Snohomish County Fire District 1 responded to 347 calls the week of Feb. 17-23: 280 emergency medical aid calls, 24 motor vehicle collisions, 18 fires, nine service calls, 13 automatic fire alarms, two natural gas leaks and one technical rescue response. The following calls took place in or near Edmonds. Feb. 17 HOUSE FIRE. At [...]
The City of Edmonds discovered a 10-foot-deep sinkhole at the intersection of Dayton Street and Railroad Avenue early Friday morning. Edmonds police discovered the hole and notified the public works department. The area is blocked off with cones while Interwest Construction, the contractor who had done some stormwater infrastructure work at that intersection, pumps water [...]
Edmonds-Woodway High School’s Booster Club needs items for its upcoming auction on March 19. Proceeds go to both educational and athletic needs (and you can direct the proceeds from your items accordingly). Items can be for either Silent or Live Auction segments, depending on value. Items must be new and unused. Suggestions include but are [...]
The Sno-King School Retirees are offering four scholarships open to graduating seniors of Edmonds, Northshore and Shoreline School Districts who are planning a career in education. The scholarships are for $1,200 each, an amount that is renewable for three years as long as the student continues to meet the scholarship’s criteria of a career in [...]
My Edmonds News is pleased to welcome our newest advertiser, Swedish/Edmonds, which was recently named a recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence™ Award from HealthGrades, an independent health-care ratings company. Swedish/Edmonds received a five-star rating for the treatment of stroke, pneumonia and overall gastrointestinal services from HealthGrades. The former Stevens Hospital joined [...]
March is National MS Education and Awareness Month, and Edmonds-based MS Helping Hands (MSHH) is participating in this effort to raise the public’s awareness of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). According to MSHH President Bill Brayer, the goals of this campaign are to promote public understanding of the disease and to help those with MS make educated [...]
By Lara Alexander Summer really is coming! Summer camp registration opens March 1 for Edmonds Parks and Recreation. Kids ages 3-17 will find something fun in the Rec Zone catalog. Choose from day camp, preschool, sports camps and many camps focusing on special interests for your little actor, scientist or artist! Check out these interesting [...]
Friday would be an excellent day to leave work early and head to Jackson High School in Mill Creek, where you can support Edmonds-Woodway’s 22-4 girls basketball team when they meet Auburn Riverside (21-4), in the first round of the state playoffs. Under this year’s new state basketball tournament structure, as a lower seed the [...]
Wayne Purser of 365 Things to Do in Edmonds visited All The Best pet care, which opened Thursday on Edmonds Way next to the PCC Natural Market store. In business since 1985, All the Best offerd healthy alternatives to the low quality, mass-marketed pet products, and have grown to 9 locations with this new Edmonds [...]
A group of citizens in the Norma Beach neighborhood — technically in unincorporated Snohomish County but bearing an Edmonds address — will meet tonight, Thursday, to discuss their efforts to fight a proposed 13.3-acre Planned Residential Development of 72 homes above Meadowdale County Park. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at St. Hilda St. [...]
State Rep. Marko Liias says he wants to charge drunken drivers a higher fee and use the money to crack down on repeat offenders, according to The Seattle Times, a My Edmonds News online news partner. Liias, D-Edmonds, is lead sponsor of a bill that would increase the fee imposed on people convicted, sentenced to [...]
My Edmonds News, Edmonds’ locally-owned community news site for people who live in, work in or visit Edmonds, is proud to introduce a new Milestones section featuring FREE engagement and wedding announcements. if you grew up in Edmonds and still have family here, or if you are living here now, we invite you to submit [...]
Discover the art of belly dancing through an Edmonds Parks and Recreation class offered Mondays starting March 7. Each week is focused on a different core movement with drills and combinations, and as the class progresses, you will explore speed, stamina and layering with instructor Kitiera. Classes are held from 7:15-8:30 p.m. March 7-April 25 [...]
The Edmonds Mural Society last week announced the five winning murals to be painted on the walls of downtown Edmonds buildings between July 4 and Sept. 15. Now comes the important part: Covering the expenses related to the murals, including artists’ royalty fees and materials (paint and any needed equipment.) You can support this effort [...]
Don’t let the snow keep you away! The Edmonds Chamber of Commerce luncheon is still on for today, Thursday, at the Edmonds Yacht Club with featured speaker Lorraine Howell, author of “Give Your Elevator Speech a Lift,” An award-winning broadcast media veteran, Howell has a proven framework to help people quickly overcome the fear and [...]
Community Transit reports that all buses are operating on regular routes, but the transit agency has dropped select trips on all routes to make the remaining service more reliable. The following trips will not operate, listed by the first timepoint – the start time of the bus which will not run. 105 southbound from Mariner at [...]
All Edmonds School District schools and programs are closed Thursday “due to dangerous conditions on many of the side roads throughout various portions of our district,” the district announced on its website. The following are canceled: – all after-school activities and athletic practices – all evening events at district buildings (including non-district events) For the status of [...]
Edmonds City Councilmember D.J. Wilson included this item in his update to citizens Wednesday. We are repeating it here as it was addressed at Tuesday night’s council meeting but we forgot to include it in our earlier report: 18 Story Buildings on the Waterfront? Actually, this time it’s true – but it’s over in Point [...]
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association recognizes and rewards those high school teams that maintain a high collective academic standard. Any varsity team with an average GPA of 3.0-3.49 qualifies for a Distinguished Award, and a varsity team with an average GPA of 3.5-4.0 qualifies for an Outstanding Award. Congratulations to these teams: Edmonds-Woodway’s Boys Basketball [...]
Chase Lake Community School, Madrona K-8 and Maplewood K-8 have all been recognized by the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education for their students’ academic accomplishments. Schools are selected based on their statewide assessment data for the three previous years. This data is analyzed using an Achievement [...]
Lisa Freeman of the Celtic Cowboy barbecue announced on Facebook Wednesday afternoon that the restaurant — which had its grand opening Tuesday — has to close for a few weeks due to the illness of her husband and Celtic barbecue chef Steve. “He is going to be fine but we cannot do this without him,” Lisa [...]
The South Snohomish County Emergency Cold Weather Shelter will be open tonight, Wednesday. Individuals looking for shelter must check in at 6:45 p.m. at Lynnwood City Hall (19100 44th Ave. Ww, Lynnwood). City Hall is located in the building next to the Lynnwood Public Library. Transportation to the shelter site, dinner and breakfast will be provided. Shelter [...]
Edmonds residents have been wondering for months now when the new butcher shop on Main Street will be opening its doors. “We’re getting closer,” promised Alan Brown, marketing director for Bill the Butcher’s local chain of natural meat butcher shops. Brown said that work on the interior of the shop is in progress, as is the [...]
By DJ Wilson Edmonds City Council Tuesday night, Council chose to move in a new direction with our City Attorney. This was a particularly tough vote for me, given my high esteem for our former City Attorney, Scott Snyder. So, let me explain some of my reasoning. - Qualifications: I found both firms to be [...]
Each year, the Edmonds Salmon Chapter of Trout Unlimited participates in a Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife project to imprint yearling Coho salmon to Puget Sound waters. The purpose of this project, which is in its 25th year, is to yearly establish a resident population of Coho that will stay in the Puget Sound [...]
The following memo, dated Feb. 18, 2011, was sent to Edmonds Mayor Mike Cooper and the entire Edmonds City Council from the following city staff: Phil Williams, Public Works Director; Stephen Clifton, Comm Services/Economic Development Director; Carrie Hite, Parks and Recreation Director; Debi Humann, Human Resources Director and Al Compann, Police Chief. This memo was [...]
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