When Whole Foods opens in Lynnwood next month, it will provide a new chance for small, local producers to bring their goods to market.
Dozens of producers from around the state packed the Lynnwood Convention Center last week to educate new store employees on everything there is to know about them and their products.
“We started working [...]
Entries from February 28th, 2012
New Whole Foods store stocking its shelves with local products
February 28th, 2012 · No Comments · Business
Tags: grand opening
Cold weather leaves potholed roads in its wake
February 28th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Transportation
Your drive around Lynnwood has been a bit bumpier over the past couple of months.
This winter’s cold and ice is taking a toll on area roads, and city leaders are trying to find the money to fix them.
Some streets were hit especially hard – such as Alderwood Mall Parkway and 184th Street SW. Both streets [...]
Tags: public works
How to balance state budget weighs heavily on minds of 21st District legislators
February 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Politics
By Teresa Wippel, My Edmonds News
The tone was generally respectful but there was a common theme in the remarks of those who came to the microphone during the 21st Legislative District town hall forum in downtown Edmonds Saturday afternoon: We know that balancing the state budget will be hard during tough economic times, but do [...]
Tags: legislature
LEGO Store coming soon to Alderwood Mall
February 24th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Business
Little girls were thrilled when American Girl opened last year at Alderwood Mall. Now it’s the boys’ turn.
LEGO plans to open a store at the mall this summer. It will be located near the kids’ play area.
“Children and families will be able to experience first-hand and hands-on the creativity and imagination that goes into LEGO [...]
Tags: Alderwood Mall
New details of Thursday’s explosion at wastewater treatment plant
February 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Fires
We’re getting more details of yesterday’s explosion at the Alderwood Wastewater treatment plant off Picnic Point Road.
The explosion happened as a 1,000-gallon propane tank was being loaded onto a truck. The tank shifted, a valve snapped and the propane ignited.
Five workers were injured. Fire District 1 tells us the blast had a 300-foot radius and [...]
Tags: Fire District 1·Lynnwood Fire
Lynnwood police reserve officer dies of cancer
February 23rd, 2012 · No Comments · Community
Lynnwood police are mourning the loss of a colleague and friend.
62-year-old Mark San Diego, a reserve officer with the Lynnwood Police Department, died Wednesday night after a brief battle with cancer. He served 24 years and voluntarily left the department when he was diagnosed a few months ago.
Reserve officers are paid a small stipend but [...]
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Lynnwood and Brier men arrested for apartment burglary
February 22nd, 2012 · No Comments · Crime
By Teresa Wippel, My Edmonds News
A 30-year-old Brier man couldn’t have made it much easier for Edmonds police to pinpoint him as a suspect in a commercial burglary discovered early Wednesday morning in the Firdale Village area.
For starters, the man–who was stopped by an alert Edmonds officer responding to a burglary alarm in the 9600 [...]
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Whole Foods grand opening set for March 15
February 20th, 2012 · No Comments · Business
Whole Foods has announced its new Lynnwood store will open on Thursday, March 15. The ribbon cutting will start at 8 a.m. and doors will open at 9 a.m. It’s in the former Circuit City building on 196th and Alderwood Mall Parkway.
Mindy Jahn, manager of the new store, told the Snohomish County Business Journal that [...]
Tags: grand opening
Community Transit service cuts now in effect
February 20th, 2012 · No Comments · Transportation
Major cuts to Community Transit bus service went into effect Monday.
Several routes have been eliminated and others serve different locations. Peak hour schedules (5:30-8:30 a.m. and 3:30-6 p.m.) will be mostly stay the same, but off-peak schedules will have fewer trips, particularly outside urban areas. On Saturdays, buses will run less frequently.
The latest any buses [...]
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Man suspected of taking inappropriate photos of girls at Alderwood Mall
February 20th, 2012 · No Comments · Crime
Q13 is reporting that a man was seen taking inappropriate photos of girls at Alderwood Mall.
David Dicken says he saw a man in his early 60’s snap cell phone pictures of girls’ butts.
“I followed him and then he walked right up behind a girl and cupped his hand with his cell phone and stuck it [...]
Tags: Alderwood Mall·Police