Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County will be staging its seventh annual Hope Within Luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at the Comcast Arena in Everett.
The “Stuff a Bus” food and toiletries drive by the United Way of Snohomish County and Community Transit at the Albertsons in Lynnwood was deemed a success even before it started on Saturday, July 28, thanks to the employees of an Arlington company.
The National Night Out Against Crime is returning to the Arlington, Marysville and Tulalip communities on Tuesday, Aug. 7.
ARLINGTON — The Sno-Isle Libraries are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, and as part of the celebration, the Arlington Library is collecting stories and other items for a time capsule that will be sealed at its open house event in October.
Waste Management Northwest’s residential and commercial customers in Arlington and Marysville will continue to see their services affected in the wake of the strike by Teamsters Local 117 that started on Wednesday, July 25.
A 2-year-old boy was standing in front of a pickup and the driver could not see him. The left tire struck the boy. He sustained head, arm and chest injuries. None of the injuries was life threatening.
School was out for summer, but that didn’t stop students from teaching other students from July 18-20 in the computer-aided design and wood-shop building behind Arlington High School.
Former Arlington student Ryan Mumm was memorialized by more than 200 of his friends, family members and other loved ones during an evening candlelight vigil at Twin Rivers Park on Tuesday, July 17, just three days after he was fatally shot in the head, at the age of 20, at Blue Stilly Park, just northeast of Island Crossing.
Arlington citizens should anticipate a rate increase this fall for the solid waste, recycling and compostable organics services provided by Waste Management Northwest, but city of Arlington Public Works Director Jim Kelly wants to reassure them that this is all part of the plan that was established two years ago.
Every summer, the Snohomish Health District takes dozens of calls about bats and how to stay healthy around them. Bats are the primary carriers of rabies in the Pacific Northwest, and are found in almost every county in Washington. Rabies causes a rare but often fatal illness in humans, and in wild and domestic animals. Rabies is transmitted through the saliva of the animal, which can be introduced through a bite or scratch.
The person suspected of firing the weapon which struck a 20-year-old Ryan C. Mumm, of Stanwood, is in custody. The shooting took place at Blue Stilly Park near Arlington the evening of July 14. Mumm died July 15 from his injuries at an Everett hospital.
In spite of a rainy start, the Arlington Street Fair packed Olympic Avenue with crowds of both first-time attendees and returning regulars from July 13-15.
