It’s the second year of varsity athletics at Marysville Getchell High School and the girls soccer team is really taking charge to make this one a success.
A crisp, sunny morning greeted more than 2,000 students enrolled in the Lakewood School District as they hopped off buses, hugged old friends, unpacked their supplies and settled in for the first day of school on Sept. 4.
A blue moon rose over the season opener between the Arlington Eagles and the Marysville-Pilchuck Tomahawks at Quil Ceda Stadium on Aug. 31, and the Tommies proved that victories won’t be a rarity for them this season when they dealt the Eagles a rough 42-14 defeat.
The Lakewood volleyball team has been training for weeks to prepare for the new season and their Sept. 6 matchup against rival Archbishop Murphy High School will be their first game of the year.
The second annual Ragin’ Ray Golf Tournament fundraiser boasted more than $7,000 raised and more than 90 participants at the Gleneagle Golf Course on Aug. 11.
Kids looking to be active this summer, while learning to protect themselves and have fun, can find that opportunity at Kung Fu Northwest summer camp, offered through the Marysville Parks and Recreation department.
The Marysville Figure Skating Club is back in town after a successful time at the National Figure Skating Championships, which were held in Lincoln, Neb., from July 21 to Aug. 5.
MARYSVILLE — Marissa Brugger has saved hundreds of lives.
She is not a doctor or an emergency responder. She is not a nurse or a combat medic. She is a foster mom — a kitten foster mom.
Brugger is one of more than 100 foster parents of young kittens and puppies, who help to save the lives of animals that otherwise would have been euthanized. The program was started by Lani Kurtz, animal welfare director at the Northwest Organization for Animal Help, or N.O.A.H.
MARYSVILLE — A group of local softball players could have made it to the World Series this year after finishing with a record of 62-2 — if only they’d been a little bit older.
When the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency explained its plans to launch a study of the odor that’s been reported by residents of Marysville and Everett over the past four years, it drew sharp criticism from nearly all of the roughly 100 attendees from those same communities who took the time to speak at a public meeting on Tuesday, July 24.
When John Mack purchased a home on State Avenue in late May, with the intention of using it to house sex offenders, he was not met with a positive response from neighbors or city officials.
Coal Free Washington gathered at the Evergreen Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on July 26, to talk about how a potential coal export facility in Bellingham could affect Marysville.
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville Parks and Recreation Department has hosted an adult kickball league for the past several years as a way for grown-ups to get in some friendly summer competition and exercise to boot.
