Credit card scam artists have conceived a new scheme involving newspapers.
At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 4, Arlington Police responded to a robbery reportedly committed with a revolver at the Smokey Point McDonald’s restaurant, located at 3529 172nd St. NE.
Arlington resident Amber Malkuch’s body has been found, after she went missing from a cruise ship in Alaska between the evening of Aug. 2 and the morning of Aug. 3, but much remains unknown about the circumstances of her death.
When the son of an Arlington couple steps outside, inhaling crisp Alaskan air on a base surrounded by mountains and pristine wilderness in America’s “last frontier,” he is far more likely to run into a bear or a moose than an enemy of the United States.
At approximately 2 a.m. on Aug. 2, Arlington Police officers were contacted by an Arlington resident who reported that he had just been robbed by two male suspects at the 7-11 store in the 500 block of N West Avenue.
What started out as one man’s irritation at neighbors who had parked their vehicle adjacent to his house ended with that man going to jail for illegally towing and dumping their vehicle, according to Arlington Police.
The body of a 23-year-old Marysville man, last seen sometime Aug. 2 in the Big Rock area of the Stillaguamish River, was recovered Aug. 4 in that same area by Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office divers.
Local dealers are proceeding with cautious optimism to the overwhelming public response to the government’s Cash for Clunkers program.
Sound Harley-Davidson of Smokey Point served as the starting point for the Marysville Police Department’s seventh annual charity ride for Special Olympics Aug. 1, in which more than 100 motorcycle riders traveled a roughly 100-mile loop before finishing their run at Comeford Park in Marysville.
An annual tradition got a big boost July 30, as the egg-drop contest on the last day of the July 27-30 Cub Scout event in Jennings Park received some assistance from the Marysville Fire District.
The Arlington community responded to record-high temperatures the week of July 27-31 by opening several locations as “cooling stations” during many or all of those days.
Ballots have already been mailed out, and voters in Arlington have their primary candidates to choose from in the races for Arlington City Council Position 3 and Snohomish County Council District 1.
“It was a wild day at the court house,” said Arlington Assistant City Administrator Kristin Banfield.
