school year with 20 grade school students, but by the end of this school year the coordinators of the “Food For Thought” program, courtesy of the Marysville Community Food Bank, hope to be serving four times that number of students.
MARYSVILLE — The 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were marked by ceremony and introspection at the Police and Firefighters’ Memorial in front of the Marysville Library.
The first day of the 2012-13 school year at the Marysville School District saw enrollment figures holding relatively steady while a few new wrinkles entered the classrooms.
MARYSVILLE — Downtown Marysville will be showcasing area artists along with local shopping opportunities during the first “Art Walk” from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13.
To make sure their school was inviting in time for the start of the 2012-13 school year on Wednesday, Sept. 5, several of the students, staff members, families and surrounding community members of Marshall Elementary and the Marysville Cooperative Education Program spruced up the school’s grounds on Tuesday, Aug. 28.
ARLINGTON — Firefighters from Marysville, Getchell, Tulalip Bay, Arlington, Arlington Heights, Silvana and Lakewood were among those representing 14 fire districts at a special meeting on Thursday, Aug. 30, to discuss the future of fire and emergency medical services in Arlington and North Snohomish County as a whole.
MARYSVILLE — The second annual “Helping Hands, Linking Arms” week of service in remembrance of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, will once again be benefitting the Marysville and Tulalip food banks, as well as the “Seeds of Grace” program at Allen Creek Community Church.
TULALIP — The debut “Run From the Law 5K” on Sunday, Sept. 16, aims to recruit both cops and runners of all ages to help raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Jacqueline Rojas first became certified as a school bus driver in 2005, and after some years away, the down economy has seen her brushing back up on her skills in time for the 2012-13 school year at the Marysville School District.
The Marysville Historical Society’s long-awaited museum came a significant step closer to completion on Saturday, Aug. 25, as MHS members, city of Marysville officials and representatives of local service clubs joined in breaking ground at the site adjacent to the Jennings Park Barn area.
The Everett Clinic’s new 60,000-square-foot facility at Smokey Point drew crowds on Saturday, Aug. 25, to check out its architecture and amenities, as well as to meet with many of its staff members as they guided groups through tours of the two-story building.
Less than a couple of weeks after complaints about unkempt schools were made in Marysville, close to 100 volunteers descended upon Grove Elementary and Marysville-Pilchuck High School, as well as an assortment of local parks and Little League fields, to show how much they care about their community.
Every dog at the Strawberry Fields Athletic Park had its day, for the fifth year in a row, as the annual Scrub-a-Mutt fundraiser returned to the site with familiar favorites and new frills on Saturday, Aug. 18.
