ARLINGTON — Matthew Sheppard was 12 years old and had only four more days left in the school year, but that night, he was clinically dead for four minutes.
At the end of September, the Trafton Community Co-Op commemorated its first anniversary and the centennial of the former Trafton School that serves as its facilities.
The Saturday before Halloween was once again jam-packed with festive events on Olympic Avenue and beyond, as Arlington celebrated its Hometown Halloween all day on Oct. 27.
After an Aug. 30 meeting between representatives of 14 fire districts, the Arlington City Council convened a second special meeting with several North Snohomish County fire districts on Thursday, Oct. 25, albeit with the representatives of the Marysville and Darrington fire districts absent this time around, and representatives of the Tulalip Bay Fire Department and the North County Regional Fire Authority expressing reservations about continuing to participate.
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen’s visit to the former facilities for Bayliner and U.S. Marine adjacent to the Arlington Airport on Wednesday, Oct. 17, found an area that’s at more than half of its occupancy, according to Brent Nicholson, one of the partners in the ownership group for the site.
Ronda Howard just opened Sadie Lane Vintage Treasures at 301 N. Olympic Ave. in the spring, but she’s already looking to start an annual tradition at her store.
ARLINGTON — The Arlington Farmers Market is commemorating a first with another first on the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 24.
Shelby Carr wasn’t even 18 yet when the culmination of years worth of research and organization finally paid off on behalf of some of the world’s most endangered people on Saturday, Oct. 13, as her silent auction and spaghetti dinner fundraiser for “Not For Sale” kicked off at the Arlington First Baptist Church.
State Legislature candidates from the 10th and 39th districts answered questions from the Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce during their candidates forum on Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the Medallion Hotel in Smokey Point.
Walmart stores throughout Western Washington, including Arlington and Tulalip, became the sites of actions on Wednesday, Oct. 10, on behalf of Walmart employees across America who have protested their working conditions.
SMOKEY POINT — “They twisted my arm,” George Boulton said laughingly of the number of fellow Kiwanians who encouraged him to accept the position of lieutenant governor of the Pacific Northwest District 21 of the Kiwanis Clubs. “I guess I’m finally old enough.”
The city of Arlington proclaimed October of 2012 to be National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, with the help of a city employee who’s already well aware of breast cancer.
Nearly two dozen walkers made their way from the former site of the Arlington Community Food Bank, at Haller Park, to its new location at the Arlington Municipal Airport, to signify their support for those in need in the community.
