ARLINGTON — The next general meeting of the Centennial Trail Coalition of Snohomish County will take place Thursday, Jan. 30, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Stillaguamish Conference Room, located at 154 W. Cox Ave. in Arlington. The public is welcome to bring questions, comments and suggestions.
ARLINGTON — Whether you already have a green thumb or your interest in horticulture is just budding, the Arlington Community Garden currently has a limited number of planting beds available, adjacent to the Arlington Library at the intersection of N. Washington Avenue and E. Second Street.
ARLINGTON — While the seventh annual Arlington-Stillaguamish Eagle Festival promises a full day of activities and exhibits on Saturday, Feb. 1, many of the festivities will get a head-start on Friday, Jan. 31.
ARLINGTON — The Arlington Arts Council and the Friends of the Arlington Library are inviting you to let nature and the winter weather inspire you to create a poem, as they jointly sponsor a haiku poetry contest as part of the Arlington-Stillaguamish Eagle Festival. The poetry committee chose this format to maximize participation in the contest.
ARLINGTON — After years of helping other people make their music, Aaron Willsie is striking out on his own. While the Arlington musician had toured across the country as a member of an assortment of bands, hopscotching from New York to Denver in venues such as the House of Blues, he’s spent the past four months alternating between his hometown and the wilds of Oregon as a solo artist.
ARLINGTON — Area fans of horror will get to catch the latest episode of a locally produced web series that’s starting to attract positive attention, from critics and genre icons alike, when it premieres at the Historic Everett Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m.
ARLINGTON — The next meeting of the Apologetics Forum of Snohomish County will start at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24, at the Atonement Free Lutheran Church, located at 6905 172nd St. NE in Arlington.
SMOKEY POINT — The Stillaguamish Senior Center is offering Thursday health and wellness seminars throughout the month of January.
ARLINGTON — Local country musician Jesse Taylor’s benefit concert on Saturday, Jan. 4, generated more than $1,000 for 6-year-old Lacey Ernst’s heart transplant account with the Children’s Organ Transplant Association, with the estimated total collection rising with each count, but she’s not out of the woods just yet.
ARLINGTON — If you missed the Friends of the Arlington Library’s book sales in 2013, don’t worry, because they’ll be back in 2014, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Jan. 14, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 15.
ARLINGTON — More than 600 Christmas trees were collected by 16 Boy Scouts and 12 adult volunteers from Troop 29 on Saturday, Jan. 4, at the city of Arlington parking lot just north of Legion Park.
The fourth year of the Nativity Festival at the Arlington Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints showcased more than 500 nativity sets, plus more than 100 works of art in the “Life of Christ” room, between Dec. 12-15.
What started out as a simple tradition for the Vanney family on Olympic Avenue has become a spectacle that never fails to draw crowds during the holiday seasons, and if you swing by 425 S. Olympic Ave. in Arlington before the New Year, you just might catch it.
