MARYSVILLE — The Coca-Cola workers strike in western Washington has hit Marysville as well, which is one of the six strike locations where approximately 500 Coca-Cola employees went on strike at 5 p.m. Aug. 23.
Teamsters Local 38 represents 37 of those striking workers, who were picketing the Marysville Coca-Cola facility in shifts starting Aug. 24. Local 38 workers were joined by members of Teamsters Local 117, based out of Tukwila.
MARYSVILLE — “Kloz 4 Kidz” opened in the portable building behind the Marysville United Methodist Church on Aug. 18, 2008, and on Aug. 28 of this year the non-profit organization will be commemorating its two-year anniversary with a garage sale fundraiser from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the church, located at 5600 64th St. NE.
This year’s Summer Jubilee ran from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 21 at three different Marysville schools, and by about the halfway mark of the event, those distribution sites were already starting to run out of school supplies.
The parking lot of O’Reilly Auto Parts at the intersection of Fourth Street and State Avenue became a bustling car wash Aug. 21, as the chief petty officer selectees of the USS Abraham Lincoln scrubbed down vehicles to raise money for their ship’s chief’s mess.
MARYSVILLE — No one was injured in a home invasion robbery that happened the morning of Aug. 23 in the 8400 block of 27th Ave. NE in unincorporated Marysville. Detectives believe the two male suspects were attempting to target a specific house, but entered the wrong one instead.
MARYSVILLE — Those who pass by Asbery Field during the next couple of months might notice that the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency is moving its Marysville air monitoring station.
MARYSVILLE — After the recent resignations of two members of the Marysville School District Board of Directors, a school district steering committee is working with the Northwest Educational Service District to identify and recruit prospective school board members in a proactive manner.
Marysville’s 25th annual HomeGrown street fair packed Third Street with artists, craftspeople, food vendors, producers of farm products and families Aug. 13-14.
MARYSVILLE — The primary election day of Aug. 17 proved to be bad news for proposed school district levies throughout the state, but especially so in Marysville, where voters were asked for a property tax increase to fund a supplemental levy after the state legislature expanded the school district’s levy authority by 4 percent.
It appears that voters will see a rematch in Congressional District 2 this November.
Initial results on Tuesday, Aug. 17, show that incumbent U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen and challenger John Koster – both from Arlington – hold the top two spots in the Washington state primary election.
Initial results from the Aug. 17 primary election have been released by Snohomish County Elections.
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville Goodwill, located at 9315 State Ave., opened its doors one hour early, at 8 a.m. on Aug. 13, to accommodate the estimated 75 shoppers that were literally lining up outside the store for the first day of its ninth annual “Western Days” sale.
MARYSVILLE — The city of Marysville is accepting letters of interest from citizens who wish to apply to fill a vacancy on the City Council.
