This year’s Arlington Frontier Days kick off with a heavy work-out. The Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce is hosting the Peddle, Paddle, Puff Triathlon as one of the first events of the Fourth of July.
For five dollars and an early morning start, Arlington residents can have a hot breakfast, courtesy of local firefighters.
More than 1,000 people donned all shades of purple and circled the track at Arlington High School’s John C. Larson stadium for the third annual Relay for Life of Arlington on June 23-24.
The Stilly Valley Black Sox have made a league record as the first majors team to win the Tournament of Champions in Stilly Valley history.
During his junior year at Arlington High School, Blake McPherson was a star football player and multi-sport athlete. So when his knee began to give him trouble during summer conditioning, he ignored it.
The Byrnes Performing Arts Center was packed with family and friends supporting the Class of 2012 graduates of Weston High School on June 13.
For several local veterans, Flag Day symbolizes more than the adoption of the American flag. For them, the holiday offers the opportunity for American citizens to show respect and honor to the symbol of a nation that many have given their lives to defend.
As Lakewood High School graduates prepare to enter the “real world,” hundreds of LHS students spent their June 11 commencement ceremony celebrating the past and looking toward the future.
Members of the Arlington community had the opportunity to enjoy free jazz performances by the Arlington High School jazz bands on June 8 at the Gleneagle Golf Course.
Colton Hordyk, a graduating senior from Arlington High School, has spent four years playing football for the Eagles, and heads now to play for MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kan.
For Arlington High School junior Ronnie Ladines, 17, playing softball seems to come as naturally as walking.
Arlington High School senior Kelsey Ghirardo first picked up a racket in the third grade and has been competing as a part of a tennis team since the sixth grade. Now, as a member of the Lady Eagles, she is graduating after becoming one of the top six players in District 1 and is headed to college at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego this fall.
Lakewood High School’s girl golfers have had quite the season this year, a season that ended with two players qualifying for the WIAA State Championship Tournament at the Lake Spanaway Golf Course in Spanaway on May 22 and May 23.
