OSO — When the stretch of State Route 530 that had been wiped out by the March 22 slide was reopened Sept. 27, the north side of the road was lined with 43 freshly planted cedar trees, one for each life lost in the disaster.
ARLINGTON — Walkers and strollers of all ages and ability levels, some in wheelchairs, arrived at Legion Park Sept. 27 to help support Village Community Services through its seventh annual Friendship Walk & Car Wash.
ARLINGTON — The city could have two new fire service vehicles in time for next year’s Fourth of July parade, if the City Council approves it.
ARLINGTON — When asked what drew him to the Arlington Municipal Airport, David Ryan cited its unique character and diverse services.
ARLINGTON — The laborious chores of yesteryear might not seem especially entertaining to youngsters, but kids of all ages were excited to grind wheat, churn butter and practice milking cows at the Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum’s “Pioneer Days” Sept. 20.
ARLINGTON — It was 7-year-old Aidan Rork’s second time at one of the Arlington Airport’s Appreciation Days, but it was his first time getting to go up in a light-sport aircraft.
LAKEWOOD — “It’s my last big power move,” Kelly Allen laughed, as she joined her fellow Lakewood school board members Sept. 17 to vote unanimously in favor of using their bond to build a new Lakewood High School.
Allen was appointed to the Director District 2 position in 2009, and resigned from the board because she’ll be moving out of the district, due to a new job in Leavenworth. During her final board meeting, she made the motion to approve the new plans for LHS.
ARLINGTON — Steve Hecht loves his 1915 Ford T-bucket, even though he can barely get in the driver’s seat.
OSO — The road is open and the debris is cleared, but the aftermath of the March 22 Highway 530 slide has stayed on Willy Harper’s mind.
ARLINGTON — Children thronged the collaborative canvas at Legion Park, standing shoulder to shoulder to apply their own choices of colorful paint patterns to their respective segments of the otherwise open white space.
ARLINGTON — Two sailors from Naval Station Everett found that their toughest questions came from a room full of fellow veterans.
Fire Controlman 1st Class Gregory Wolf and Information Systems Technician 1st Class Devin Harris still were glad to talk to the Sept. 10 meeting of the ROMEOs, or Retired Old Men Eating Out.
LAKEWOOD — “I’m a taxpayer, so I don’t want to pay any more than I have to,” Lakewood School District Superintendent Michael Mack said about plans to fix Lakewood High School. “So I applaud our independent designer with knocking on our door on a Friday at 5 p.m. to tell us another option, and our architects for doing a new design for a new school, even though I know it couldn’t have thrilled them.”
ARLINGTON — Esmie Williams was born on Sept. 11, 2002, one year after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and United Airlines Flight 93.
