Two Arlington High School Band members will be getting their chance to shine on a broader stage Feb. 20.
Flute-player Savannah Leavitt has been selected for the Washington Music Educators Association All-State Band, while clarinet-player and fellow AHS junior Andrew Clark has been selected for the National Association for Music Education All-Northwest Band. Both bands will begin rehearsals in Bellevue Feb. 17 to prepare for their concerts there on Feb. 20.
SMOKEY POINT — The Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce installed its 2011 Board of Directors at its Jan. 11 luncheon.
The installation of the Board members and officers was the first order of business at its noon luncheon at the Medallion Hotel in Smokey Point.
ARLINGTON — Jesse Taylor still considers himself an Arlington cowboy through and through, but in his quest to become a country musician the 23-year-old has made a name and a new home for himself in a place that’s about as far removed from the rainy
The Arlington Kiwanis Club and the Friends of the Arlington Library delivered some presents to third-grade students in the Arlington, Lakewood and Darrington school districts just before the winter holidays.
ARLINGTON — The Indian Ridge Correctional Facility in Arlington Heights is one of 10 surplus properties that the state is looking to sell to raise money.
Although an estimated inch and a half of rain overnight caused the levels of the Stillaguamish River to rise dramatically by the morning of Jan. 17, the North Fork of the Stilly River held relatively steady until that afternoon, according to Arlington Community Emergency Management Coordinator Christine Badger.
ARLINGTON — The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for parts of Snohomish County through Jan. 16, and the city of Arlington is working to make sure it’s ready.
Arlington Assistant City Administrator Kristin Banfield explained that three pallets of sandbags are available at Island Crossing, and that both sand and bags are available at the Arlington City Hall.
She only started carving with a chainsaw two years ago, but Arlington’s Debbie Anderson, the “Country Carver,” is already on course to turn chainsaw carving into a twice-a-year community event.
For Arlington’s third annual Community Day last year, Anderson invited nearly a dozen chainsaw carvers to conduct live shows on Sept. 17 and 18 outside the Local Scoop restaurant, which sponsored the event by feeding them free meals.
The Washington State Legislature’s 2011 regular session began on Jan. 10, and two Republican House members want to let their constituents know about the legislative challenges that lie ahead this year.
More than a dozen area residents greeted the New Year by braving the elements in a bracing fashion.
The Dickson family of Arlington has been taking “polar bear” plunges for the past 14 years on New Year’s Day, but this year, they included other families in their tradition.
For the second year in a row, the children of the Alphabet Corner Childcare and Preschool came together to help make the holidays a bit brighter for the residents of the Olympic Place Retirement Community on Dec. 23.
The annual “Shop with a Cop” program began in Snohomish County with less than half a dozen families in 2003, and after growing to the point that they were eventually able to help dozens of families each year, the program ab
SNOHOMISH — Arlington native Mike Merz knows what it’s like to grow up in a small town in Snohomish County, so when he saw his chance to costar in an independent film set in a small town in Snohomish County that would pay tribute to that experience, he was happy to sign on.
