SMOKEY POINT — On Sept. 2 at approximately 10:10 a.m., Arlington Police responded to the Whidbey Island Bank branch located in the 4200 block of 172nd Street NE for the report of a robbery that had just occurred.
A suspect entered the bank presenting a robbery note that implied he was armed with a firearm. The suspect then fled the area on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Witnesses described the suspect as a heavyset white man between 25-30 years of age, standing approximately 5 feet, 6 inches tall and wearing small silver-framed reading-type glasses, a light blue windbreaker, khaki pants and a light-colored baseball cap.

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In 2012, Community Transit’s commuter service will maintain much of its current routing with fewer trips, while local service will be restructured to serve higher ridership corridors. On Thursday, the agency’s Board of Directors voted 6-3 to approve a plan to cut Community Transit bus service 20 percent effective Feb. 20, 2012.

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United Way of Snohomish County is recruiting for 340 volunteers that are still needed to fill this year’s slate of Days of Caring projects, taking place at sites around Snohomish County Friday, Sept. 23, and Saturday, Sept. 24. Team and individuals interested in participating can sign up at uwsc.org through Monday, Sept. 12.

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On Aug. 30, detectives from the Arlington, Monroe and Snohomish police departments arrested a 52-year-old man at his Everett residence in connection with three recent bank robberies in Arlington (Chase Bank on June 30), Snohomish (Key Bank on July 28) and Monroe (Union Bank on Aug. 29).

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Presidents Elementary once again found its playgrounds packed with local families in need of supplies to start the school year as the second annual “Back2School Rally” drew more than 500 attendees. Event coordinator Brandie Broadhead, the children’s pastor at the Arlington Assembly of God Church, explained that backpacks containing school supplies were made available not only to the 510 pre-registrants for the event on Aug. 28, but also to as many as 100 walk-ins that same day.

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The seventh annual “Taste of Washington” fundraiser for the Arlington-based Kids’ Kloset returned to the home of John and Kimberly Meno as the event’s 75 attendees donated through live and silent auctions on the evening of Aug. 27.

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A joint appearance by Arlington Mayor Margaret Larson and U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen was merely the midpoint of a day of public tours dedicating the city of Arlington’s wastewater treatment plant and stormwater wetland on Aug. 24.

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Area readers can swing by the Arlington Library to stock up on books and support the library’s programs at the same time. The Friends of the Arlington Library are conducting a book and media sale to raise funds for the library and its programs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 10.

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There is a critical need for volunteer ombudsmen throughout Snohomish County. Many neighbors are in need of help. They live in adult family homes, nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

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On Tuesday, Aug. 30, a 23-year old Marysville resident was arrested in connection to two recent bomb threats at the Arlington Walmart, located at 4000 block of 172nd Street NE. The man, an employee of the Arlington Walmart, left notes in the building on two separate occasions indicating that a bomb was set to go off at that location.

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ARLINGTON — Downtown Arlington will be bustling with patriotic activities on Sept. 11, as part of this year’s “Freedom Festival.”
The day’s festivities will kick off with local music in the Legion Park gazebo at 7 a.m., followed by the Sea Cadets raising the flag on the pole next to the gazebo at 8 a.m.
Registration for Operation Homefront’s 5K “Freedom Walk” will also begin at 8 a.m. in Legion Park at 201 Olympic Ave., across from the Les Schwab Tire Center. The walk itself will start from Legion Park at 9:11 a.m.

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The Community Transit Board of Directors is expected to choose from among four alternatives for the agency’s February 2012 system change when it meets at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1. The meeting will take place in the agency’s board room, located at 7100 Hardeson Road (accessible by Everett Transit Route 8).

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Arlington Library patron Kaitlyn Bevens got to “go ape” as part of the children’s summer reading program this year. For the past three years, the Arlington Library has conducted a “Name the Critter” contest as part of its summer reading program for kids, who get to enter names for that year’s Folkmanis animal puppet. Bevens won both the contest and a new furry friend when she chose “Coco” as the name for this year’s orangutan puppet, which she got to take home.

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