A pair of new K9 officers have joined the ranks of the Lynnwood Police Department.
The dogs were paid for by community donations and a large grant from Milk-Bone.
Eli has been partnered with Officer Jake Shorthill and Zando has been paired with Officer Joe Dickinson. The new teams have already hit the streets.
“Officers Dickinson and Shorthill [...]
Entries from September 27th, 2011
Two new K9 officers join the force
September 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Community
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Emerald City Smoothie coming to Alderwood Mall
September 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Business
Emerald City Smoothie is setting up shop at Alderwood Mall. It be located in the outdoor Village area near REI and Panera Bread.
The store serves handmade, healthy smoothies made from fresh fruit and protein. They also sell a variety of nutritional products.
The Alderwood location is expected to open at 7 a.m., before mall hours, for [...]
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Local firefighter retiring after 34 years on the job
September 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Community
Ken Gibler, a firefighter with Fire District 1, is retiring after 34 years of service.
A native of Edmonds, Gibler grew up going to the fire station with his father, who was a volunteer with Fire District 1. Ken’s younger brother was a battalion chief with Fire District 1 when Ken signed on in 1977.
Gibler said [...]
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Juried art exhibit begins today
September 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Arts
The Lynnwood Arts Commission is hosting the 8th annual juried art exhibition beginning today. It runs through Nov. 17 at the Lynnwood Library Gallery.
This year’s theme is “In the Red.” It features more than 40 Washington state artists whose work explores either the color red or a play on the meaning of the phrase. A [...]
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City sends duplicate utility bills
September 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Community
If you received two of the same utility bills this month, you’re not alone. The city posted this notice on its website:
To our valued Utility customers, the city has recently been made aware of a glitch in one of our print servers that accidentally issued two identical invoices. Thank you for making us aware of [...]
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Help needed to replace College Place Middle School football equipment lost in fire
September 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Fires
UPDATE: College Place Middle School assistant principal Dawn Hart gave an update to the equipment shed fire from over the weekend:
“While many items stored in the College Place Middle athletic shed were a complete loss, the jerseys were not in the structure at the time of the fire,” Hart said. “And we managed to borrow [...]
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Drop in school zone speeders not as dramatic as study suggests
September 24th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Transportation
Earlier this week we reported on a study by American Traffic Solutions that claimed automatic school zone cameras are dramatically reducing the number of speeders.
The study said there was an 86 percent decrease in the number of speed violations near Lynnwood Elementary when comparing the 2009-2010 school year to 2010-2011, and a nearly 78 percent [...]
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Duplex fire caused by hot plate
September 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Fires
A fire at a duplex north of Lynnwood Friday afternoon caused more than $120,000 damage.
Neighbors called 911 around 12:15 p.m. to report flames coming from the back deck of the two-story duplex in the 15800 block of 52nd Ave. W. By the time firefighters got there it had spread to the attic.
No one was home [...]
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Automatic speed cameras are making school zones safer, company says
September 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Transportation
The company that provides Lynnwood’s red light and school zone speed cameras says the cameras are dramatically reducing the number of speeders.
A new report by Arizona-based American Traffic Solutions says there was an 86 percent decrease in the number of speed violations near Lynnwood Elementary when comparing the 2009-2010 school year to 2010-2011, and a [...]
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Join Lynnwood police for Tip-A-Cop event tonight to benefit Special Olympics
September 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Community
By Teresa Wippel, My Edmonds News
Join Edmonds and Lynnwood police departments for dinner Thursday night, Sept. 22, at Applebee’s and raise money for Special Olympics Washington. The annual local Tip-A-Cop event will run from 5-9 p.m. at the Lynnwood Applebee’s, 4626 196th St. S.W.
Tip-A-Cop is part of the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run campaign. an [...]
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