M-P volleyball vs. Edmonds-Woodway
MARYSVILLE — High school rivalries don’t get much bigger.
Chris Harry Thorsborg passed away on Sept. 14, 2008, after a long illness following a surgery. Chris is survived by…
It’s a small school building with a small student body, but its curriculum has big ambitions.
As the staff, students and families of Highland Christian School recover from their ex-principal being charged with child rape, they’ve found support even from their athletic rivals.
After a rocky start to their first regular season game, the Tomahawk girls soccer team held Lake Stevens to a 60-minute draw.
Blossom Root died on Sept. 10, from complications of pneumonia. She was born Jan. 11, 1925, in Brooklyn, N.Y. She…
n Island Crossing is mostly farmland and, now, it’s going to stay that way. That was the 3-2 decision by the Snohomish County Council last Wednesday following two lengthy and emotional public hearing debating whether the area should be preserved for agricultural use or be slated for development. The ruling changes the county’s Growth Management Act Comprehensive Plan and Arlington’s Urban Growth Area approved under that plan. Now Island Crossing will be removed from Arlington’s UGA, with most of the area to be preserved as agricultural land and the rest — the area that already sports restaurants and gas stations nearest the freeway interchange — will be slated as “Riverway Commercial Farmland.” For Arlington, that means Island Crossing, with its potentially high tax revenue commercial freeway access, will never become part of the city.
I am writing to thank the many thousands of readers of the Marysville Globe/Arlington Times for their participation in the recent Superior Court Judge election in position No. 8.
Since 1979, I have watched Mary Margaret Haugen serve the people in Island County. First on her local school board, then in the state House now in the state Senate since 1993.
Since 9/11, there have been many changes in this country, not the least of which has been severe undercutting of funds desperately needed to protect and restore our rivers, marine waters and the many habitats that sustain fish, wildlife and our own future well-being. There’s also developed a wider divide between people from different walks of life.
When it comes to designing a garden patio or pathway, the choices are nearly limitless, from using spiraling paver stones to swirling flagstone giraffe patterns, it’s really up to whatever fits your style.
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