At the recent 2012 State Competition, Edmonds-Woodway High School’s Dance Team placed 4th in Military. “This is a wonderful finish to our season but is also admirable as 12 of our 18 members are first-year members and were competing for the first time at such a large venue,” said Deb Johnson, EWHS Dance Team Coach.
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) support groups nationwide –including those sponsored by MS Helping Hands in Edmonds – are recognizing March as National Education and Awareness Month. The goal is to reach out to those with MS and their immediate families. There are many new diagnoses of MS every day, and both the newly diagnosed patient and [...]
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If you were strolling through downtown Edmonds recently, you would have spotted these three Driftwood Players volunteers. Yes, they raided the costume closet at the Driftwood Annex and picked some interesting things to wear. Carissa (sparkle top hat), Kathleen (purple hat) and Roger (distinguished pith helmet) were strolling along, waiving to the crowds and shop [...]
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My Edmonds News is pleased to welcome new advertiser Affinity Contemporary Dentistry, located at 651 Edmonds Way, Ste. A, in Edmonds. Dr. Naguib Youssef and his staff are committed to developing long-lasting, trusting relationships with their patients. They offer computer-aided design technology that enables them to complete crowns, onlays and inlays from start to finish [...]
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Update: We just learned the auction has been postponed to March 23. Edmonds’ Waterfront Antique Mall property will be auctioned to the highest bidder at 10 a.m. Friday, March 9, on the north steps of the Snohomish County Courthouse, 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. That’s the word from City of Edmonds Economic Development Director Stephen Clifton, [...]
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Tuesday night, we were at the Edmonds City Council meeting when Mayor Dave Earling read a proclamation on behalf of Girl Scouts everywhere — including those girls participating in scouting from Edmonds. Today, Wednesday, Edmonds’ own Revelations Yogurt announced that they have introduced Girl Scout cookies to their topping bar! “Starting today you can add [...]
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The Edmonds Mobile Medical Clinic, which has been offering free basic health care services biweekly to those without insurance, will begin operating on a weekly basis beginning March 20. Under the non-profit charitable organization Puget Sound Christian Clinic and with support from the Verdant Health Commission, the program’s mobile medical clinic truck, “HOPE,” will be [...]
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We heard from Jim Underhill, a member of the City of Edmonds’ Highway 99 task force, that O’Reilly Auto Parts will open its new building at 23005 Highway 99 on Tuesday. The business had been located at the corner of 220th Street Southwest and Highway 99. O’Reilly Auto Parts is the third largest auto parts [...]
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Updated with new information at 6:53 p.m. Five workers were injured in a propane explosion at a construction site north of Edmonds Thursday morning. Damage from the blast is expected to total at least $1 million, including the two buildings under construction, building materials, the propane tank and truck, and a construction trailer. All five [...]
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Edmonds Sports Academy is hosting basketball tryouts for boys and girls in grades 4 through 8 Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 25-26, at the Edmonds Church of God, 8224 220th St. S.W. The gym entrance is located at the back of the church. Tryout times for specific age groups are as follows: Feb. 25 2-3:30 p.m., [...]
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Edmonds District Stadium will serve as the home field this year for the North Sound SeaWolves soccer team, which held tryouts at Edmonds-Woodway High School Saturday. The Seawolves will open their 16-game Premier Development League 2012 season on Sunday, May 20 at the Fraser Valley Mariners, kicking off the second season for the PDL soccer [...]
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The Edmonds Bookshop is hosting a book signing from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, for a New York author with local connections who has authored “Trafficked,” a book about modern-day domestic slavery. Kim Purcell, daughter-in-law of local attorneys Doug Purcell and Florine Gingerich, will sign copies of book, her first published novel, aimed at young [...]
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Edmonds Community College celebrates Women’s History Month Feb. 19-25 on campus, 20000 68th Ave. W. in Lynnwood, with free lectures, panels and performances open to the public. All events, except an art gallery reception Friday, take place in the Black Box Theatre in Mukilteo Hall. For more information, call 425-640-1139 or go to www.edcc.edu/artsandculture. Women’s History Month [...]
A hot topic now being discussed in Edmonds – the environmental effects of coal trains running along the Edmonds waterfront on their way to a proposed facility in Bellingham – is the topic of Justice Friday, sponsored by the Edmunds Unitarian Universalist Church, at 7 p.m. Friday. At issue are plans to develop one of [...]
