A crowd of about 200 gathered in the light rain at Edmonds Memorial Cemetery Monday morning to honor those who have given their lives for their country during the city’s 28th annual Memorial Day ceremony. Among those recognized were veterans from the Edmonds School District 15 who died in World War I, World War II, [...]
Harbor Square Athletic Club is celebrating 25 years in Edmonds and is offering a special $25 joining fee for the month of June only. The first 50 to join in June get the special $25 rate. Visit www.harborsquare.com for details or call 425-778-3546.
The Edmonds Waterfront Festival, an annual tradition and a fundraiser for the Edmonds Rotary Club, runs this Friday-Sunday at the Edmonds Marina. The 23rd annual festival features events for all ages, including children’s activities, a family entertainment stage, a beer stage with live rock and country music, a display of classic wooden boats, and tours [...]
Edmonds-Woodway Dental Care is holding its second annual Day of Caring on Saturday June 12, when the clinic will provide free dental care to those who can’t afford it. Treatment will be on a first-come, first-served basis between 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The clinic is located at 21810 76th Ave. W., Ste. 102. Treatment is limited [...]
Alex Tindall scored 5 goals and Trey Knowles and Nick Peters each scored 4 to lead Lynnwood to its first Boys Division II Washington state lacrosse championship in a 16-7 win over San Juan, Saturday before 2,650 at Seattle’s Memorial Stadium. The championship was the first in two tries for Lynnwood, which feature players from [...]
Edmonds-Woodway High School had two state medalists in the 4A track and field finals at Tahoma High School on Saturday. On the boys side, Alec Fellows placed fourth in the long jump with a leap of 22-2.75. The state champion was Rahmel Dockery of Curtis, who jumped 24-1.25. For the girls, Amia Nash placed fifth [...]
The Edmonds-Woodway doubles team of Michelle Nelson and Amanda Waldron finished their high school tennis careers in fine form at the state 4A tennis tournament in Kennewick Saturday, winning the consolation championship match and bringing home a fourth-place medal. The E-W seniors, who were making their third appearance at the state tournament, started off with [...]
Snohomish County Fire District 1 responded to 356 calls the week of May 20-26: 293 emergency medical aid calls, 21 fires, 20 motor vehicle collisions, eight service calls and 14 automatic fire alarms. May 20 FIRE. Firefighters responded to a fire in a storage shed at Old Woodway High School at 10 p.m.. Damage to [...]
TOP Food & Drug stores are offering a 5-percent discount on grocery items each Tuesday from June 1 through July 6 to customers with military identification, which includes active-duty servicemembers, their spouses and retired servicemembers. The Edmonds’ Top Food store is located at Highway 99 and 220th Street Southwest in Edmonds. Customers only need to [...]
One boys doubles team from Meadowdale High School and one girls doubles team from Edmonds-Woodway will continue play in their respective 3A and 4A state championship matches on Saturday. All of the other Edmonds-area representatives to the state tennis tourney lost twice on Friday and were eliminated from further competition. The remaining two doubles teams [...]
The City of Edmonds has announced the student winners of a poster contest aimed at promoting the City’s “Bring Your Own Bag” campaign. The campaign is a community effort to educate and encourage shoppers and retailers to realize the environmental benefits of bringing and using their own reusable bags when shopping in Edmonds and elsewhere. [...]
The public is invited to attend the 28th Annual Memorial Day Observance on Monday, May 31 at 11 a.m. at the Edmonds Memorial Cemetery and Columbarium. The cemetery is located at 100th Avenue West and 15th Street Southwest, one block north of the Westgate QFC. The event will take place rain or shine and is [...]
Congrats to the Lynnwood Tigers lacrosse team, which defeated the Wenatchee Valley Lacrosse Club 14-13 in overtime Wednesday night and earned a berth to the state championship game at Seattle’s Memorial Stadium. The Tigers, which feature players from Edmonds-Woodway, Lynnwood, Meadowdale and Mountlake Terrace high schools, will play against San Juan. The game starts at [...]
