SMOKEY POINT — After the burglaries it suffered this spring, the staff of the Stillaguamish Senior Center knew they needed to add a source of revenue to stay afloat.
SMOKEY POINT — After its first community barbecue cook-off last year, the Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce is offering its first cook-off sanctioned by the Pacific Northwest BBQ Association this year, in conjunction with its second annual community barbecue cook-off and marketplace street fair from Aug. 16-18, at the intersection of 172nd Street NE and 51st Avenue.
ARLINGTON — Initial results from the Aug. 6 primary election show the Arlington Transportation Benefit District Proposition No. 1 leading by much more than the simple majority that it needs to pass.
ARLINGTON — Initial results from the Aug. 6 primary election show Jan Schuette and Mike Hopson leading in the three-person race for Arlington City Council Position 7.
More than a hundred kids and parents stopped by Britt Sports Cards in Arlington on Saturday, Aug. 3, for a chance to meet the AquaSox’s top two players — pitchers Lars Huijer and Aaron Brooks.
MOUNT VERNON — A community forum conducted by the joint boards of commissioners for the Cascade Valley, Island and Skagit Valley hospitals in Mount Vernon on Wednesday, July 31, drew an estimated 500 members of the public, who came to receive information and provide comments about a possible affiliation between the three already-partnered nonprofit community hospitals and a larger health care system.
The Arlington City Council voted unanimously during their Monday, Aug. 5, regular session meeting to prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries and collective gardens within the city of Arlington, following a public hearing which drew no comments from the citizens in attendance.
ARLINGTON — As the Stillaguamish Festival of the River and Pow Wow head into their 24th year on Saturday, Aug. 10, and Sunday, Aug. 11, festival coordinator Tamara Neuffer has promised attendees that they’ll encounter an entirely different map of the grounds to go along with the event’s renewed focus on community education.
SMOKEY POINT — Affordable Dental Care of Smokey Point served as the site for an area business fair that attracted hundreds of attendees, as well as a fundraiser for an ailing local girl that collected hundreds of dollars.
With three candidates and no incumbents, the race for Position 7 is the only one on the Arlington City Council appearing on the Aug. 6 primary ballot.
Last year’s Silvana Fair was the first in more than 40 years to be held without longtime Fair Board President Roy Strotz, but this year’s Silvana Fair marked a number of other passages during its otherwise festive day in the summer sun on Saturday, July 27.
ARLINGTON — Arlington Assistant City Administrator Kristin Banfield wishes to remind Arlington residents of the Aug. 6 ballot measure to approve a Transportation Benefit District for their city.
The summer robotics day camp at Arlington High School followed its debut last summer with a new set of advanced classes to accompany the basic classes it had already offered in the computer-aided design and wood-shop building behind the main AHS building, and the advanced classes that ran from July 15-17 saw the return of not only several elementary and middle school students from last year, but also a student mentor who’s no longer a student at AHS.
