Marysville’s 25th annual HomeGrown street fair packed Third Street with artists, craftspeople, food vendors, producers of farm products and families Aug. 13-14.
Janice Vallin began her first day as the publisher of The Marysville Globe and The Arlington Times Aug. 9, and her first priority is to get to know her new hometown.
MARYSVILLE — The primary election day of Aug. 17 proved to be bad news for proposed school district levies throughout the state, but especially so in Marysville, where voters were asked for a property tax increase to fund a supplemental levy after the state legislature expanded the school district’s levy authority by 4 percent.
MARYSVILLE — Visitors to the Marysville Safeway Aug. 13-14 donated $605 and 361 pounds to the Marysville Community Food Bank in exchange for roasted ears of corn, and in return received information on the Food Bank’s “Giving Gardens” campaign.
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville Goodwill, located at 9315 State Ave., opened its doors one hour early, at 8 a.m. on Aug. 13, to accommodate the estimated 75 shoppers that were literally lining up outside the store for the first day of its ninth annual “Western Days” sale.
MARYSVILLE — While many of their peers are out basking in the summer sun, Marysville teenagers Dillon Ahora and brothers Forrest and Alex Brown are hard at work on behalf of Marysville’s hungry, and JoAnn Sewell, volunteer coordinator for the Marysville Community Food Bank, wants to see these young people get credit for it.
SMOKEY POINT — The Marysville Kiwanis Club’s Bingo Run pancake breakfast at Sound Harley-Davidson Aug. 7 raised an estimated $200 for the Law Enforcement Torch Run’s Special Olympics funds, but local Kiwanians want their community to know that they’ve got plenty more events coming up that could use more volunteers.
Close to 30 area breakdancers stepped up Aug. 6 to promote the Marysville YMCA’s upcoming 360 B-Boy, B-Girl and Emcee Battle, and they did it with an assist from Marysville Regal Cinemas.
The theater hosted the breakdancing demonstration from 7-10 p.m.
MARYSVILLE — Ever since she joined the Marysville YMCA as its executive director July 26, Reeshemah Davis has been overwhelmed by her new community.
MARYSVILLE — On the same day that Marysville and Arlington churches are teaming up to provide free school supplies to area children, the Messiah Lutheran Church is hosting their sixth annual back-to-school clothing giveaway.
MARYSVILLE — Marysville’s Katie and Dave Edmonds are a quarter of the way toward their fundraising goal for the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure fundraising walk in Seattle for breast cancer research, and while they appreciate those who have gotten them this far, they still need more support to meet their mark.
MARYSVILLE — Although the Ken Baxter Senior Community Center has only been going for 12 years, its 13th annual senior picnic barbecue drew more than 300 attendees Aug. 10.
MARYSVILLE — After four years of legal wrangling, the city of Marysville purchased Ed and Susan Geddes’ marina for approximately $1.9 million last month.
