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Nick and “Skip” Hammons in the dugout together at a game last year. Skip retired last year after 25 years as head coach, but still can be found at the games as Nick coaches. An event honoring Skip’s career will be April 27 at 4 p.m. at the baseball field at Snohomish High.
By DOUG RAMSAY, contributing writer
Published April 25, 2018
SNOHOMISH — The Panthers’ new head coach Nick Hammons has his dad Skip rooting for him. More on this story...
By MICHAEL WHITNEY
Published April 25, 2018
MONROE — City of Monroe leaders are looking to buy the East Monroe property—- and they want to utilize state and county grants to pay for it. Buying it would be a protracted process, but if it is accomplished it may conclude a 14-year saga over farmland.
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By MICHAEL WHITNEY
Published April 25, 2018
SNOHOMISH — Mayor John Kartak’s $18,000-a-year salary may increase if the City Council decides it is right.
A discussion on the mayor’s salary is on the May 15 City Council agenda.
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By MICHAEL WHITNEY
Published April 25, 2018
EVERETT — The city’s annual Monte Cristo Awards ceremony to highlight neighborhood pride was cancelled by the mayor, but the program and its sought-after plaques will continue.
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Snohomish Fire recruit Doug Higbee prepares to access the inside fire scenario at a fire training program on Monday, April 16 at the Ray Brown Training Center in Machias. The purpose was to evaluate the inside and outside conditions of a mock hallway caught on fire, simulating what recruits might see in the field later on.
By ANGELA COOPER-McCORKLE
Published April 25, 2018
SNOHOMISH — Snohomish Fire's sole recruit going through training right now explains the intensity and camaraderie that goes into it. More on this story...
By ANGELA COOPER-McCORKLE
Published April 18, 2018
 SNOHOMISH — The Snohomish Police Department shared insights and answered questions at its inaugural monthly “Coffee with a Cop” event.
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By JOSEPH THOMPSON, contributing writer
Published April 18, 2018
EVERETT — The Delta Neighborhood Association last month sent a letter to state and federal elected officials calling on them to increase funding for the state Department of Ecology to aid arsenic and lead cleanups in the neighborhood.
The cleanups have largely stopped because funding ran dry.
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By ANGELA COOPER-McCORKLE
Published April 11, 2018
MONROE — The city's downtown association will be holding a wedding expo on May 5 and has more events planned. Another opportunity is to "buy a Swift" to go on the city's downtown sculpture.
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By ANGELA COOPER-McCORKLE
Published April 18, 2018
 SNOHOMISH — One or more vandals struck, literally, at city parks April 7 or 8, taking a hatchet to a slide at Ferguson Park and breaking shelter benches at Hill Park.
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By MICHAEL WHITNEY
Published April 11, 2018
EVERETT — The volunteer planning commission recommends letting five more marijuana shops open in the city, and reducing buffers around shops. The City Council will have the final say in the coming weeks.
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By ANGELA COOPER-McCORKLE
Published April 11, 2018
MALTBY — The Snohomish County Council took to the road and heard an earful about traffic and development in the town of Maltby at an April 2 meeting.
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By MICHAEL WHITNEY
Published April 11, 2018
EVERETT — The city announced a slate of four upcoming public meetings on potentially reshaping City Council elections with geographic districts.
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By ANGELA COOPER-McCORKLE
Published April 4, 2018
 SNOHOMISH — A problem house has neighbors' attention and chagrin as squatters have moved in.
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By ANGELA COOPER-McCORKLE
Published April 4, 2018
SNOHOMISH COUNTY — A measure asking for a library levy lid lift is on ballots being mailed out this week.
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Building bikes for kids
Doug Ramsay photo
Josh Pfister, shop manager at Sharing Wheels Community Bike Shop, moves the handlebars of a bicycle to check for alignment as he and several volunteers were working to repair children’s bikes for the shops’ 16th annual Kids Bike Swap to be held on June 10. Additional volunteers are needed with work parties every Thursday evening from 6 to 9 p.m. through June 7 as well as Sunday, April 15 from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information on volunteering at the shop located at 2531 Broadway in Everett, or regarding the Kids Bike Swap, call 425-252-6952 or visit www.sharingwheels.org
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