The spring sports season was kind to the north Snohomish County teams — nearly every team in the Arlington-Marysville area improved its record and standing, with five area teams advancing to their respective state tournament this season.
For the second year in a row, the Berry Run will take place June 14 at the Smokey Point Plant Farm. Participants have the option of a mile or a five kilometer race, with awards handed out by length of course, age and just plain old good luck, when it comes to the drawing for prizes during the award ceremony.
The annual Strawberry Festival Golf Tournament has stoked the fires of rivalry as teams of golfers from Marysville and the surrounding areas vie for bragging rights at Cedarcrest Golf Course, June 13.
MARYSVILLE — Through five innings, the Stilly Valley Falcons built what proved to be an insurmountable lead, as they held off a Pepsi rally to win 7-4 and stay perfect in their Strawberry Tournament pool.
MARYSVILLE — The Puget Sound includes some 2,500 miles of shoreline, hooks up with 14 major rivers and has some 4 million people living along its borders.
In Ethiopia, a country of over 70 million people, there is only one public library. This is something so hard for me to comprehend as I watch my one-year-old twin daughters flip through the dozen library board books scattered across our floor. Adopted from Addis Ababa, they were once two of the estimated 4.8 million orphans in Ethiopia.
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MARYSVILLE — Soroptimist International of Marysville President Caroline Brown said the name of the group translates roughly as “what is best for women.”
MARYSVILLE — Obviously, the presidential election coming in November has gotten lots of media attention and that attention is guaranteed to continue.
MARYSVILLE — Back in 1977, Grace Academy held its first semester of classes in the basement of Grace Bible Church. School leaders really had no choice, as the school itself still was under construction.
TULALIP — Surrounded by symbols of Heritage High’s progress, the tribal campus sent off their first class of graduates from the new high school campus.
MARYSVILLE — “When you first hear your name and the word ‘cancer’ in the same sentence, you feel very alone,” said two-time cancer survivor Anne Hartline.
MARYSVILLE — Naturally, the evening was focused on the graduates who filled the main floor of Comcast Arena at the Everett Event Center.
