SMOKEY POINT — “I told you that last year would be the year of transportation,” Arlington Mayor Barbara Tolbert told those in attendance at the Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce’s Jan. 14 luncheon. “And how true that was. Every year, our city sets goals for itself.”
SMOKEY POINT — The respective boards of directors for the Downtown Arlington Business Association and the Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce were officially installed for 2014 on Tuesday, Jan. 14, after Chamber President Kristen Granroth, of the Granroth Insurance Agency, informed attendees of the day’s luncheon at the Medallion Hotel of how the Chamber plans to balance its focus between Arlington and Smokey Point.
Even before its official kickoff on Tuesday, Jan. 7, the Arlington Relay For Life had already made a significant head-start on its goals for this year, whose theme is “Give Cancer the Boot!”
The Arlington City Council swore in not only re-elected incumbents Chris Raezer and Debora Nelson on Monday, Jan. 6, but also newcomers Jesica Stickles and Jan Schuette, as all four Council members recited the oath of office to kick off the Council’s first meeting of the New Year.
State Sen. Kirk Pearson of the 39th District took some time to talk to The Marysville Globe and The Arlington Times about the 60-day state legislative session that’s set to commence on Monday, Jan. 13, as well as his own priorities moving forward.
LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood School District’s annual Open House and Tech Expo on Tuesday, Jan. 14, will feature an additional celebration, as the district commemorates its own 100th anniversary at Lakewood High School from 6-7:30 p.m.
ARLINGTON — Local country musician Jesse Taylor’s benefit concert on Saturday, Jan. 4, generated more than $1,000 for 6-year-old Lacey Ernst’s heart transplant account with the Children’s Organ Transplant Association, with the estimated total collection rising with each count, but she’s not out of the woods just yet.
EVERETT — Former Arlington City Council member Ken Klein was among the three Snohomish County Council members who were sworn in on Monday, Jan. 6.
ARLINGTON — The rate increases that had been scheduled for the city of Arlington’s water, sewer and storm water utilities for 2014 were officially rescinded by the Arlington City Council’s unanimous vote on Monday, Jan. 6.
ARLINGTON — More than 600 Christmas trees were collected by 16 Boy Scouts and 12 adult volunteers from Troop 29 on Saturday, Jan. 4, at the city of Arlington parking lot just north of Legion Park.
A local cat shelter recently received a big boost from the Internet fame of an area cat, whose owners teamed up with Friskies to provide free cat food to the shelter
Arlington Police Officer Erik Moon has taken part in three of the annual “Night of 1,000 Stars” impaired driving emphasis patrols in Snohomish County over the course of the past seven years. When he headed out to cover the south Arlington, Smokey Point and north Marysville areas on the evening of Dec. 13, he already had a pretty good idea of what he could expect to find, although he acknowledged that this year would offer a few new wrinkles.
The fourth year of the Nativity Festival at the Arlington Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints showcased more than 500 nativity sets, plus more than 100 works of art in the “Life of Christ” room, between Dec. 12-15.
