Although the limited number of candidates for this year’s Marysville Strawberry Festival Royalty meant that everyone still in the running was crowned on the evening of March 1, the Senior Royalty candidates still needed to speak before a trio of judges to determine who would be named the king or queen, and who would be named the prince or princesses.
The cafeteria of Totem Middle School was standing room only on the morning of Saturday, March 3, as Republicans from Legisla-tive Districts 38, 39 and 44 came together to caucus on behalf of the candidates they’d like to see challenge Barack Obama for the presidency this fall.
A six-year career in aviation came to a close with a Saturday afternoon potluck in an Arlington Airport hangar, and Cathy Mighell was joined by plenty of friends and colleagues who wished her well, even as they wished that she wasn’t saying farewell.
As the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club celebrated the impending 20th anniversary of the Boys & Girls Clubs partnering with all Native American tribes, National Boys & Girls Clubs President and CEO James Clark visited the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club on Tuesday, Feb. 21, to report that the club will become a living example for new Boys & Girls Clubs on tribal lands across the state.
In his State of the Tribes address for 2012, Tulalip Tribal Chair Mel Sheldon Jr. praised the Tribes’ partnerships, both within the Tribes themselves and with the surrounding community and outside agencies, as key to its sustained success in the face of ongoing economic challenges.
The new Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine Center served as the centerpiece of the Providence Regional Medical Center’s “Hands-On Health Fair” in its Cymbaluk Medical Tower in Everett on Saturday, Feb. 25.
Arlington’s Becki Toop was a bit shy around team mascot Lincoln on Feb. 22, but mom Danika noted that it wasn’t for a lack of enthusiasm for the Everett Silvertips, since the family holds season tickets. Moreover, that Wednesday evening was the Toops’ second time attending a “Tip a Tip” night at Boston’s Gourmet Pizza Restaurant.
The Marysville Boys & Girls Club’s basketball court was nearly the site of a come-from-behind victory on Sunday, Feb. 26, as the ABA Washington Rampage recovered from a nearly two-to-one point deficit to the Pro Sport Assassins to come within four points of their score by the final buzzer.
MARYSVILLE — Longtime local resident Ken Baxter, for whom the city of Marysville’s Ken Baxter Community Center was named, passed away at the age of 83 on Monday, Feb. 20.
MARYSVILLE — Volunteers organized by Sound Salmon Solutions descended upon the Qwuloolt Estuary Marsh for yet another day of planting native trees and shrubs on Saturday, Feb. 18, to prepare the area for the next steps in the ongoing Qwuloolt Estuary Restoration Project.
Marysville School District administrators, teachers and other staff members were joined by parents and students on the sidewalks of State Avenue near Comeford Park on Thursday, Feb. 16, as they donned red shirts and hoisted signs high to raise awareness among passing motorists and pedestrians alike about the impact of proposed budget cuts to local education.
Marysville School District administrators, teachers and other staff members were joined by parents and students on the sidewalks of State Avenue near Comeford Park on Thursday, Feb. 16, as they donned red shirts and hoisted signs high to raise awareness among passing motorists and pedestrians alike about the impact of proposed budget cuts to local education.
MARYSVILLE — Marysville Care Center residents Jean Glab and Trudy Beardsley were able to toast each other’s health over a shared 101st birthday cake on Thursday, Feb. 16.
