The tunnel at Meadowdale Beach Park has reopened after being closed for several months.
It’s the only safe way to make it across the railroad tracks to the beach, but it was closed in November due to issues with fish passage. The Snohomish County Parks Department recently reopened the tunnel, according to the Everett Herald:
People used [...]
Entries from May 31st, 2010
Tunnel reopens at Meadowdale Beach Park
May 31st, 2010 · No Comments · Community
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Man accidentally shoots himself at Lowe’s
May 31st, 2010 · No Comments · Community
A man accidentally shot himself at Lowe’s in Lynnwood.
Police say he was carrying a handgun in his waistband and it accidentally went off about noon Sunday. The bullet hit his genitals, leg and foot. No one else was hurt.
“”It made a loud noise and scared a lot of people in the store,” police [...]
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VFW hosts Memorial Day observance at Veterans Park
May 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Holidays
In November 2006, Spc. Jordan William Hess was wounded when a roadside bomb detonated near his tank while on combat patrol in Iraq. After fighting to stay alive for 19 days, the 26-year-old from Marysville died Dec. 5 at a military hospital in Texas.
Today, his mother spoke at a Memorial Day service at Veterans Park [...]
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Pets of the Week: Cali and Asher
May 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Both of these pets are two of the many animals that are ready for adoption at the Lynnwood PAWS shelter.
Cali
Cali is a well-behaved and gentle 8-year-old Alaskan Malamute who’d do best in a home without cats. Active for her age, Cali does get along well with other dogs. She [...]
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Lynnwood Tigers win state lacrosse championship
May 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Education
Updated: The leading scorers for the Tigers were Alex Tindall with five goals and one assist, and Trey Knowles with four goals and one assist. Cam Girgus had seven assists for the Tigers.
A complete recap of the game can be found at www.walax.com.
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The Lynnwood Tigers have won the state Division II lacrosse championship, blowing out [...]
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Registration now open for Lynnwood University
May 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Community
Lynnwood University is back. For the 8th year in a row, Lynnwood residents are offered the opportunity to attend the award-winning (and free) 9-week program.
Students will learn about every phase of city government and operations through demonstrations, tours and hands-on activities conducted by city staff, City Council members [...]
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Another female bank robber on the loose
May 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Crime
A robbery last night at Sound Community Bank in Mountlake Terrace could be related to one this week at a Chase bank in Lynnwood. Witnesses say both robbers are women, but so far police have not officially linked the two cases. No one has been arrested in either case.
The following was posted by our friends [...]
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Update on drivers’ conditions from last night’s dump truck accident
May 28th, 2010 · No Comments · General
Police just sent an update on the drivers and passengers involved in last night’s dump truck collision on Highway 99.
The most seriously injured person was driving a Dodge Ram pickup truck. He remains in Harborview in serious condition.
The dump truck driver, a 26-year-old Marysville man, was taken to an area hospital for observation but had [...]
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Witnesses stop an elderly man from getting ripped off
May 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Crime
It’s an old scam that often targets senior citizens. This time, cops were able to stop a “Pigeon Drop” before the victim lost any money.
On Monday, a man approached an elderly man in a parking lot at 175th Street SW and Highway 99, saying he was carrying a lot of cash and was preparing to [...]
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Lynnwood PAWS is now bear cub central
May 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Community
Last week we told you about an orphaned black bear cub that’s being raised at the PAWS Wildlife Center in Lynnwood. Now she has two new playmates.
Wildlife agents brought in two more just about as tiny (and just as cute!) Black Bear cubs to PAWS Wildlife Center this week. They are brothers from Oregon who [...]
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