Praise to all of the volunteers with Maryfest for putting on such a wonderful Marysville Strawberry Festival in 2016.
Summer hasn’t officially started yet – though you wouldn’t know it by the great weather we are having.
The stories are heartbreaking and all too frequent. One mother from Everett shared of her son’s struggle with addiction that led to an overdose. Another mother from Bellingham told me that her daughter is in and out of jail and the hospital as she struggles with a heroin addiction.
I want to thank you for the honor of being able to offer some remarks at this great event. I want to thank Cmdr. Jim Sewell and American Legion Post 178 for putting on this important event. It is so heartening to see so many come out on such an important day to honor those who have given the ultimate sacrifice.
What an outstanding article on D.B. Johnson in the January 3rd issue of the Globe!
Recovery Director Mary Schoenfeldt has been a godsend to the Marysville School District and the community in general.
With racism, this country seems to take two steps forward and one step back.
To help the community discussion in the wake of the tragic shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, the Marysville Globe-Arlington Times asked Stephanie Hope Smith to provide us with some information.
Praise all around to the entire Marysville and Tulalip communities for their response after the terrible shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School.
Through its legislative authority, the City Council this year approved the transition from an annual to a biennial (two-year) budget process for Marysville as a way to provide better long-range and strategic planning.
Students at Mountlake Terrace High School know how to innovate.
Little Costa Rica has been judged to be the world’s happiest place, based on average levels of health, satisfaction with life and devotion to preservation and sustainable development. The most foreign thing about Costa Rica is that the bottom-line doesn’t dictate values as it does here. When major decisions are to be made, they’re decided on the basis of whether they’re good for people and the environment.
Six years ago, the Great Recession hit town. Every town. Still today, this worst economic calamity in more than seven decades is pummeling Marysville, Tulalip, and our other Snohomish County communities. The economic doldrums are hitting us every bit as hard as folks in other Washington regions, other states, and other countries.
