Lakewood High School paid tribute to 18 veterans in a special assembly on Nov. 9 in anticipation of the Nov. 11 Veterans Day holiday
The Marysville Armed Forces Reserve Center is still a ways away from its official dedication, but the recently constructed facility is already serving those who serve.
SMOKEY POINT — Law enforcement will conduct extra DUI patrols in Snohomish County from Nov. 24 of this year through Jan. 2 of the New Year.
SILVANA — State Rep. Barbara Bailey is hosting a series of “coffee talks” throughout her 10th District communities through Nov. 18.
SMOKEY POINT — Arlington’s Atonement Free Lutheran Church and Marysville’s Amen Christian Bookstore will be serving as drop-off locations for the return of Operation Christmas Child, which aims to collect close to 900 gift-filled shoe boxes locally, packed with toys, school supplies and items of necessity for kids who are hurting in 100 countries.
ARLINGTON — The Arlington City Council will be interviewing candidates for the seat left vacant by Council member Scott Solla’s passing.
The City Council will conduct a special meeting at its chambers, located at 110 E. Third St., starting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16.
ARLINGTON — The Trafton Community Center welcomed the public to its Fall Festival on Oct. 30, which gave former students of the Trafton School and area residents alike a chance to check out its programs.
While the afternoon was mostly devoted to Halloween-themed activities for the kids, Trafton Community Center Program Coordinator Randi Ray was ready to talk with visitors about its upcoming classes and meetings for both children and adults.
ARLINGTON — The Arlington School District will be hosting “Know Your Schools,” an event for members of the community, on Nov. 15 from noon to 2 p.m.
Members of the public are invited to make reservations to meet ASD Superintendent Dr. Kristine McDuffy in the Linda M. Byrnes Performing Arts Center for a complimentary lunch.
SMOKEY POINT — Visitors to the Arlington Walmart on Nov. 19 will be able to “Stuff the Bus” on behalf of the Marysville and Arlington food banks.
As many as 30 volunteers from the Lakewood School District Transportation Department will be collecting food donations from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., as well as handing out fliers to shoppers with suggested food and toiletry items to donate.
ARLINGTON — Parker Yancey, a 15-year-old Lakewood High School student, loves to read at and visit the Arlington Library.
He’s visited it so often that, in the midst of planning out his Eagle Scout project for the Boy Scouts of America, he noticed that the grounds of the library were in need of some attention.
ARLINGTON — Half a dozen members of the Arlington Lions Club braved a cold downpour to spruce up the Arlington Cemetery as part of an international campaign by their organization.
Wing-Kun Tam, international president of Lions Club, called upon Lions to continue planting trees after they’d surpassed his initial goal of 1 million trees planted, and Arlington Lions did their part on Nov. 3 by planting close to 40 arborvitae evergreen trees that they’d purchased from the Smokey Point Lowe’s store.
ARLINGTON — For 11 years, Arlington High School has teamed up with the Moerike Gymnasium in Stuttgart, Germany, to broaden the horizons of students in both countries.
From Oct. 6 through Nov. 3, AHS and several of its students’ families played hosts to 19 students from Stuttgart, as they attended 10 days of school traveled to Deception Pass, spent a day in downtown Seattle, attended all of AHS’s Homecoming activities, from the parade and game to the dance, and stayed three days and two nights in Winthrop before exploring the Olympic Peninsula during four days and three nights in Port Townsend. The German students’ travels throughout the region even took them to the Hibulb Cultural Center on the Tulalip Indian Reservation.
Preliminary results for the Nov. 8 general election have been released by the Snohomish County Department of Elections.
