“Look at all of them,” Chris Ray said, as her own children and at least a dozen others descended upon the playground sets outside of the former Trafton School house. “It’s almost like old times.”
Former Arlington Mayor Margaret Larson was treated to more than a few memories of her years of service with the Arlington School District and the city as the awardee of this year’s Lifetime Achievement breakfast ceremony at the Stillaguamish Senior Center on Wednesday, Sept. 19.
Dozens of area residents took the opportunity to get free health screenings at the Cascade Skagit Health Alliance’s free community health fair on Saturday, Sept. 22.
Kelly Boardley, a registered and certified emergency nurse at Cascade Valley Hospital, has made it her mission to educate the surrounding community about the dangers of stroke and how to respond to them.
The Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Hall and Museum welcomed visitors to celebrate the return of their annual “Pioneer Days” on Saturday, Sept. 15.
TRAFTON — The Trafton Community Co-Op will be celebrating a dual milestone near the end of the month.
Almost one year ago last fall, Gene Ray and his daughter Randi reopened the former Trafton School house as a community center, just in time for an autumn festival in October.
On Saturday, Sept. 29, the Trafton Community Co-Op will be commemorating the building’s history stretching far further back than the past year, as they invite the school’s former students and faculty alike to its centennial at 4 p.m.
ARLINGTON — Firefighters from Marysville, Getchell, Tulalip Bay, Arlington, Arlington Heights, Silvana and Lakewood were among those representing 14 fire districts at a special meeting on Thursday, Aug. 30, to discuss the future of fire and emergency medical services in Arlington and North Snohomish County as a whole.
ARLINGTON — The second annual “Helping Hands, Linking Arms” week of service in remembrance of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, will once again be benefitting the Arlington, Darrington and Oso food banks.
ARLINGTON — With Reille Jones starting her freshman year at Lakewood High School, and her big brother Jerrod starting his freshman year at Eastern Washington University, both this September, the house fire that gutted their family’s home on Saturday, Aug. 25, couldn’t have come at a worse time.
ARLINGTON — The Arlington community will have the chance to celebrate the arts outdoors during the weekend of Sept. 8-9, as the Arlington Arts Council’s “Art in the Park” returns to Legion Park for the fifth year in a row.
The community members who met at the Local Scoop Restaurant to “Save the Olympic Theatre” on Tuesday, Aug. 21, were able to agree on one thing; they have much more work ahead of them to do before they can proceed.
With the start of the new school year coming up, the Cascade Valley Hospital’s Arlington Pediatrics Clinic is gearing up for immunizations, but with whooping cough still an ongoing problem throughout the state, especially in Arlington and Marysville, Dr. Rosana Go is encouraging everyone to make sure their immunizations are up-to-date, regardless of the time of year.
The Cascade Valley Hospital’s Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center considers itself one of the best-kept secrets in Arlington, but it’s eager to lose that status.
