ARLINGTON — Jensen Park got in the spirit of Arbor Day April 12, as Arlington City Council and city employees were joined by area residents and visitors in planting trees.
SMOKEY POINT — Washington State Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, of the 10th Legislative District, met with members of the local community at the Stillaguamish Senior Center April 19, to discuss issues that concerned them, with transportation being chief on the list.
ARLINGTON — With the Arlington Library election coming up May 20, residents of the city of Arlington and the Arlington School District will soon receive information on the proposed new library.
SMOKEY POINT — More than a dozen quilters from around north Snohomish County converged on Aunt Mary’s Quilt Shop, April 19, to complete as many quilts for wounded local veterans.
ARLINGTON — Most people don’t look forward to going to jail, but many of Arlington’s more upstanding citizens were eager to be handcuffed and confined by law enforcement April 9.
EVERETT — “The apparent quiet and calm on the waterfront is misleading when you consider what our sailors are doing around the world,” said Capt. Thomas Mascolo, at the State of the Station luncheon for Naval Station Everett, April 18. “When we don’t appear busy, your Everett-based sailors are very busy, in inverse proportion to the occupancy of the port.”
ARLINGTON — City and school district officials met at the Byrnes Performing Arts Center for their bimonthly joint meeting Monday, April 14, and the BPAC was at the top of the agenda.
North County Regional Fire Authority has announced that Proposition No. 2, requesting an increase in property taxes to restore the emergency medical services levy to 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation, will run on the May ballot, along with the proposed bond to pay for a new library in Arlington.
That full page of legalese in the Arlington Times last week can be boiled down to a couple paragraphs in plain English.
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EVERETT — Petty Officer 3rd Class Jimmy Castro is one of many sailors who lives at the Naval Station Everett site in Marysville, but he was singled out at the “State of the Station” luncheon in Everett, April 18, for his exceptional service.
ARLINGTON — Austin Worthing is competing in the Special Olympics for the second time this year, and while he might have other challenges to overcome, a lack of confidence is clearly not one of them.
