Archive | February, 2011

Everett Mayor and City Council Surprised by County Executive’s Announcement of a Water Bottling Plant Coming to Everett

February 9, 2011

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The Everett City Council and Mayor Ray Stephanson expressed great surprise during their Wednesday night City Council meeting over Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon’s announcement of a water bottling plant coming to Everett later this year. Click the audio button above to hear Mayor Stephanson explain that it is not, in fact, a done deal. […]

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15 Million bottles of Everett Water per Month (about 2 million gallons) is about to go to Japan.

February 9, 2011

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In his State of the County speech this morning Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon announced that Evergreen Bottling will be building a plant along the Snohomish River to make water based beverages for export to Japan and Asian markets. Reardon, who is running for re-election later this year, made his 8th State of the County […]

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Water, Water, Everywhere, (or at least at 25th and Rucker)

February 9, 2011

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A water main has broken in the area of 25th and Rucker in Everett and is causing traffic troubles downtown.

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Biendl Memorial Over, An Important Sign Remains…

February 8, 2011

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Approx. 4000 people attended the memorial service today for Monroe Correction Officer Jayme Biendl. I think the sign someone put in a flower-pot on the northeast corner of the building says all that needs to be said.

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Biendl Memorial takes over downtown Everett

February 8, 2011

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A riderless horse is led to its position in front of the hearse carrying Jayme Biendl down Hewitt Avenue to Comcast Arena. Expect streets around the arena to be tied up until after 5pm this evening.

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Everett’s KRKO Radio to interrupt Fox Sports programs to carry Memorial Service Live

February 7, 2011

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KRKO Radio at 1380 on the AM dial will interrupt its regular programming to carry the Memorial service for Monroe Corrections officer Jayme Biendl. The service will be held at Comcast Arena Everett at 1pm. The doors will open to the public beginning at 10:30am. There will be a procession from Monroe to the arena […]

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Anchor Tavern Just one of 28 Places to Eat and Drink on Hewitt Ave. between the Waterfront and Riverfront in Everett

February 5, 2011

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I saw Owen Lei’s story on KING 5 TV about the owners of the Anchor Tavern getting a suprise anchor dropped off at their front door Friday morning and it made me think about how many establishments there are just on Hewitt. Back in the day, when you turned 21 in Everett, it was tradition […]

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Slain Prison Guard’s Memorial To Be Held in Everett Tuesday Feb. 8th

February 4, 2011

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Comcast Arena Everett will be the site for the public memorial service for Jayme Biendl. The service is open to the public and is set to start at 1pm. Because of the large crowd expected, there will probably be streets around the arena closed and traffic re-routed. If you plan on attending, you may want […]

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Everett Silvertips Extremely Lucky after near miss on Canadian Highway

February 3, 2011

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The Everett Silvertips were returning from their victory over the Kamloops Blazers last night. It was the 4th win in a row for the Silvertips and the players were apparently sleeping when the bus driver came upon a multi-vehicle accident. He swerved to avoid the pile-up and put the bus into a ditch. No one […]

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1st Salvo of ER Wars in Everett fired by Providence Regional Medical Center

February 2, 2011

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The gloves are coming off in the battle for emergency room patients in Everett. Apparently in response to Swedish Hospital opening a stand alone Emergency Room at the site of the old Puget Park Drive In, Providence Regional Medical Center has launched a radio and newspaper campaign putting down the idea of going to an […]

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