ARLINGTON — Four city of Arlington employees were recognized by the Association of Washington Cities for their efforts to reduce risks at their workplaces.
ARLINGTON — The Arlington City Council unanimously approved two interlocal agreements between the Arlington Fire Department and county fire and emergency services on Monday, March 3.
ARLINGTON — The Stillaguamish Tribe’s third River Rock Smoke Shop opened with a full day of fanfare on Friday, Feb. 28, as the convenience store and gas station at 23704 13th Ave. NE, just off Interstate 5 at Exit 210, drew literally more cars than they had room for in their parking lot.
ARLINGTON — When Grace Meno suffered a concussion playing volleyball on Sept. 11, 2012, the Arlington High School freshman had to take a year off to recuperate. While she’s still coping with the side effects of the injury, Meno not only returned to school full-time in September in 2013, but she’s since taken up the cause of promoting concussion awareness.
ARLINGTON — The city of Arlington looked back on 2013 and ahead to the rest of 2014 during the City Council workshop meeting on Monday, Feb. 24, as city staff reviewed financial reports and grants for the year ahead and the year behind.
ARLINGTON — Not only is Alice Spane turning 100 years old on March 9, but she can also say that she’s lived almost her entire life in North Snohomish County, from the time she grew up in the Stanwood/Bryant area.
ARLINGTON — Dr. Krystal Grant was inspired to open the Arlington Veterinary Hospital on Saturday, Feb. 22, by her lifelong love of animals, from growing up with horses to learning how much she appreciates all shapes and sizes of mammals through her nine years of veterinary practice.
SILVANA — The inaugural Bridal Dress Swap Meet at the Peace Lutheran Church in Silvana on Saturday, Feb. 22, had already drawn 20 shoppers to peruse its aisles of 150 dresses by noon, in spite of the day’s dark skies and rain mixed with snow.
LAKEWOOD — Elwood “Woody” Barker’s family and friends helped him celebrate his 90 years, at his home in Lakewood on Sunday, Feb. 23, with recollections that all served to confirm his lifelong work ethic.
LAKEWOOD — Sixth-grade STEM students at Lakewood Middle School will get hands-on lessons on wind power thanks to the Snohomish County Public Utility District, which awarded 10 mini-grants to help schools incorporate energy and water education into their curricula for the 2013-14 school year.
LAKEWOOD — Lakewood High School’s spring play is set to be its most ambitious production yet, as its small stage accommodates more than 30 characters, and more than 20 set changes, to present “Alice in Wonderland” at 7 p.m. on the Fridays and Saturdays of March 7, 8, 14 and 15, with an additional 3 p.m. matinee showing on Saturday, March 8.
LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood School District is tantalizingly close to meeting the required supermajority to pass its building bond, but unless the next set of election results shows the approval side gaining at least 32 votes, it won’t be close enough.
The 67th Avenue Final Phase Project is itself in its final phases, as construction crews work to complete the remaining infrastructure on the street, its sidewalks and its intersections.
