Capt. Brandy Fargon and Maj. Patrick Malone have spent more time abroad than they have at home during their seven years of marriage.
But both members of the U.S. Army wouldn’t have had it any other way.
Fargon, who grew up in the Oak Harbor and Arlington area, and Malone, a Mesa, Ariz., native, have spent just two years and eight months together as man and wife in the United States during their seven year marriage.
ARLINGTON — Up until three years ago, Sandy Catiis’ biggest climb was up a 20-foot rock wall. Next month, she…
Elementary school students will have a counselor next year after all.
Arlington School District Superintendent Kris McDuffy announced Thursday, July 15, that longtime counselor Mark Dolan would be retained as the district’s only counselor for kindergarten through fifth-grade students through the 2010-11 school year.
ARLINGTON — A question posed to Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen about privatizing liquor sales led to discussion on Colton Harris-Moore — the “Barefoot Bandit” — during a recent Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce Meeting.
Haugen (D-Camano Island), speaking to about 50 chamber members and officials at the Medallion Hotel on Tuesday, July 13, was asked how she felt about the two initiatives that could allow voters to change the way liquor is sold in Washington.
ARLINGTON — Crystal King knows the importance of libraries — after all, she’s a graduate student.
The Arlington resident, who is currently studying for her master’s degree in library and information science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, was one of three community members selected to fill open vacancies on the Library Board.
ARLINGTON — Robin Price’s youngest son used to be angry before he met Mark Dolan.
But after a series of weekly appointments with the then-elementary school counselor, Price’s son began to make progress.
“Without Mr. Dolan, I would have made a lot of mistakes with him,” Price told the Arlington School Board on Monday, July 12. “My son needs him at Eagle Creek next year.”
Price was one of about 10 parents and community members criticizing school officials’ decision to eliminate the position belonging to Dolan — the district’s only elementary school counselor — in wake of budget cuts.
Dolan served all five of the district’s elementary schools during the 2009-10 school year, and spent one day a week at each school.
SEATTLE — Two individuals involved in the Blue Stilly Smoke Shop cigarette case have been sentenced in U.S. District Court.
Rick Conn, a cigarette broker based in California, was sentenced to 20 months in prison, while Carol M. Silverman, who owned a cigarette distribution business in Oregon, was sentenced to 12 months and a day in prison on Friday, July 9.
Additionally, Conn and Silverman will each have to serve three years of supervised release and repay a combined $38 million in restitution, according to the U.S. District Attorney’s Office.
ARLINGTON — While school may have just let out for the summer, a Northwest grocery store and pharmacy chain is selling backpacks to benefit local school districts.
On Saturday, July 10, Haggen Food & Pharmacy began selling specially designed backpacks at its Arlington (20115 74th Avenue NE) and Marysville (3711 88th Street NE) locations.
Those backpacks, which are filled with school supplies such as paper, pencils and crayons, can be purchased and donated back for $9.99.
The packs will be distributed to children in need by local schools and organizations.
One thing that regular visitors to the Arlington Fly-In noticed this year is how much the five-day event has grown over the course of its 43 years.
Children from Marysville, Arlington and beyond showed up at 9 a.m. on July 7, the first day of the Fly-In, as part of an Arlington Assembly of God youth trip.
ARLINGTON — The city of Arlington, in partnership with Cascade Valley Hospital, the Stillaguamish Senior Center, and Olympic Place Retirement Center announces three air conditioned locations that will be opened to all ages to help beat the heat.
The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office responded to a suspicious Death Investigation in the 51600 Block of Crawford Loop Rd in Darrington.
At about 11:30 p.m. on July 7, a male caller reported his girlfriend had shot herself.
A trio of Arlington 3-on-3 teams took home top honors June 26 from the world’s largest basketball tournament, Hoopfest in Spokane.
