Edmonds, WA

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On Saturday, June 24, family, friends and supporters of Robert Burton — former teacher and director of Meadowdale High School’s choir and founder of MHS’s renowned jazz choral group The Impressions — will gather to celebrate his 90th birthday. Appropriately, this celebration will take the form of a grand MHS alumni reunion, to catch up, reminisce and, of course, to sing a little.

Meadowdale HS choir and Impressions alumni to reunite, celebrate former director’s 90th birthday June 24

Mountlake Terrace, WA

The Olympic Fly Fishers of Edmonds will welcome speaker Norman Maktima to the group’s Tuesday, June 13 meeting at the Mountlake Terrace Community Senior Center, 23000 Lakeview Dr., Mountlake Terrace. Maktima will speak via Zoom on “The Competitor’s Approach to Fly Fishing — my approach to rivers and stillwaters.”...

Norman Maktima to speak at Olympic Fly Fishers of Edmonds June 13 meeting

Thursday, June 15, 7 p.m. Readers may remember the Edmonds-wide fangirling that happened in March when Martin Sheen and Emilio Esteves came to town. The father-son actor team were visiting travel guru Rick Steves to film content for a special Fathom event of their movie, The Way. The wait to...

Art Beat feature: Watch ‘The Way’ with Rick Steves at Edmonds Theater June 15

Issaquah, WA

Lynnwood, WA

Registration now open for free family event in Lynnwood June 24. If you were walking, biking or driving past Lynnwood Elementary School on a sunny Saturday morning last June, you might have seen a curious sight — kids, parents, dogs, face painters, an ice cream truck and more — all excited to be at school on a weekend! Why were they there and why were they so happy about it? It was the event that satisfies the “need for speed” for kids of all abilities — the Rotary Challenge Series Race — and registration is now open for this year’s event! My grandson and I have been part of the event since the beginning and we look forward to it every year.

Sponsor spotlight: Satisfy your ‘need for speed’ June 24 at Lynnwood Rotary Challenge Race 2023

Seattle, WA

Once again the City of Mountlake Terrace will be hosting the 3rd of July Family Celebration at Ballinger Park, 23000 Lakeview Dr., Mountlake Terrace. This year’s festivities will begin at 6 p.m. and will include live music, a DJ and food trucks. A fireworks display over Lake Ballinger will be the highlight of the event when darkness falls at approximately 10 p.m.

Third of July celebration set for Ballinger Park July 3

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Holy Rosary Parish in Edmonds has appointed Larkin Temme as the new principal of Holy Rosary School. “Larkin Temme brings a wealth of experience in Catholic education and a deep commitment to learning, making her an exceptional addition to our school community,” says Father Matthew O’Leary, Pastor of Holy Rosary Edmonds Church. “She brings a vigorous Catholic faith and extensive leadership experience and vision, including serving as principal of Holy Family Bilingual Catholic School in Seattle. We are thrilled to welcome her to our parish school and community!”

Holy Rosary Edmonds welcomes new principal

We received an email newsletter from a small business in Edmonds three to four weeks ago that simply said “We’ve been pretty slow lately! Don’t forget to support small businesses in Edmonds!”. We immediately asked ourselves: What had this business done recently to foster a sense of...

Letter to the editor: Edmonds has so much potential

Running unopposed to retain Edmonds City Council Position 5, Vivian Olson greeted a crowd of more than 50 supporters who gathered Monday at the Salish Sea Brewery Boathouse to thank them for their support during her past four years in office — and to outline her priorities for a second term.

Olson kicks off reelection bid by thanking community for their support

The 2024 City of Edmonds budget season is just around the corner, and the Edmonds City Council wants to hear from the community how to prioritize city spending. The process started in April at a budget retreat for city staff, the mayor and councilmembers. Last month, the council approved the 2024 budget planning calendar and now will turn its focus to identifying priorities for the 2024 budget. The council plans to communicate these priorities to the mayor and city staff in July, as their work begins on building the budget.

Council seeks community input for 2024 Edmonds budget priorities

A public hearing on a citizen-initiated code amendment that would allow day care businesses as a primary permitted use in the neighborhood business (BN) zone is among the items on the Edmonds City Council agenda for Tuesday, June 6. The public hearing is related to an application from Great Kids...

Edmonds City Council to hold public hearing June 6 on day care business zoning change

Washington State

Here is the latest update from the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) on candidates’ campaign finances. For readers interested in following the money in more depth, the link in the right column opens the candidate’s detailed PDC reporting page with information on individual contributors, amounts each contributed, and how/where the money has been spent. Click there to see the breakdown of contribution from individuals vs businesses vs PACs, detailed spending records and more.

Campaign finance reports for local races as of June 3, 2023

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Edmonds Kind of Play: Art and bird classes for kids and adults, plus music scholarships

When we moved to Edmonds, one of the moving company employees taught us about “An Edmonds Kind of Day.” It was also March and one of...

Edmonds Kind of Play: Art and bird classes for kids and adults, plus music scholarships

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