Puget Sound Concert Opera Presents New Years Eve, Italian Style

Puget Sound Concert Opera Presents New Years Eve, Italian Style (Capodanno in Stile Italiano) Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 7:30PM Music Center of the Northwest 901 North 96th Street, Seattle Puget Sound Concert Opera Presents New Years, Italian Style (Capodanno in Stile Italiano) Event Description: Celebrate the New Year with Italian Scenes and Arias. A…

Pacifica Chamber Orchestra Summer Concert

Program: Wind Quintet in E Flat Major Op. 71….Ludwig van Beethoven Impromptu for Strings……………….Jean Sibelius Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night) Arranged for String Orchestra …..Arnold Schoenberg Pacifica Chamber Orchestra is Everett’s conductorless orchestra. Fred Chu is the artistic director. PCO is the recipient of the Everett Mayor’s Arts award “for exceptional chamber music concerts and educational…

‘Shop with a Cop’ brings smiles to needy children

Christmas came early for dozens of local kids who might not otherwise have anything under the tree. Thursday night was the sixth annual “Shop with a Cop” event at the Lynnwood Fred Meyer. Thirty under-privileged children were each paired with an officer and given a gift card to spend as they chose. 6-year-old Jacob had…

'Shop with a Cop' brings smiles to needy children

Christmas came early for dozens of local kids who might not otherwise have anything under the tree. Thursday night was the sixth annual “Shop with a Cop” event at the Lynnwood Fred Meyer. Thirty under-privileged children were each paired with an officer and given a gift card to spend as they chose. 6-year-old Jacob had…

Alderwood Middle School wins prestigious award from Boeing

The staff at Alderwood Middle School got a nice surprise this afternoon. Boeing awarded the school with the eighth annual John D. Warner Award for Excellence in Education during a staff meeting. The award comes with a $25,000 unrestricted grant. Boeing says it selected the school because of its excellent example of strong school leadership,…

Lynnwood icon George Janecke recognized by United Way

Update: United Way of Snohomish County provided video of the award winners. Today, George Janecke received United Way of Snohomish County’s prestigious Spirit Award. The awards are given each year to local volunteers who are heroes in their community. While George is proud of his 30-plus years of service with The Boeing Company, it’s volunteering…

The awards are stacking up for Lynnwood Police K-9 handler

Lynnwood Police K-9 handler Officer Cole Langdon is being honored this week on Q-13’s Washington’s Most Wanted as its Officer of the Month for June. The show is recognizing Officer Langdon “for his amazing work ethic and his outstanding dedication to providing a safe environment for the citizens of the City of Lynnwood.” Recently, Langdon…

Local students walk to help needy children

The kids at Hazelwood Elementary have spent this month walking so that disadvantaged children can have shoes. The fundraiser was the brainchild of P.E. teacher Scott Boyce. He leads a popular running club at the school called the “Running Eagles.” Kindergarten through 6th grade students can choose to spend lunch recess walking or running laps…

Lynnwood police officer awarded a statewide honor

A Lynnwood police officer is a top cop in the state. Officer Cole Langdon, one of three Lynnwood Police K-9 handlers, has been awarded the Washington State Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Gold Medal award. He was selected from among 132 nominations around the state. Langdon is now eligible for the national Gold Medal award….

Lynnwood cop postpones run for Island County Sheriff

Island County’s loss is Lynnwood’s gain. Lynnwood police officer Mark Brinkman, who’s nationally recognized for his amazing ability to spot drunk drivers, has decided to postpone a run for Island County Sheriff. That’s according to a report in the Whidbey News-Times. (Brinkman lives on South Whidbey.) Brinkman is good friends with Island County Sheriff Mark…

Brother and sister honored as heroes

A 20-year-old woman and her 14-year-old brother are being recognized as heroes for helping to take an impaired driver off the road. Sandra Amolo and Melvin Injugu were driving from their home in Shoreline to Lynnwood in January when they came across an erratic driver. The pair called 911 and told dispatchers the guy was…

Lynnwood man helping rescue Vietnamese orphans

KOMO 4 News has the story of Jeff Gahr, a Boeing engineer from Lynnwood, who was rescued from Vietnam just before the fall of Saigon. Now he’s helping Vietnamese orphans have a chance at a better life.

How a Lynnwood car dealer helps stop domestic violence

On average, someone in Lynnwood is the victim of domestic abuse once every 17 hours, but a local car dealership is quietly helping to break the cycle. Acura of Lynnwood is loaning a brand new 2010 Acura MDX to the Lynnwood Police Department. LPD’s Megan Sweeney says it will be a very valuable tool in…