The Edmonds Police Department has identified the police officer who heroically entered a burning apartment building a block off Highway 99 early Sunday morning to wake up residents so that they could be safely evacuated. She is 33-year-old Jodi Sackville. A three-and-a-half-year veteran, Sackville ran from door to door to wake up residents at the [...]
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The Edmonds Community Solar Cooperative is holding a members and friends meeting on Monday, Feb. 13, from 7-9 p.m. at the Meadowdale Community Clubhouse, 6801 N. Meadowdale Rd., Edmonds. Find out what the cooperative has accomplished, including the installation and operation of a rooftop solar system on the Frances Anderson Center roof in downtown Edmonds, [...]
Shrove Tuesday, otherwise known as Pancake Day and celebrated the day before the Christian observance of Lent, is Tuesday, Feb. 21, and St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Edmonds has activities planned for the occasion. The pancake supper will be the highlight of the day, with the Roving Troubadours on hand to lead attendees in song with [...]
Neighbors of the former Old Woodway Elementary soccer and baseball playfields in southwest Edmonds sent out a press release Wednesday requesting postponement of a hearing scheduled Thursday aimed at deciding whether a housing development should be allowed on the property. Residents in the surrounding neighborhood expressed concerns during a community meeting Tuesday that their homes [...]
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Here’s a great way to start your Valentine’s Day shopping: Visit Arista Wine Cellars from 5-7 p.m. this Friday and enjoy free wine and chocolate tasting. Arista hosts the event and provides the wine sampling and Nama’s Candy brings the chocolate, including a chocolate fountain and delicious treats for dipping– strawberries and cream puffs, anyone? [...]
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The Edmonds Community College Office of Student Life invites all to join the college’s 33rd annual International Night this Friday, Feb 10, at 7 p.m. at the Edmonds Center for the Arts. Students will share their culture through different talents and the school promises that “One ticket can take you around the globe. Do not [...]
Tryouts for the Edmonds-Woodway High School Lady Warriors Feeder Program’s 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade girls basketball teams are this Saturday, Feb. 4 at the E-W gym, 7600 212th St. S.W., from 10 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Teams will be formed for the upcoming Wesco Feeder League, with games beginning in early March and ending [...]
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Ted Clark, owner of Edmonds’ FIVE Restaurant Bistro, will be hosting a fundraising dinner party Tuesday, Feb. 21, to benefit the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute (PNDRI), and everyone in Edmonds is invited to attend. According to Edmonds resident Lynn Kern, a PNDRI board member, she and Clark — both parents of children with type [...]
Written on January 28, 2012 | Posted in
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Move over, Punxsutawney Phil. Edmonds has Snohomish Slew, who is ready for this Saturday’s annual GroundFrog Day celebration, with a uniquely West Coast adaptation of Ground Hog day folklore. Official “Keeper of Slew,” Thayer “Frog Lady” Cueter, released this photo of the GroundFrog Day frognosticator extraordinaire taken last week at his Edmonds home in the Just [...]
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EuropaKids, Edmonds’ own international preschool that provides instruction in both Spanish and Chinese, has postponed its Saturday open house and will reschedule it for a yet-to-be-determined date. [welocally id="WL_malbtqgocgegh2fsb6mlhl_47.799168_-122.335241@1332999507" /]
The Chase Lake Elementary PTSA will host an Edmonds Family Fitness and Health Fair from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26. Designed to encourage families to make wellness a priority in 2012, the event will provide the community with resources, information and health screening, as well as showcase activities that the whole family can do together. [...]
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Students, faculty and parents at Holy Rosary School in Edmonds are ready to start a chain reaction with Rachel’s Challenge, and everyone in the Edmonds community is invited to participate. During the school day on Feb. 8, all Holy Rosary students, staff and administration will participate in this anti-bullying program with two assembles, each specifically [...]
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What can a black bear, a green monster and a round of beat-the-clock teach you about how to eat healthy? Find out at Healthier Choices – a free family event at Cedar Valley Community School in Lynnwood this Thursday, Jan. 26 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Co-sponsored by Swedish/Edmonds and the Edmonds School District with support from [...]
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