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Light-hearted fun in vintage wear

Doug Ramsay photo
David Chamness (left), Brenda Chamness (center), both of Shoreline, wear vintage tweed clothing, while Marc McDaniel sports a vintage police uniform, as they head down the Centennial Trail to Snohomish. The three were participating in the annual Snohomish Tweed
Ride from Machias to Snohomish on Saturday, Sept. 19, in which riders dress in attire appropriate to 1899. It is sponsored by the Historic Downtown Snohomish Association. While usually participants ride as a group, this year due to COVID-19, participants rode in smaller groups or individually.Published Sept. 23, 2020
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MONROE — Community residents saw their road destroyed in a February landslide. Now, things are begining to get put back to normal. But until then, they had to maintain resilience.
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By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published Sept. 23, 2020
SNOHOMISH — Captain Robert Palmer, who's been the interim chief since June, will be sworn in as Snohomish's permanent police chief shortly
More on this story...By JAKE BERG, published Sept. 23, 2020
SNOHOMISH — The 176th Engineers Company, a National Guard unit based in Snohomish, has been on the front lines serving the county in a time of prolonged uncertainty, and its new commander has plenty to do.
More on this story...By JAKE BERG, published Sept. 23, 2020
EVERETT — Just off a neighborhood street in South Everett, near the mall, lays a quiet grove of large trees with a small stream flowing at the bottom, and the remains of a large homeless camp. It's being cleared for a future housing development that carries a twist.
More on this story...By TRIBUNE STAFF, published Sept. 23, 2020
EVERETT — Mayor Cassie Frankin’s $411 million budget doesn’t reverse most of the city’s coronavirus-driven cutbacks during 2020, but the message from her office is the city will innovate to get a stronger footing for the future.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published Sept. 23, 2020
MONROE — After a stray bullet almost hit a child, the County Council approved 4-1 last week to set a no-shooting boundary around Monroe. Not all were in favor.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published Sept. 23, 2020
EVERETT — A nonprofit’s request to upzone an area and clip the boundaries of a historic neighborhood so it can build a low-income housing apartment project fragmented the city’s planning commission, resulting in no recommendation for the City Council.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published Sept. 23, 2020
AROUND SNOHOMISH COUNTY — Timeline released for Snohomish kids to go back into schools,
Meeting scheduled for Thursday the 24th for Residential Development on Terrace in Snohomish,
Libraries restart printing,
DOL office in Everett reopens by appointment, and
Snohomish City Council says no to trash hauler.
EVERETT — A nearly hundred-acre woody watershed once seen as
at-risk to development could be protected for its long-term future as the city is working toward a solution that may include joining with an environmental group for the site plan.
More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published Sept. 16, 2020
SNOHOMISH COUNTY — The health district released an update Thursday, Sept. 10 stating that elementary students could possibly be back in classrooms by the end of the month. School District superintendents are now assessing next steps.
More on this story...By JAKE BERG, published Sept. 16, 2020
SNOHOMISH — Two Glacier Peak students have co-founded a West Coast branch of a charity organization focused on raising money to equip local schools with Personal Protective Equipment.
More on this story...By JAKE BERG, published Sept. 16, 2020
SNOHOMISH COUNTY — The current need for online and remote learning has reduced the need for support staff in local school districts, which affects custodians, school bus
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More on this story...By JAKE BERG, published Sept. 16, 2020
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More on this story...By MICHAEL WHITNEY, published Sept. 16, 2020
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More on this story...By TRIBUNE STAFF, published September 9, 2020
SNOHOMISH — The site of the former Delta Rehabilitation Center on Terrace Avenue has been sold and a residential development of 113 single-family houses called Walsh Hills will be built in its place.
More on this story...By JAKE BERG, published September 2, 2020

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A group demonstrating in support of the U.S. Postal Service, and protesting the cutbacks to the agency, try to get the attention of motorists on Avenue D in Snohomish in front of the shoppng center that includes the post office on Saturday, Aug. 29.
SNOHOMISH — People demonstrated outside the Snohomish Post Office with signs to express support in response to recent changes at the U.S. Postal Service. More on this story...
By JAKE BERG, published September 2, 2020
By MICHAEL WHITNEY
Published September 2, 2020
SNOHOMISH COUNTY —Your blood donation could now directly assist in the fight against the coronavirus.
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By JAKE BERG
Published August 26, 2020
SNOHOMISH — The City Council last week adopted an ordinance implementing a utility support and rent relief grant program for residents of Snohomish. Applications are due by the end of September. More on this story...
Smoothly skimming the river

Greg Silsby photo
The balloon “Olympic,” piloted by Jay Woodward of Balloon Depot, glides over the Snohomish River. The photographer writes:
“I know I am just one of many Snohomish area residents who are thrilled to watch these flights over our beautiful area again. They seem to have a calming influence in a stormy time.”
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