Born in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Richard and Gazette Staker, LaVaughn moved, at the age of 12, to Everett, Washington…
Douglas A. Meyer, born June 17, 1948 in Everett, Washington passed away on November 16, 2011. He leaves his wife…
SMOKEY POINT — Law enforcement will conduct extra DUI patrols in Snohomish County from Nov. 24 of this year through Jan. 2 of the New Year.
November 13–19 is Focus on Education Week in Washington state — and the 90th anniversary of American Education Week. School districts across Washington, including Arlington, Lakewood and Marysville school districts, are encouraging legislators and community members to learn more about their public schools and understand the often difficult, but always important, work we do.
Tina was born June 12, 1962 in Seattle, WA to Jim and Darleen Maher; she passed away peacefully from cancer…
Janice Marie Larson, born in Barrington, Illinois June 2, 1917, passed away after a brief illness November 13, at Providence…
SMOKEY POINT — Arlington’s Atonement Free Lutheran Church and Marysville’s Amen Christian Bookstore will be serving as drop-off locations for the return of Operation Christmas Child, which aims to collect close to 900 gift-filled shoe boxes locally, packed with toys, school supplies and items of necessity for kids who are hurting in 100 countries.
MARYSVILLE — Marysville resident Fredrick Seton, 49, was sentenced on Nov. 4 in U.S. District Court in Seattle to six months in prison, one year of supervised release and $159,710 in restitution for willfully aiding and assisting in the preparation of materially false tax returns.
Seton pleaded guilty in June of this year, admitting that over the course of three years, between 2005-2007, he prepared and submitted 205 false tax returns for military service members, claiming false business deductions to reduce their taxable income.
The rich rewards of diversity never cease to amaze me. When we engage fully with people who experience the world differently than we do, we can expect to be inspired. Two stories came across my desk this week that illustrate the point.
MARYSVILLE — The coming of coal trains will serve as the subject for “The Coal Hard Truth,” a forum set for Nov. 17 in the Totem Middle School cafeteria.
According to event spokesperson Dan Klimke, its purpose is to inform the community of the potential impacts of those coal trains, as well as what the community might be able to do about them.
SMOKEY POINT — Visitors to the Arlington Walmart on Nov. 19 will be able to “Stuff the Bus” on behalf of the Marysville and Arlington food banks.
As many as 30 volunteers from the Lakewood School District Transportation Department will be collecting food donations from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., as well as handing out fliers to shoppers with suggested food and toiletry items to donate.
SMOKEY POINT — The Stillaguamish Senior Center will be hosting volunteers from SHIBA — Statewide Health Insurance Benefit Advisors, an organization sponsored by the state Office of the Insurance Commissioner — to offer free unbiased healthcare counseling to Washington state residents on Nov. 16.
Preliminary results for the Nov. 8 general election have been released by the Snohomish County Department of Elections.
