MARYSVILLE — City of Marysville employees recently collected 5,519 food items and nearly 300 toys for families in need during the holidays, along with $3,583 to purchase yet more food and toys for the Marysville Community Food Bank.
There will be no Community Transit bus service on Dec. 25-26 and Jan. 1-2 because Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on Sundays. The following Mondays, Dec. 26 and Jan. 2, will be recognized as holidays. Community Transit does not operate on Sundays. Other Community Transit facilities also will be closed those days, including Customer Information and the RideStore.
When the holidays are over and you’re ready to take down the tree, Marysville Parks and Boy Scouts encourage you to recycle your tree by leaving it at curbside for pickup. You will help Scouts raise funds for their activities, and give your tree new life as recycled mulch and chips that City crews will use at various local parks and trails.
The Marysville Fire District was dispatched to a residential fire in the 1100 block of Marine Drive NE at 3:12 p.m. on Dec. 15. Firefighters arrived at 3:20 p.m. and located a fire in a single story residential structure.
Snohomish County’s Human Services Department is gathering input on community residents’ experiences when trying to find housing for purchase or rent.
Specifically, it’s conducting an online survey to measure the impacts of potential housing discrimination and housing choice in Snohomish County. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requires communities receiving federal funding for housing and development activities to analyze barriers to housing choice.
Effective at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency is lifting the air quality burn bans issued for Snohomish and Pierce counties.
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, will hold a live telephone town hall meeting with residents of Washington’s 2nd Congressional District tonight at 6 p.m. Larsen will discuss his efforts to create jobs and the comment on the state of the economy. He will take questions on a wide array of topics.
“It’s been business as usual, but business has been good,” said retired Cmdr. Randy Brasfield of the Marysville-Pilchuck High School Naval Junior ROTC program.
Compared to the crowds who had cheered their return just a few months ago, relatively few families stood on the pier to say farewell to their sailors, since most had already said their goodbyes before that point.
TULALIP — The Tulalip Tribes honored retiring regional Forest Service Supervisor Rob Iwamoto on Friday, Dec. 2, for his six years of working with the Tribes to protect their treaty rights to hunt, fish and gather on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Iwamoto also worked with the Tulalip Tribes to help ensure conservation and access to these resources.
A Stage 1 burn ban continues for Snohomish and Pierce counties, due to cold and stagnant weather conditions and rising air pollution levels, according to the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency. These bans are in effect until further notice.
For the past 21 years, law enforcement agencies throughout Washington have conducted “Night of 1,000 Stars” impaired-driving traffic-safety emphasis patrols, with each star symbolizing the badge worn by an on-duty law enforcement officer.
This year’s “Stars” patrol is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Dec. 16 and 17, across the state, including Snohomish County.
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency is lifting the air quality burn bans issued on Wednesday, Nov. 30, for Snohomish and Pierce and counties, effective at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7.
