In her fourth year as superintendent of the Arlington School District, Dr. Kris McDuffy reiterated her belief that teaching children is “the world’s most important, challenging and rewarding work” during her annual State of the District address on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
MARYSVILLE — A Marysville solar panel manufacturer provided an education on solar energy to several Arlington-area students and their families, but their teacher is already aiming to use what they gained that day to educate the community beyond.
ARLINGTON — Stillaguamish Tribal Chair Shawn Yanity found himself on the receiving end of a succession of handshakes from Arlington firefighters and police officers after his presentation to the Arlington City Council on Monday, Jan. 23.
“We made a commitment,” Yanity said, as he announced the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians’ donations of more than half a million dollars to area agencies that serve the community and its citizens. “We wanted to help. We asked the police and fire departments what they needed. We wanted hard numbers. We had to ask twice,” he chuckled, before turning serious. “We know the impact these hard times have had on everyone.”
EVERETT — The Arlington and Lakewood high school Hi-Q teams will once again be testing their intellectual mettle, against each other and 11 other Snohomish and Island county high school teams, during the 36th year of the region-wide academic competition run locally by Everett Community College.
The three-day weekend for Martin Luther King Jr. Day turned into a full week’s worth of snow-days for many Arlington residents, but even as the snow finally stopped falling and started melting on Friday, Jan. 20, there were still veritable mountains of cold, grey, thick slush left behind on the streets and sidewalks of downtown Arlington.
ARLINGTON — The first Saturday of February will be marked by tributes to eagles and sawdust flying through the air in downtown Arlington.
This year’s Arlington-Stillaguamish Eagle Festival on Saturday, Feb. 4, will once again include the annual eagle photography and nature art show, presented to the public for free by the Arlington Arts Council and the city of Arlington from 3-5 p.m. in Magnolia Hall, located at 225 E. Third St.
Saturday, Feb. 4, will also see Studio Tremko co-owners Dave and Debbie Tremko conducting their third Eagle Festival chainsaw carving show, this time at 315 N. West St. in Arlington.
Arlington Pharmacy General Manager Cory Duskin has inspired a piece of legislation, sponsored by state Rep. Kirk Pearson, that they both hope will help provide less expensive and more attentive health care for pharmacy patients throughout the state.
Citizens expressed concerns over the West Arlington subarea draft form-based code and Transfer of Development Rights program during a meeting with city of Arlington officials and representatives of Makers Architecture and Urban Design on Wednesday, Jan. 11.
ARLINGTON — Tuesday, Jan. 17, saw the city of Arlington extending its three-day Martin Luther King Jr. holiday into a four-day weekend for many of its activities and services, due to heavy snowfall creating difficult driving conditions, with even more severe conditions predicted for the week ahead.
ARLINGTON — Although the initial announcement came in December of last year, it wasn’t until Friday, Jan. 13, that Northwest Hardwoods’ facility in Arlington closed its doors.
Not only did Annaka and Julian Garcia find out that their baby will be a girl, but they also got to see her in a new dimension.
“It’s wonderful to see so many people here on a night when we’re not talking about the budget,” newly sworn-in Arlington Mayor Barbara Tolbert said at the Jan. 3 Arlington City Council meeting. “This is your Council.”
OLYMPIA — The state Legislature faces a roughly $2 billion budget shortfall with its session starting on Jan. 9, but before they consider any more cuts to education, they’ll need to keep in mind the Washington State Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision on McCleary v. Washington, issued Jan. 5, which ruled that the Legislature has not complied with its constitutional duty to “make ample provision for the basic education of all children in Washington.”
