Arlington teen earns state-level recognition for her baking skills
Kirk Boxleitner
Kat Nixon puts the final touches on a tray of cupcakes at Petite Sweet.
At the Petite Sweet Bakery on Olympic Avenue, 17-year-old Arlington High School senior Kat Nixon is honing the culinary skills she’s been dabbling in since the age of 4 and developing professionally since the age of 14.
February 22, 2012
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Helping Hands finds new home
Near the end of last year, the Helping Hands thrift store, next to the Arlington Community Food Bank near Haller Park, was facing the very real likelihood of not having a home. While the Food Bank had found funding and facilities to relocate to in the business park east of the Arlington Municipal Airport, Helping Hands still needed to find an affordable place to house their donated wares, which they sell to raise proceeds to give back to the community.
February 22, 2012
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Cascade Valley Hospital receives state designation for cardiac and stroke care
ARLINGTON — Cascade Valley Hospital has been designated a Level 2 Cardiac Care Center and a Level 3 Stroke Care Center by the state of Washington's Emergency Cardiac and Stroke System. Both designations are good for three years.
February 21, 2012
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Arlington's Baxter named to Sterling College Dean's List
ARLINGTON — Arlington's Michael Baxter was recently named to the Sterling College Dean's List for the fall 2011 semester.
February 21, 2012
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GOP caucus on March 3 in Marysville for Districts 38, 39 and 44
MARYSVILLE — The Republican caucus for Marysville will meet on March 3, and due to budget cuts, the Washington state presidential primary has been cancelled for the year, so the only way you will be able to vote in the Republican primary is by attending the caucus, since no ballots will be mailed.
New WSDOT cameras, hardware map 16 miles of I-5 between Everett, Arlington
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 City Council adopts 'Stay Out of Drug Area' downtown
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.
Epidemic continues in Snohomish County: Free whooping cough shots for adults, Feb. 25
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.
Suspect arrested for arson, murder in connection with Arlington house fire
ARLINGTON — Although one woman was found dead in a recent house fire in Arlington, the Snohomish County Medical Examiner has ruled her death a homicide by strangling that occurred sometime before the fire itself.
February 18, 2012
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House Republicans unveil Legislature’s first budget proposal for 2012
Rep. Barbara Bailey helps unveil all-priorities state spending at news conference
At a noon press conference in the state Capitol building Feb. 17, House Republicans introduced the Legislature’s first complete supplemental budget proposal for the 2012 session. Rep. Gary Alexander, R-Olympia, and ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, spent weeks in deliberations with...
Arlington School District levy passing
ARLINGTON — As the returns of the Feb. 14 election continue to show Arlington voters approving Proposition 1, the replacement for an expiring school programs and operation levy for the Arlington Public Schools, Arlington School District Levy Chair Jesica Stickles expressed her gratitude to them for their support.
February 16, 2012
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