Getting a current or former athlete to travel to the suburbs for a free signing can be a bit of a difficulty, but Britt Sports Cards in Arlington is doing just that.
ARLINGTON — The city of Arlington is facing a deadline in August.
After the Marysville City Council voted unanimously on June 24 to prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries and collective gardens within the city of Marysville, the Arlington City Council was reminded by city of Arlington Community Development Director Paul Ellis, during their July 22 workshop meeting, that they only have one meeting left, on Aug. 5, to hold a public hearing and vote on a similar prohibition, before Arlington’s temporary moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries and collective gardens is due to sunset on Aug. 14.
ARLINGTON — Drivers on State Route 531 east of Interstate 5 should expect some nighttime delays due to single-lane closures on the evenings of Tuesday, July 23, and Wednesday, July 24. Contractor crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation will install roadway sensors that will keep several traffic signals operating when highway grinding and paving kicks into gear in late August, and traffic will be flagged on SR 531 and its side streets each night.
ARLINGTON — Crews successfully installed a new culvert under 67th Avenue NE for Portage Creek during the weekend of July 19-22. To complete this work in a safe and timely manner, a section of 67th Avenue NE was closed to through traffic. Crews completed their work on July 22 and the roadway opened up in time for the Monday evening commute, almost a full day ahead of schedule.
The Arlington Fly-In hosted the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs’ “Hero 2 Hired” program for the first time this year, as the H2H Mobile Job Store welcomed military members and their families from throughout the area to address their employment questions and concerns to H2H advisors on July 12-13.
In spite of a shortened schedule, the 2013 Fly-In at the Arlington Airport drew much larger crowds than last year, according to Arlington Fly-In Executive Director Barbara Tolbert.
An Arlington firefighter and EMT recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to work with the Department of Homeland Security on developing the next generation of personal protective gear for all first responders, and on Monday, July 15, he reported the results of that trip to Arlington’s mayor and City Council.
ARLINGTON — Local law enforcement agents are warning area residents that Paul Landis Gorden, a Level 3 sex offender, is moving into the 12700 block of Terrace Falls Road in Arlington.
SMOKEY POINT — The Stillaguamish Senior Center is collecting items now for a large fundraising garage sale on Aug. 17.
ARLINGTON — Crews will install two new culverts under 67th Avenue NE for Portage Creek and Prairie Creek as part of the 67th Avenue Final Phase project. Installing the culverts will require full roadway closures of 67th Avenue NE between 204th Street NE and 211th Place NE over two separate weekends.
Arlington’s Fourth of July festivities drew crowds to the city’s downtown, before returning to the site of the day’s first activities at Haller Park.
Especially in the wake of the June 30 drowning of 10-year-old Elijah Spratt on the Stillaguamish River, Lt. Rodney Rochon of the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office Marine Services Unit wants to educate the public well enough that his rescue services will never be needed.
Haller Park was packed with locals enjoying warm weather and warm pancakes on the morning of July 4, as members of the Arlington Heights Firefighters Association held their 30th annual pancake feed fundraiser.
