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NEWS BITES for December 6, 2023

Park Place school fields open for public play

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AquaSox future stadium studies to proceed

Efforts to keep the AquaSox in Everett took a step forward last week.

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Snohomish restaurants told to modify outdoor spaces navigating what to do next

A majority of the restaurants told by the city in August to get official permits for their outdoor dining structures and canopies or otherwise take them down are each now trying to navigate a maze of regulations.

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Providence nurses reach tentative agreement

Providence nurses have reached a tentative agreement after negotiations finished Friday, Dec. 1, according to the union.

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Snohomish may offer more city incentives to encourageaffordable housing

At a Dec. 6 public hearing, the planning commission will consider forwarding a draft municipal code revision aimed at increasing affordable housing.

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Everett’s Wintertide festival features events to do all December

The city will be ringing with caroling, cocoa, holiday greetings and Santa throughout December.

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News bites for Nov. 29, 2023

The city won’t take a 1% property tax increase this year. A 6-1 vote at council decided to take no increase. Councilwoman Karen Guzak gave the dissenting vote.

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New Averill Field playground expected to be in place soonThe designs of plaques honoring Earl Averill and Hal Moe, two figures of Snohomish’s history.

The cost of signage, including bronze plaques honoring Earl Averill, Hal Moe and the Kiwanis service group that funded the new playground at Averill Field, at Third and Pine, raised a couple of eyebrows at council last week.

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AquaSox stadium talks at City Council take pause for longer review

The City Council voted unanimously last week to give themselves a little more time to decide whether to spend $1.15 million for two consulting firms to work toward what would be the long-term public stadium of the AquaSox minor league team.

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Snohomish’s food bank director departing to take new courseSnohomish Community Food Bank executive director Elizabeth Durand (left) with donor Erin Webster in a 2022 photo inside the food bank. Du

Elizabeth Durand gave out her famous hugs to any of her food bank clients who’d accept Tuesday, Nov. 21. It was her day to say goodbye after 14 years of being the director of the Snohomish Community Food Bank.

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Snohohomish County election results for 2023

A new sheriff takes the reins in January.

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Veterans statewide to get mental health treatment at Monroe center

In step with Veterans Day, Fairfax Behavioral Health is unveiling a new service designed for active-duty service members, military veterans and first responders at its center in the EvergreenHealth Monroe Hospital campus.

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Fibers with friends: Knitters gather each weekto share their latest and teach the techniquesSnohomish knitters and fiber artists meet Thursday mornings at Proper Joe Coffeehouse each week and the

A love of yarn and fiber brings people together. In Snohomish County, there is a bustling community of fiber artists, from hand-knitting to weaving to crocheting to rug hooking.

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Fibers with friends: Knitters gather each week to share their latest and teach the techniquesSnohomish knitters and fiber artists meet Thursday mornings at Proper Joe Coffeehouse each week and the

A love of yarn and fiber brings people together. In Snohomish County, there is a bustling community of fiber artists, from hand-knitting to weaving to crocheting to rug hooking.

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News Bites for Nov. 15 Tribune

The Monroe IHOP's opening month is set, a repeal of the city's pet licensing law is asked, a new date for the Sandoval trial, and Snohomish property tax increase details:

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Fibers with friends: Knitters gather each weekto share their latest and teach the techniquesSnohomish knitters and fiber artists meet Thursday mornings at Proper Joe Coffeehouse each week and the

A love of yarn and fiber brings people together. In Snohomish County, there is a bustling community of fiber artists, from hand-knitting to weaving to crocheting to rug hooking.

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Mukilteo eyes revamping its waterfront

Mukilteo’s waterfront could be much more developed by the end of the decade.

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Children affected by chaotic student in Monroe elementary class

Parents are apprehensive over a first-grade student at a Monroe elementary school who has disruptive and violent outbursts.

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Lawsuit claims Everett Schools didn’t protect bullied child as best as possible

A new lawsuit against the Everett School District by the parents of a middle school student who was verbally and physically abused by his peers for being gay contends this is a discrimination case because, they say, the school district didn't protect their son like how they would with other kids.

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Port of Everett ponders making its tax district boundary countywide

The Port of Everett desires to expand its district boundaries beyond most of Everett, a bit of Marysville and much of Mukilteo.