Due to sidewalk construction activities, the southbound bus stop on the I-5 on-ramp at Fourth Street in Mayrsville will be closed for approximately six weeks starting Monday, Aug. 29. Buses will not be able to serve the stop during that time.
MARYSVILLE — “Scrub-a-Mutt” made as big a splash as ever at the Strawberry Fields for Rover dog park, to continue its support of local pooches. Scrub-a-Mutt’s fourth annual fundraising Dog Wash, which ran from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 20 at the Strawberry Fields Athletic Park, washed 60 dogs within its first half-hour and more than 200 before 2 p.m.
Marysville Parks maintenance crews recently installed adaptive swings in playgrounds at two of the city’s busiest parks that will make them far easier for children with disabilities to use. Thanks to an $1,800 donation from Soroptimist International of Marysville and the hard work of Marysville resident Jessie Atkins, Atkins’ 5-year-old son Stage and other parents with young children with disabilities will have a place to swing with a smile, park officials said.
MARYSVILLE — Local residents will gather at the corner of Fourth Street and State Avenue on Aug. 25 at 4 p.m. to object to the recent debt ceiling negotiations, which they believe have failed to protect the middle class.
The rally is being organized by the “American Dream Movement,” which was inspired by protests in Wisconsin and further fueled by what its members see as attacks on the middle class and the poor. More than 800 such rallies were organized nationwide last month to speak out against the results of the debt ceiling debate.
LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood School District Board of Directors will meet Aug. 31 at 5:30 p.m. to review a proposed director district boundary realignment.
Every 10 years following the completion of the U.S. Census, Washington state law requires school district jurisdictions with internal director districts to redraw these boundaries to equalize population among the districts. A realignment of the internal director districts for Lakewood has been completed using the 2010 Census data.
The public hearing to review this proposed realignment will take place in the Board room of Portable 209 at English Crossing Elementary, located at 16728 16th Dr. NE.
MARYSVILLE — A 29-year-old Florida man has been arrested in connection with the robbery of a US Bank branch in Marysville earlier this month.
The Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory made a positive identification of the man from evidence gathered at the scene of the Aug. 9 robbery inside the Albertson’s grocery store at 11410 State Ave., while detectives developed information that the man was temporarily staying with a family at their residence in the Lake Stevens area.
Marysville Police detectives drove to the Lake Stevens-area residence and waited for the man to leave the residence, after which he was taken into custody on Aug. 19 without further incident and booked into the Snohomish County Jail for robbery in the first degree.
ARLINGTON — On Aug. 19 at approximately 10:54 a.m., Arlington Police responded to the US Bank branch located in the 17100 block of Smokey Point Boulevard for the report of a robbery that had just occurred.
The city of Marysville invites the community to Touch a Truck. This fun-filled event puts kids in the driver’s seat of Marysville’s biggest heavy-duty rigs. Children of all ages will have a hands-on chance to sit in the driver’s seat, honk horns and kick the tires on a variety of big rigs.
The Washington State Patrol’s Major Accident Investigation Team is investigating the three vehicle, one pedestrian serious injury collision that occurred on Tuesday, Aug. 16, at about 12:15 p.m. The collision occurred on State Route 532 at Sunrise Boulevard on Camano Island.
Snohomish Health District reports the death on Aug. 16, of a newborn child from pertussis, or “whooping cough.” The Snohomish County infant’s illness brings to the number of confirmed cases to 52 reported in Snohomish County so far in 2011. The Health District reported a total of 25 confirmed cases of the illness for all of 2010.
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TULALIP — The Seattle Premium Outlets on the Tulalip Reservation have done such good business that the Simon Property Group plans to expand their retail space by an additional 100,000 square feet.
According to Michele Rothstein, a spokesperson for the Premium Outlets division of Simon, the Seattle Premium Outlets’ existing 120 stores produce sales in excess of $700 per square foot, making them one of the group’s most productive centers.
While Rothstein declined to speculate on how many new stores would be added during the expansion, or which ones they would be, she anticipated that the expansion would be complete in 2013, bringing the Seattle Premium Outlets’ total retail space to approximately 540,000 square feet.
MARYSVILLE — Scrub-a-Mutt is returning to the Strawberry Fields for Rover dog park to continue its support of local pooches.
Scrub-a-Mutt’s fourth annual fundraising Dog Wash runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 20 at the Strawberry Fields Athletic Park, located at 6100 152nd St. NE. Strawberry Fields for Rover will be completely open that day.
