Come put the par in party.
You’re invited to the Lynnwood Golf Course 20th anniversary and customer appreciation event for golfers who helped pay off the 20 year construction bonds.
In 1991, the Lynnwood Golf Course opened next to Edmonds Community College. The 18 hole course was constructed and financed by general obligation bonds. After 20 years [...]
Entries from November 30th, 2011
Lynnwood Golf Course is paid off. Come celebrate.
November 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Community
Tags: golf course·Parks and Rec
Letter to the editor: Olympia/Lynnwood budget cutting counterpoint
November 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Politics
I attended the budget meeting in Lynnwood on Monday the 28th with my little sign “CUT DEEP NOW” that I took to Olympia in the morning.
I was shocked to see Mark Smith, council president, speak about not cutting to allow a margin for error in the budget at the previous meeting. So I spoke last [...]
Tags: budget·city council
City council race bound for a hand recount
November 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Politics
The ballots will be counted by hand in the incredibly tight race for Lynnwood City Council race position seven.
Jim Smith, who’s served on the council since 1976, trails Van AuBuchon by just 12 votes. That’s well within the threshold to qualify for a hand recount.
The timing for a recount will be established by the county’s [...]
Tags: city council·elections
New North Sound SWAT team being formed
November 18th, 2011 · 1 Comment · General
Officer staffing in Lynnwood has declined during the past several months due to budget cuts, so police officials are teaming up with more cities to help compensate for the lower service levels.
Lynnwood is one of six cities forming a new North Sound SWAT Team.
Right now the city teams up with the Edmonds and Mountlake Terrace [...]
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No new Community Transit service likely for at least six years
November 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Transportation
If you were hoping Community Transit would restore some of the service it cut in the last several months, you might be waiting awhile.
The agency’s new six-year Transit Development Plan (TDP) predicts no new service will be added between 2012 and 2017.
A new 20 percent service cut will take place in February 2012. After that, [...]
Tags: Community Transit
AuBuchon has a razor-thin lead in City Council race
November 18th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Politics
Van AuBuchon has pulled ahead in his race with incumbent Jim Smith for the Lynnwood City Council… by just a hair.
AuBuchon now has a four vote lead, according to the last tally released Thursday evening.
On Thursday, Snohomish County Auditor Carolyn Weikel told us they had about 165 votes left to count. Adding up the latest [...]
Tags: city council·elections
Smith/AuBuchon City Council race is tied
November 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Politics
Nine days after the election, three of the four Lynnwood City Council races remain very close. In one case, it’s a tie.
Incumbent Jim Smith and challenger Van AuBuchon each have exactly 3,527 votes – or about 49.73 percent. Right now it looks like a recount is in store.
“There are approximately 165 ballots left for Lynnwood [...]
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Police to hold community meeting about level 3 sex offender
November 17th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Community
Police have scheduled a public meeting for Tuesday, Nov. 29, to provide information about the release of a level 3 sex offender (the level considered most likely to re-offend.) The meeting begins at 7 p.m. on the second floor of the Lynnwood Municipal Court.
63-year-old Gary Dwayne Young has told authorities he will be moving to [...]
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Lynnwood City Councilwoman Kimberly Cole talks about Edmonds controversy
November 9th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Politics
By Teresa Wippel, My Edmonds News
The woman at the center of a firestorm over Edmonds Mayor Mike Cooper’s firing of City of Edmonds Human Resources Director Debi Humann says she knew that going public with her allegations of a “hostile work environment” might hurt Cooper’s re-election chances, but that she could no longer tolerate the [...]
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Emerald City Smoothie now open, offering early morning specials
November 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Business
Emerald City Smoothie is now open at Alderwood Mall. This week they are offering half-price specials for customers who come in early and check them out. The store is open before regular mall hours.
(The offer is valid weekdays from 7 – 10 a.m., Saturday from 8 – 10 a.m. and Sunday from 9 – 11 [...]
Tags: Alderwood Mall·grand opening