Here’s a fun idea for the kids this summer: Northwest Vocal Arts is sponsoring two, week-long music performance camps for children ages 7-12 at the Phoenix Theatre in Firdale Village, and includes the following sessions: Session #1: June 28-July 2 Theme: Musical Theater Session #2: July 5-9 Theme: Camp Pop Each session cost $185 for [...]
Edmonds City Councilmembers Diane Buckshnis and Adrienne Fraley-Monillas are hosting another monthly town hall meeting — this time at Five Corners — on Friday, May 28 from 6-8 p.m. The meeting will be at Caffe Ladro, 8340 Main St. All Edmonds residents are invited to stop by and share their thoughts on “how you envision [...]
Free public performances by the region’s top high school big bands and jazz vocalists and ensembles, plus an evening performance with celebrated headliner Jackie Ryan — it’s all part of the mix Saturday as the Rotary Club of Edmonds Daybreakers presents the 10th anniversary of its Jazz Connection festival at the Edmonds Center for the [...]
The Edmonds School District is hosting a community meeting Wednesday night to provide information about the supplemental levy scheduled to appear on the Aug. 17 primary election ballot. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. in the Edmonds-Woodway High Library. The Edmonds School Board voted last week to run the supplemental levy, which would raise [...]
The Edmonds waterfront provide the perfect backdrop for the Edmonds chapter of Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) when members participated in the annual TOPS Walk Washington last Saturday. The purpose of the annual nationwide event is to encourage healthy activity among members while also promoting TOPS Club Inc., according to Laurie Dressler, Edmonds TOPS chapter [...]
Despite a recommendation from a citizens’ commission, Edmonds Mayor Gary Haakenson won’t be getting a raise anytime soon. The Edmonds City Council voted 4-1 to direct staff to create an ordinance — and bring it back for council approval — that would repeal a measure passed last year to increase mayor’s salary from $113,210 to [...]
Madrona School, a K-8 school in the Edmonds School District, recently received Level 1 certification from the Washington Green Schools program due to its focus on recycling/waste reduction and energy efficiency. The school’s Green Team added composting and TerraCycling during the lunch periods to the recycling program it already had in place to make it [...]
Congratulations to the following student athletes from the Edmonds area who have qualified for state 3A and 4A competitions this weekend: 4A tennis-Edmonds-Woodway Girls singles: Jane Hong Girls doubles: Amanda Waldron-Michelle Nelson and Sarah Fine-Sophie Roben. Boys: doubles: Jake Laguick-Youngha Kim 3A tennis-Meadowdale Girls singles: Josie Dow Boys doubles: Scott Bohmke-Grant Lovell 4A Girls Track-Edmonds-Woodway [...]
The Edmonds City Council Tuesday night will hear a recommendation to approve a 2009 pay raise for the mayor, originally delayed until January 2011, to become effective July 1.
In July 2009, Edmonds Mayor Gary Haakenson was scheduled to get a 10 percent pay raise, but the Edmonds City Council voted to delay it until January 2011, due to “significant and unanticipated economic impacts” on the city’s budget. Now a seven-member citizens’ commission is recommending that the City Council reinstate that delayed $12,790 raise — which [...]
Kick off the Edmonds Arts Festival by attending the annual Preview Party, which will be Wednesday, June 16 at the Frances Anderson Center. The evening begins at 6 p.m. with champagne and hors d’oeuvres and an opportunity to view and purchase art in several juried galleries. Then join the fun on the plaza including live [...]
Edmonds Public Schools Foundation President Debbie Bodal and Citizens for Schools President Andy Simonsen received the Community Leadership Awards at the Washington Association of School Administrators Sno-Isle Region 109 Awards luncheon Friday. The public schools foundation is comprised of businesses, individuals and families in the communities of Brier, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace and Woodway who [...]
The public is invited to attend the 28th Annual Memorial Day Observance on Monday, May 31 at 11 a.m. at the Edmonds Memorial Cemetery and Columbarium. The cemetery is located at 100th Avenue West and 15th Street Southwest, one block north of the Westgate QFC. The event will take place rain or shine and is [...]
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