ARLINGTON — The Arlington School District has announced schedule changes due to the weather.
The city of Arlington is in the early planning stages of developing a new roadway, 173rd Street NE, between Smokey Point Boulevard and 43rd Avenue NE. The community is invited to attend an information meeting on Dec. 2, at 6 p.m. in the Arlington Council Chambers located behind City Hall at 238 N. Olympic Ave.
Rotary District 5050, which includes Marysville and Arlington, has already partnered with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for years on eradicating polio overseas, but the Gates Foundation’s latest matching grants will help District 5050’s 27 local clubs alleviate the problem of family homelessness in their own backyards.
Veterans Day in Arlington was observed through remembrance ceremonies conducted by the community, even before Nov. 11 itself.
Post Middle School’s morning assembly Nov. 10 in honor of veterans recounted the history of the observance of the day and drew members of nearly all the branches of service, some of whom work at the school itself.
Christmas is arriving early in Arlington as Atonement Free Lutheran Church, 6905 172nd Street NE, prepares to serve as a collection point for Operation Christmas Child. Soon, with the help of local volunteers, the site will be brimming with festively wrapped shoe boxes full of gifts.
SAN DIEGO — Arlington’s Lori Burke paid for a seven-day cruise ship vacation trip to the Mexican Riviera.
Instead, she found herself “roughing it” after her first night on board, along with the nearly 4,500 passengers and crew members of 952-foot cruise liner, when it went adrift without power adrift about 200 miles south of San Diego and 44 miles off the coast of Mexico.
ARLINGTON — The Congressional race that pitted two Arlington natives against each other officially came to a close Nov. 10, when Snohomish County Council member John Koster conceded defeat to U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen in their contest for Washington’s 2nd District seat.
ARLINGTON — A two-alarm blaze that broke out at the National Foods Corporation plant right around 2 p.m. Nov. 10 will have fire crews working overnight to prevent the fire from spreading to adjacent buildings, according to Arlington Fire Department spokesperson Christine Badger.
ARLINGTON — The Arlington Free Methodist Youth Center will be working to help feed “Children of the Nations” Nov. 13.
ARLINGTON — Motorists traveling through downtown Arlington will notice a significant change at the intersection of Fourth Street and West Avenue.
City of Arlington Public Works crews took advantage of unseasonably warm and dry weather to convert the intersection into a four-way stop.
MARYSVILLE – Preliminary results for the Nov. 2 General Election have been released.
The following results are from the Washington Secretary of State’s Office and were updated at 8:14 p.m. on Nov. 2
With Halloween falling on a Sunday this year, the Arlington community opted to offer more of its seasonal events on “Halloween Eve” Oct. 30, as the city’s downtown came alive — or perhaps “undead” — with ghosts and ghouls of all ages.
The new Arlington Walmart store rolled out a two-tiered greeting to the community Oct. 26-27, by dispensing a number of grants to community organizations and giving a select number of community members a sneak preview of its selection and layout on the evening of Oct. 26, before its official grand opening on the morning of Oct. 27.
