Snohomish Avenue D yard bid price
SNOHOMISH — Ten million dollars is the minimum price a bidder would have to offer for an 8.6-acre part of the former public works yard site at 13th Street and Avenue D, says a sales teaser brochure found by the Tribune.
Secret sealed bids are due Oct. 14. The county will review the lot of bids Oct. 17 to select the winner and the purchase and sale agreement is expected to be signed Oct. 20. The transaction should close in February 2023.
Marketing materials call the site “Snohomish Terrace.”
Serious bidders can get in touch with the county’s real estate broker, Lee & Associates.
Snohomish event raises more than $32,000 for childhood cancer research
SNOHOMISH — “Thursday Night Lights” was a smash hit.
The Sept. 29 fundraiser and football rally against childhood cancer raised more than $32,000 as of Sept. 30, event organizers Lamb & Co. said. They sought more donations to cap off the week. The money is all being donated to Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Foundation, which does scientific research.
Read a recent story on the event.
New County Council member selected
SNOHOMISH COUNTY — State Rep. Strom Peterson was appointed to the County Council last week to take the vacancy left by Stephanie Wright.
Wright joined County Executive Dave Somers’ executive cabinet as an Executive Policy Officer last month.
Peterson, a Democrat, reportedly intends to stay on the state legislature while serving on the County Council. He’s up for re-election for the state Representative seat. His County Council seat will be up for election in fall 2023.
Cry for help halted July rape attempt
EVERETT — She didn’t know the man, but a passerby could be credited with scaring him away.
In late July, a masked man attempted to rape her in the woods behind the Everett Home Depot at Highway 99 and Airport Way.
He pushed her into the bushes, punched her to control her and showed her a gun to threaten her, says a police case report obtained last week by the Tribune.
She described him as a Black man who was heavyset and a little taller than 5-foot-6-inches.
The woman and her fiancee had just had a argument and she walked away to cool off.
Instead, she got attacked in the 11900 block of Avondale Road behind the Home Depot.
The woman was able to call out “help” and a passerby nearby replied back. This startled the man and he fled.
The woman thought the passerby is someone who lives in a nearby housing development and is not from the nearby homeless camp, she told sheriff’s deputies.
Police officers became aware of the attempted rape after they’d arrested the woman for drug use. She admitted to recently using fentanyl, and then shared how she was sexually assaulted the night before.
Both the woman and her fiancee were experiencing homelessness at the time of the attempted rape.
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