Community Transit’s double decker buses have returned to Snohomish County.
The first of 23 “Double Talls” rolled into service Thursday morning on route 413 from the Swamp Creek Park & Ride to downtown Seattle. The buses, which were paid for largely by to a federal stimulus grant, are replacing older 60-foot articulated buses.
“The Double Talls are [...]
Entries from March 31st, 2011
Double decker buses are back on the roads
March 31st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Transportation
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Spring cleaning is a chance to help local kids
March 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Community
As you clean out your closets this spring, a Lynnwood-based non-profit would like the clothes your kids don’t need anymore.
Clothes For Kids could use gently-used children’s clothing including shorts, t-shirts, swimsuits, dresses and flip flops. The charity provides wardrobes for low-income families.
“Providing spring and summer clothing to students in preschool through twelfth grade allows their [...]
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Lynnwood High saves paper and saves some green
March 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Education
The Lynnwood High School budget is at an all-time low and that includes money to buy paper. Students and teachers are finding new ways to get through the same curriculum using fewer handouts.
This year the LHS paper budget dropped from $13,000 to $8,000. Teachers are being asked to be cautious about what they print for [...]
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Designs unveiled for new Lynnwood Crossing development
March 22nd, 2011 · 5 Comments · Business
The City Council got its first look Monday night at the possible designs for the Lynnwood Crossing development at the old Lynnwood High School site.
The developer, Cypress Equities, has two preferred alternatives. Both feature a Costco at the northeast corner of the site. The store, combined with the fueling center and parking lot, would take [...]
Lynnwood HS basketball tournament raises money for ill student
March 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Community
Over the weekend dozens of people gathered at Lynnwood High School to play basketball for a good cause.
The Hoops for Humanity event raised $1500 for Kayla Healy-Manes, a 17-year-old senior at Mill Creek’s Jackson High School who has cystic fibrosis and needs a double lung transplant.
The cost of the lifesaving the surgery is a staggering [...]
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North Lynnwood Safeway getting a fuel station
March 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Business
A gas station is being installed at the Safeway at 148th & Highway 99 just north of Lynnwood.
The construction includes parking lot redevelopment, two 10,000-gallon and one-20,000 gallon fuel tank, a 464-square-foot kiosk, a 4,014-square-foot canopy, grading, and a storm water upgrade.
One reader told us the half the parking lot is torn up and parking [...]
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AmazonFresh considering expansion to Lynnwood
March 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Community
AmazonFresh, the grocery delivery service from Amazon.com, is considering adding Lynnwood to its service area.
There’s an online poll to decide which neighborhood will be added next. As of Monday morning, Lynnwood is in second place behind Renton/Fairwood. Burien/Normandy Park is in third and Mountlake Terrace is in fourth.
According to the website, “in our virtual aisles, [...]
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Sisters escape house fire in unincorporated Lynnwood
March 20th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Fires
Two sisters safely escaped a house fire east of Lynnwood after hearing the smoke alarm.
The oldest girl, a teenager, reported the fire about 2 p.m. on Saturday at their two-story home in the 18900 block of 20th Place West.
Smoke and flames were coming from the back of the house when firefighters arrived. Crews from Fire [...]
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Police volunteers find missing disabled woman
March 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Community
A couple of Lynnwood police volunteers located the disabled woman who walked away from an adult care facility on Tuesday.
The pair of Citizen Patrol members were driving through the retail district of the city just after midnight on Wednesday when they spotted a woman who looked suspicious in a parking garage. They recognized her as [...]
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Brier Terrace Middle students gearing up for high-tech competition
March 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Education
During the past four years, students at Brier Terrace Middle School have won 63 state championships and received more than 100 top five finishes in the competitions held at the Washington State Technology Student Association’s annual conference. This year, they are hoping to add to that total.
The 14 students competing March 24-26 in Bellevue have [...]