Marysville’s Randy Heslop has been unemployed for four months, but he started looking for a new job about a year ago, almost immediately after his former employer, Todd Shipyards in Seattle, was bought out.
MARYSVILLE — Tuesday, Jan. 17, saw the city of Marysville extending its three-day Martin Luther King Jr. holiday into a four-day weekend for many of its activities and services, due to heavy snowfall creating difficult driving conditions, with even more severe conditions predicted for the week ahead.
The dishes are freshly prepared, the prices are low and the staff at this restaurant loves clocking in for their shifts.
At the age of 20, Preston Dwoskin has already accomplished a host of goals on a statewide scale, while also living with hearing and developmental disabilities, and even as his hearing continues to go down from its current level of 67 percent, he’s setting his bar of accomplishment ever higher.
OLYMPIA — As state Rep. Kirk Pearson heads into his sixth term, he reflected on recent changes and upcoming challenges facing both the Legislature and its constituents.
Totem Middle School’s post-Thanksgiving food drive collected about as many cans of food for the Marysville Community Food Bank as there are students at the school, according to parents and school officials.
First-grade students of the Marysville Cooperative Education Program at Marshall Elementary can call themselves community artists, ever since the recent unveiling of a community-themed art project at the Community Transit bus shelter on 64th Street NE, in front of the Marysville YMCA.
MARYSVILLE — A trio of personal testimonies as to the benefits of medical marijuana was met with interest by the Marysville City Council on Dec. 12, as two citizens of Marysville and one from Lake Stevens urged them to allow the city’s moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries to expire on Jan. 5 of next year.
Misako Sevon has been dancing since the fifth grade, but other than a role in a production of Pinocchio last year, it wasn’t until late this year that the 16-year-old Marysville Getchell High School sophomore became part of a major production.
“It’s been business as usual, but business has been good,” said retired Cmdr. Randy Brasfield of the Marysville-Pilchuck High School Naval Junior ROTC program.
The Marysville Community Food Bank received two gifts for the holidays from Roy Robinson Chevrolet on Dec. 1.
Compared to the crowds who had cheered their return just a few months ago, relatively few families stood on the pier to say farewell to their sailors, since most had already said their goodbyes before that point.
SMOKEY POINT — The winter holiday season is still well underway, but the Stillaguamish Senior Center already has its eyes on ways to help people lead healthier lives in the New Year.
The Stillaguamish Senior Center’s ice cream social on Thursday, Dec. 8, treated visitors to a pair of health experts who will be offering unique ways to feel better in January and beyond.
