The Arlington Library offered children and teens the opportunity to spend their spring break learning the sorts of skills they normally only see on primetime TV crime dramas, through a free weeklong “Forensic Detective Academy” April 1-5, courtesy of the Friends of the Arlington Library.
During his time in Afghanistan, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Juarez’s job meant the difference between life and death for any number of his fellow American service members, so it might seem strange that gifts as simple as toiletries or junk food could have meant so much to him.
When U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen visited the Arlington Airport last fall, he met with a few of the non-aviation manufacturers in its business park areas, but on Thursday, April 4, aviation was at the forefront of his focus.
The Arlington High School Robotics team performed almost exactly in the middle of the range at this year’s FIRST Robotics Competition at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, but the lessons they learned made the experience well worth it in their eyes.
Arlington dentist Dr. David Abdo partnered with Eagle Wings disAbility Ministries of Marysville on Wednesday, March 20, to help several people with developmental disabilities smile a little easier.
The diamond fields of Arlington High School were bustling on the first Saturday of spring break, as AHS Softball conducted a clinic for dozens of girls aged 7-15 through the late morning and early afternoon hours of March 30, for which the weather thankfully cooperated.
Arlington’s Easter egg hunt saw throngs of families descend upon the grassy fields adjacent to the Stillaguamish Athletic Club on the morning of Saturday, March 30, as the Arlington Fire Department returned to broadcast the shotgun start for the age-divided egg-hunting areas.
Although Arlington’s Jesse Taylor already had his horizons broadened by becoming the “Singing Cowboy” of Hawaii for two years, and recording a country-western album of his songs in Nashville last fall, he still felt a bit out of his depth entertaining U.S. Navy sailors from USS John C. Stennis and Carrier Strike Group Three during a port call to the United Arab Emirates in March.
ARLINGTON — Bill Klein has been a fixture of the Arlington Safeway for as long as many of his customers have been alive, and on his final day on the job on Friday, March 29, Kathy McPherson recalled how Klein had gone above and beyond for her then-newborn daughter Melissa.
School was out for students, but class was in session for the community at Arlington High School on Friday, March 22, as the Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee covered how their programs dovetail with the Arlington School District’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics initiatives.
ARLINGTON — Arlington Police Detective Mike Phillips has served with the Arlington Police Department since December of 1997, and on March 18, he was officially recognized as the Arlington Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1561 Public Servant of the Year for North Snohomish County for 2012.
City of Arlington officials and construction contractors partnered with public outreach specialists to answer questions from the residents and businesses that will be affected by the final phase of the 67th Avenue project this spring and summer.
Arlington American Legion Post 76 celebrated the Legion’s 94th birthday on March 16 by looking not only to its organization’s founding in the wake of World War I in 1919, but also to its future, in the form of the Legion’s support of the Boy Scouts of America since its founding.
