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Second Snohomish Midtown Planning meeting is this Tuesday

During Meeting #2 of the Midtown Planning District Task Force those attending the meeting

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Snohomish council talks about city goals, outlines future projects

At a City Council budget workshop last week, a draft of the council’s goals was proposed and selected by council members to be finalized at a future meeting.

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Monroe’s budget not as dire as earlier predicted

The city’s larger-than-predicted starting point* for the 2020 budget will contribute toward weathering this year’s economic shortfall caused by the pandemic.

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Everett looking for partners to take on parks

The city is offering private groups the chance to lease and sponsor almost its entire portfolio of parks properties

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Healing work not finished in response to May 31 events

The incidents that took place on First Street the evening of May 31, and the days following, caused an uproar within the community of Snohomish.

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NEWS BITES for August 12, 2020

Q&A on Everett’s budget on Thursday

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Spiffing up the food bank

All-volunteer group gives Snohomish food bank fresh colors

The Snohomish food bank is getting a new paint job thanks to donations of supplies, time and labor from the community.

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Local schools to start fall 100% online

Under the guidance of the Snohomish Health District, Monroe, Everett and Snohomish school districts have announced schools will be 100% remote learning to start the 2020-2021 school year, despite majority survey results.

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Monroe launches second round of small business relief grants

A second round of small business relief grants has almost $40,000 in grants up for offer.

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Everett’s 2021 budget looking ugly so far

Coronavirus’s economic impact hurt city’s tax revenue estimates

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Housing Hope proposes new plan on Norton

Giving a second try, the nonprofit Housing Hope last month introduced a revised site plan to put an affordable housing complex on three acres of the Norton Playfield at 36th Street and Norton Avenue.

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Candidate forum for 44th Legislative District

The League of Women Voters of Snohomish County held a forum on July 13 for candidates of the Washington State Legislative District 44 position two

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Everett Schools asking for $317m bond on August ballot

Voters are being asked whether to approve a $317 million, 20-year school bond to add classrooms and upgrade existing schools.

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Snohomish Schools’ fall re-opening plan forming

As multiple western Washington school districts adopt 100 percent online learning for the fall of 2020, the Snohomish School District has released three options for re-opening which were presented at last week’s school board meeting.

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30% of county households don’t earn enough for basic expenses

Approximately one-third of people across Washington state do not earn enough income to provide themselves a basic survival budget for their living expenses

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Everett waterfront construction burns down

A 4-alarm fire Thursday, July 16 destroyed the north building of the Waterfront Place Apartments, a 266-unit complex currently under construction

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Food banks seeing shift in clients and overall drop recently

Area food bank directors are not sure if right now they are in the calm before the next wave.

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Everett Police reviewing its rulebook for officers

Mayor Cassie Franklin and Police Chief Dan Templeman have committed to conducting a new review of the Police Department’s policies