At the start of this school year, the Leadership class at Arlington High School was tasked with going big for their annual food drive.
SMOKEY POINT — Village Community Services is looking for donations of a number of items identified as needs by its direct service staff.
ARLINGTON — Dr. Kristine McDuffy, superintendent of the Arlington School District, will be presenting the fifth annual “State of the District” address on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, at 6 p.m. in the Linda M. Byrnes Performing Arts Center, located at 18821 Crown Ridge Blvd. in Arlington
ARLINGTON — The Arlington Fire Department will be conducting its annual “Santa Run” food drive for 10 nights, from Friday, Dec. 7, through Sunday, Dec. 16.
ARLINGTON — Although Dec. 7 marks the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Hall and Museum takes time during the day to honor the service of all American military members as part of its annual “Military Day.”
ARLINGTON — The city of Arlington is looking for volunteers to fill a vacancy on the Parks, Arts and Recreation Commission, as well as the Library Board.
ARLINGTON — After a public hearing on Nov. 5 and further discussion during a workshop meeting on Nov. 13, the Arlington City Council voted unanimously to increase the city’s general property taxes, by the allowable 1 percent in 2013, during their regular meeting on Nov. 19.
Gary Ray, the pastor of the Oso Community Chapel who started the Trafton Community Co-Op with his daughter Randi, sees both organizations as serving the needs of large numbers of people who, if only due to where they live, would otherwise go woefully underserved.
While the weather outside was less than hospitable, the inside of the Lakewood School District bus parked in front of the Arlington Walmart on Saturday, Nov. 17, stayed busy with activity from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., as the second annual “Stuff the Bus” food drive looked likely to exceed last year’s collection totals.
After a public hearing on Nov. 5, members of the Arlington City Council indicated at a Nov. 13 workshop meeting that they were inclined to vote to increase the city’s general property taxes, by the allowable 1 percent in 2013, during their next regular meeting on Monday, Nov. 19. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. and will be in the City Council Chambers, 110 E. Third Street.
SMOKEY POINT — The Arlington Walmart will serve as the site for the Lakewood School District Transportation Department’s second annual “Stuff the Bus” food drive on Saturday, Nov. 17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
ARLINGTON — While several more weeks of landscaping still lie ahead, the concrete and lane striping on the new roundabout at the intersection of state routes 9 and 531 were all but completed by Friday, Nov. 9.
ARLINGTON — Matthew Sheppard was 12 years old and had only four more days left in the school year, but that night, he was clinically dead for four minutes.
