Up to 35 legal marijuana retail stores could open up in Snohomish County according to proposed supplemental rules approved for filing by the Washington State Liquor Control Board on Wednesday, Sept. 4.
Just about any reason is a good reason to celebrate,” said Deena Jones, pastor of the Arlington United Church, on Saturday, Aug. 31. “But tonight, we get to celebrate the fact that people have been able to worship Christ on this site for the past 100 years.”
Registration for the 20th annual United Way Days of Caring is closing Friday, Sept. 6. Three projects in and around Marysville supporting Pinewood Elementary, the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club and the All-Breed Equine Rez-Q still need volunteers, as do three projects in Arlington supporting the Centennial Trail, the Arlington Library and the Stillaguamish Senior Center. All of the projects are scheduled for Friday, Sept. 13, and Saturday, Sept. 14.
ARLINGTON — Arlington Fire Chief Bruce Stedman has successfully completed the process that awards him the professional designation of “Chief Fire Officer.”
OSO — It’s an annual tradition that’s been going for at least 15 years, so the members of the Oso Fire Department hope the surrounding community will join them for yet another salmon bake and auction on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 4-7 p.m. at Oso Fire Station 37, located at 21824 State Route 530 NE in Arlington.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, of Washington state’s 2nd Congressional District, announced nearly $2 million in total federal grants for the Arlington Municipal Airport and Paine Field on Tuesday, Aug. 27. The Federal Aviation Administration grants will fund safety and facility upgrades at both airfields.
ARLINGTON — Before Highland Christian School could start the first day of school for the 2013-14 school year on Wednesday, Sept. 4, which is also its first day of school at its new Arlington and Marysville locations, it had to move the last of its gear out of its former location at the old Arlington High School building on French Avenue
ARLINGTON — Attendees of Village Community Services’ sixth annual Friendship Walk & Car Wash on Saturday, Sept. 28, can walk or volunteer at the Legion Park Gazebo, located at 114 N. Olympic Ave. in Arlington.
ARLINGTON — After the cancellation of a previously scheduled meeting, the community is invited to attend a rescheduled special meeting of the Arlington City Council to discuss the results of a study that was commissioned to explore how fire and emergency medical services in North Snohomish County might work together in the future.
ARLINGTON — The Cascade Valley Hospital and Clinics Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 on Thursday, Aug. 29, to enter into strategic alliance negotiations with PeaceHealth, which includes its proposed strategic collaboration with University of Washington Medicine, but Board Chair Dr. Tim Cavanagh wants to make sure the public understands what this arrangement actually means.
Classrooms were packed at Haller Middle School on Aug. 21-22, though they weren’t students who filled the desks — they were teachers.
The good news from the Monday, Aug. 26, public meeting at Lakewood High School was that the main high school building could be fully renovated, and new classrooms could be added to replace its aging secondary buildings and portables, without raising the current tax rates for homeowners living within the Lakewood School District.
The Cascade Valley Hospital has had a new neighbor since Monday, Aug. 12, when the newest branch of the Community Health Center of Snohomish County opened its doors at 326 S. Stillaguamish Ave. in Arlington to serve uninsured, under-insured and under-served patients throughout the local area.
