ARLINGTON — The Arlington Community Food Bank marked its first Thanksgiving meal distribution at its new location Nov. 21, and thanks to an efficient new signup program, holiday basket coordinator Sara Katanik expects them to serve close to 450 families through Nov. 24.
SMOKEY POINT — When Anthony and Kimberley Pellegrini opened Smokey Point Licensing Nov. 18, they already had plans to set themselves apart from other licensing subagencies.
SILVANA — When Darlene Strotz first joined the Snohomish County Fire District 19 in Silvana, she was the first woman to serve there.
ARLINGTON — Haller Park became the site of a dual memorial to the March 22 Oso slide’s victims and those who responded to it, as the Tulalip Cabela’s dedicated two granite benches Nov. 15.
LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood High School Drama Club hopes the community will check out its peanut-butter-meets-chocolate combination of murder mystery and comedy in “The Butler Did It.”
ARLINGTON — “Fewer than ten percent of Americans can claim the title of ‘veteran,’ because ‘bad-ass American’ is not a job title,” American Legion Post 76 Cmdr. Chris Raboin said, as he addressed attendees of the Legion’s Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11. “Less than one percent are currently defending us in the global war on terror. That debt can never be repaid, but the gratitude of our response must last forever.”
ARLINGTON — While Arlington High School’s drama department is no stranger to plays that evoke the feeling of small towns, John Cariani’s “Almost, Maine” posed some unique challenges even for its more experienced student actors.
ARLINGTON — Gingerbread houses might be more of a Christmas staple.
But Karla Benjamin and Charleen O’Neal saw great enthusiasm for building “edible haunted houses” out of Graham crackers and Halloween candies at the Arlington Boys & Girls Club Oct. 29.
ARLINGTON — In spite of the day’s dreary weather and the recent tragedy in neighboring Marysville, Arlington’s annual Hometown Holidays drew sizable crowds of trick-or-treaters and costumed attendees of all ages Oct. 25.
LAKEWOOD — With construction on the new $66.8 million Lakewood High School building set to start in the spring or summer of 2015, community members were invited to the existing school to find out what the future had in store for them.
If you’ve put off choosing a Halloween costume, the good news is that you still have time to shop for options in a variety of price ranges.
ARLINGTON — A new EMS levy rate, transportation improvements in response to the Oso slide and the appointment of a new School Resource Officer were all considered by the Arlington City Council Oct. 20.
SMOKEY POINT — When Snohomish County Executive John Lovick had to leave early from the Oct. 22 candidate forum at the Stillaguamish Senior Center, Bruce King became the unexpected beneficiary.
