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Public concerts Thursday nights in Everett


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Six-year-old Raya Kay Gentry, of Everett (left) along with her mother Marry J Gentry and her one-year-old brother Zander dance to the music of Seattle performer Lady A at this year’s season-opening performance of Music at the Marina at the Port of Everett’s south marina on Thursday, Aug. 5. This one-month concert series on Thursday evenings concludes Aug. 26.
Upcoming shows are:
Aug. 12: The Dusty 45s (Americana band);
Aug. 19: LeRoy Bell and His Only Friends (rock and soul); and
Aug. 26: Eldridge Gravy and The Court Supreme (funk).
The venue is open from 5 to 9 p.m. and shows start at 6:30 p.m. Shows are free. On-site parking costs $5. There are no public buses running within one mile of the Port of Everett area on Thursday evenings.


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A majority of state employees and all contractors who work on-site must be vaccinated by Oct. 18 under a new state order from Gov. Jay Inslee which was announced Monday, Aug. 9. The order touches on multiple branches of government, from those employed within the Department of Corrections to state social workers to road construction crews to more. Additionally, all workers in private health care and long-term care settings must abide by the same Oct. 18 vaccination deadline.

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Costco preps Lake Stevens site for construction

LAKE STEVENS — Site preparation has begun for the 160,000-square-foot Costco warehouse and accompanying gas station, but city officials say the big box retailer won’t be ready to welcome shoppers until next fall.

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Snohomish primary election results and updates

SNOHOMISH — In first-night primary results, City Council incumbent Steve Dana and challenger Karen Guzak have outpaced challenger Tabitha Baty for City Council by some 200 votes.
For mayor, incumbent John Kartak and Linda Redmon are certain to advance, as underdog Sam King sits third.
Voters so far have said yes to continuing a city sales tax for funding road paving. More on this story...

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Everett primary election results and updates

EVERETT — First-night primary election results show that Don Schwab and Lacey Sauvegeau might be who faces off to represent City Council District 3 in November's general election. Who will advance in Council District 5 is a little murkier. More on this story...

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Everett’s senior center could reopen with new operators

EVERETT — Activities, events and programming at Everett’s Carl Gipson Senior Center may return soon with a new group hosting the party.
Under an agreement presented to the Everett City Council last week, Volunteers of America (VOA) Western Washington would operate the community hub for ages 50+ that was shuttered by budget cuts more than a year ago.

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New generator will increase power in county

MONROE — Some 2,000 cows from a family dairy are powering hundreds of local homes and they’ll soon be lighting up even more.
Qualco Energy, a partnership between the Werkhoven Dairy farm and the Tulalip Tribe, began harnessing power from cow-pies more than a decade ago. The unlikely pairing needed a solution to mitigate manure from bleeding waste into area waterways.

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Food banks can use items to round out what’s offered

SNOHOMISH COUNTY — Although fewer people are visiting food banks versus last year, the need is still there. Because donations are up and less people are coming, area food banks are giving clients more food per trip. Here's what they can use and where to go.

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Fire District 4 honors lifesaving teen

SNOHOMISH — A teen say his friend collapse at Pilchuck Park, and jumped into action by taking over CPR before medics arrived.

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Everett Improv offers laughs and learning

EVERETT — Everett Improv offers live shows, improv classes, karaoke, painting experiences and, “anything you can dream of within reason and law” from their downtown Everett studio and lounge.

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Delayed ribbon cutting for revamped Forest Park

EVERETT — The City of Everett held a small ribbon cutting ceremony on July 27 in honor of the new Forest Park playground completed last year. The event was delayed due to COVID restrictions.

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Parks to stay without trash bins for now

SNOHOMISH — The city removed trash cans from its most popular parks around mid-July because of too much demand and having too few employees to keep things tidy, according to Mayor John Kartak.
Big signs entering Pilchuck Park and Hill Park now state to take home their trash: "pack it in and packit out."

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To help growth, Everett plan suggests to allow duplexes in today's single-home areas

EVERETT — What kinds of future housing should sprout, and where, are key pieces to the city's Housing Action Plan.
It calls for increasing housing variety, housing stock and housing equity.

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Man drove car into river to wash it...

MONROE — A Sultan man was cited for releasing an “unwholesome substance” into the Skykomish River at the Lewis Street boat launch. He put his car in the river and got stuck in a failed attempt to wash it. There are a lot of environmental impacts to washing motorboats, let alone cars, in rivers.

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Julie’s Licensing Services moves to cozier spot

EVERETT — Upended from its longtime home by Everett Community College, Julie’s Licensing Services reopened in the former Blue Moon Tavern building at 1331 Broadway after undertaking a full renovation. Julie's owner and namesake tells that she got lucky.

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Eastside Tire working to rebuild after fire

SNOHOMISH — On Monday, July 13, the rubble began being cleared away. How the fire that destroyed Eastside Tire on Avenue D started is not known, but it started behind the building. Its owners aim to have a new shop operating by next year, and says thank you for the community's kindness.

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Snohomish looks at how to create more affordable housing

SNOHOMISH — The City Council last week discussed affordable housing and the changes needed to the city’s zoning to meet its goals.
One of those plans requires different zoning laws, taking the town from largely single-family dwellings to having more multi-family housing to compensate for increased housing prices.

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Everett budget plans being developed in long shadow of deficit

EVERETT — The City of Everett has an estimated $16.5 million deficit next year, about $15 million in underexpenditures it can draw from, $20 million coming to it from the federal American Rescue Plan and $48 million in retired employee obligations to plan for.

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Blueberry season in full swing


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Four-year-olds Hugo Bremer (left) and Adair Smith, both of Seattle, team up to pick blueberries at the Mountainview Blueberry Farm in Snohomish on Sunday, July 25. Many of the u-pick farms throughout the Snohomish Valley are presently in full swing pf operations.



 

  

 


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