MARYSVILLE — For years, drivers in Snohomish County had to guess what traffic conditions would be like on Interstate 5 north of Everett. Cameras and traffic flow information stopped at the Snohomish River bridge, and the 16 miles of I-5 between Everett and Arlington showed up on the Seattle-area traffic map, at www.wsdot.wa.gov/Traffic/seattle, as a stretch of gray with the words, “No equipment available.”
MARYSVILLE — On Feb. 13, the Marysville City Council adopted new laws establishing a “Stay Out of Drug Area” downtown to deter drug-related criminal activity and impose stiffer penalties on repeat offenders, and amended existing laws aimed at reducing aggressive panhandling and lewd conduct in public places.
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville branch of HomeStreet Bank will conduct a free financial education workshop on March 14 from noon to 3 p.m., with visits from Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring and Marysville Police Detective Dan Vinson.
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville Dog Owners Group’s Poochapalooza fundraiser returns this summer, but it’ll need the support of the community to be a success.
SEATTLE — Several times each year, the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation conducts a luncheon to honor Seattle-area women of color for their accomplishments in blazing new trails in their communities.
During the group’s Feb. 3 luncheon, whose theme was “Heritage Keepers: Preserving and Educating for the Future,” its members honored Shelly Lacy, principal of Tulalip Heritage High School, for her work in preserving and teaching Lushootseed, the native language of the Tulalip Tribes.
MARYSVILLE — Two Marysville seniors at Western Washington University have earned scholarships totaling $2,550 between them for the 2011-2012 academic year.
In response to the ongoing whooping cough epidemic in the area, Snohomish Health District and Group Health Cooperative will offer free vaccine to protect adults from whooping cough, also called pertussis, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25 at the Group Health Everett Medical Center.
Even though most of this year’s attendees had already taken part in the event at least once before, the city of Marysville Parks and Recreation Department’s seventh annual Father/Daughter Dances drew a record total crowd of 836 for its four dances, two on Feb. 4 and two on Feb. 11.
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, took the time on Monday, Feb. 13, to visit the site of one of the Puget Sound and Adjacent Waters Restoration Projects that his support helped make possible, right in south Marysville.
OLYMPIA — Testing at the state Public Health Laboratories confirms that norovirus caused hundreds of illnesses during and after the Feb. 4 state high school cheerleading tournament in Everett. Norovirus is typically transmitted person-to-person.
SNOHOMISH COUNTY — The Snohomish Health District is continuing its investigation of an illness that struck participants in a statewide cheerleading competition on Feb. 4 at Comcast Arena in Everett. Several Snohomish County schools participated. So far, 46 Snohomish County residents reported they were ill in connection with the event. Nearly 200 have reported illness statewide.
MARYSVILLE — The shortened school day on Thursday, Feb. 16, will see Marysville School District teachers taking to the streets to direct the public’s attention to state budget cuts such as those that have already necessitated such furloughs.
The final tally Wednesday of votes in the state House of Representatives on ESSB 6239 legalizing same-sex marriage in Washington state was 55 yea and 43 nay.
