The Arlington School District issued a response Monday, Oct. 27, to claims made by the father of a 14-year-old student that was allegedly suspended for drinking a peppermint mocha.
The Immunization Action Coalition is urging state residents to get their seasonal flu shots during what health officials say will be a challenging flu season.
ARLINGTON — Jenny Buron is used to volunteering her time, but her fingers are not used to working so hard.
That’s because Buron is one of the members of the MOMS Club of Arlington/Stanwood who have been quilting for foster children.
ARLINGTON — Lisa Wojciechowicz tries to have her eyes and ears on students as best she can.
Her duties include patrolling Arlington High School and the school district’s middle schools, “gathering intel” by approaching students and asking them about what’s happening in their lives.
The newest city budget proposal is in and it’s not pretty.
The Arlington City Council got a glimpse of the preliminary 2010 city budget on Tuesday, Oct. 13 during a Council work session. City finance director Kathy Peterson reported that city departments will have to trim more than $1.8 million from their expenses to make up for shrinking revenue and a slumping economy.
Arlington High School suspended a student till January, then backtracked and let her back into school today amid suspicion over whether she had actually done anything wrong. Northwest Cable News has the whole convoluted story, the gist of which is, the girl was drinking peppermint-smelling coffee that another student thought smelled like peppermint Schnapps. According to NWCN’s account, the school took that report as fact and issued the suspension.
On Wednesday, Oct. 21, at approximately 7 p.m., Arlington Police, along with the assistance of Marysville Police and the Snohomish Regional Drug Task Force, executed a search warrant on a home in the 4900 block of 196th Place NE, which was occupied by a suspected marijuana trafficker.
USS Ford returned to Naval Station Everett Oct. 20 after a six-month deployment, but the ship’s sailors weren’t the only ones who felt that time. As the crew of the frigate served in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, their families anxiously awaited their return.
The first round of layoffs was recently approved by the City Council in response to a proposed $1.8 million budget shortfall.
Flooding, zoning and traffic congestion were some of the concerns Smokey Point residents and business owners voiced to city officials during a recent community meeting.
Data from Arlington High School’s class of 2005 was recently published from a randomized trial meant to study and curtail teenage smoking.
An Arlington-based cat shelter and sanctuary will soon be holding its annual fundraiser. The Purrfect Pals Cat Shelter and Sanctuary will present its 12th Annual Black Cat Ball at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue on Oct. 24.
A county fire authority is seeking public input for its 2010 budget during its upcoming meetings. The North County Regional Fire Authority’s Board of Commissioners will be holding budget discussions during their public meetings, which take place the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month.
