The Arlington community responded to record-high temperatures the week of July 27-31 by opening several locations as “cooling stations” during many or all of those days.
Ballots have already been mailed out, and voters in Arlington have their primary candidates to choose from in the races for Arlington City Council Position 3 and Snohomish County Council District 1.
“It was a wild day at the court house,” said Arlington Assistant City Administrator Kristin Banfield.
Arlington has three air-conditioned locations open to all ages to help them beat the heat.
North Snohomish County has three air-conditioned locations that will be open to all ages to help them beat the heat.
Twin Rivers Park and the Arlington Municipal Airport hosted the Arlington Fire Department’s first “Giant Water Shower” July 25-26, as area residents of all ages showed up in everything from bathing suits to shorts and T-shirts to beat the summer heat.
Arlington police and fire department personnel have voluntarily agreed to take significant pay cuts in order to help prevent layoffs or further furloughs of city of Arlington employees.
New developments have emerged in a lawsuit charging the Arlington School District with violating the state’s Open Public Meetings Act.
Arlington siblings Tekoah and Eddie Holland hit a stroke of good luck on the weekend of the Arlington Fly-In, July 11-12, thanks to the Downtown Arlington Business Association.
Matthew Parker, 17, has earned his Eagle Rank, the highest rank awarded by the Boy Scouts.
Out of the Blue Aviation still has plenty of seats available for their annual Young Aviators Summer Camp, and Out of the Blue’s Cathy Mighell even hopes that there might be some “scholarships” to help prospective pilots attend the five-day camp at the Arlington Municipal Airport.
Roughly two dozen volunteers of all ages showed up at the Blue Stilly put-in point of the Stillaguamish River July 18 to clean up the garbage that had collected in its parking lot, park area and river banks, and thereby help cut down the amount of garbage in the river system as a whole.
The Arlington Safeway at 20500 Olympic Pl. celebrated its grand re-opening June 27, and according to store manager Rick Blewett, the return of a familiar feature on the store’s walls was as welcome as the in-store renovations.
