My Everett News

Got a note this week from Kate Reardon at the City that Everett is looking for artists to submit proposals for Bike Racks downtown. Not just any old bike rack will do, here are the specifications: Project Goal The City is seeking four artist-designed bike racks for Hoyt Avenue in Everett’s Arts District. We seek […]

Northwest legend and all around good guy Gerry Andal has died after complications following heart surgery. He was 68 years old. My wife and I had just seen Gerry at his restaurant in Stanwood last Saturday night and he mentioned he was going to have heart surgery this week. He had a good attitude and […]

The Silvertips are in the hunt for their 8th straight playoff appearance… The Everett Silvertips play their last two home games of the regular season against the Portland Winterhawks tonight and tomorrow night at Comcast Arena. The Tips are battling against three other teams for the remaining playoff spots in the western division of the […]

Glenn Coggeshell, owner of Black Dot Coffee at 1804 Hewitt in downtown Everett, displayed nearly three dozen parking tickets to the Everett City Council last night. He told me he wanted to make the point that customers were being driven out of downtown Everett during the day because they were receiving tickets for “re-parking”. It […]

It looks like the Everett City Council will have to find a new appointee for the Independent Salary Review Commission. Apparently one of the people recently appointed is a relative of a City Council member. With the commission’s next meeting set for Monday at Noon, and the City Council not able to appoint someone until […]

First established in 1997, The City of Everett Citizens’ Commission on Salaries of Elected Officials will meet on Monday for the first in a handful of meetings to decide on the salaries of the Mayor, seven City Council members and two district court judges. The first meeting will be held at noon Monday March 14 […]

In order to properly kick-off RelyLocal Everett-Mukilteo, I’m giving a 30 percent discount for any locally owned Everett or Mukilteo business that signs up during the month of March. Normally $25.00 a month, this deal brings the cost of joining RelyLocal Everett-Mukilteo to just $17.50 a month or if you prefer, 57 cents a day! […]

Saw two kids panhandling on the corner of Casino and Evergreen Way in South Everett yesterday and just had to stop and check out what they were doing. They were well dressed, their sign was way too neat and they were smiling and waving more than most panhandlers I’ve come across on the streets of […]

The Everett City Council recently voted to issue up to 51 million dollars in bonds to pay for maintaining and extending Everett’s water and sewer system. I thought the presentation by the Public Works Department was enlightening as it showed that customers in Everett have traditionally paid less (in some cases much less) than their […]

Every Saturday or Sunday I try to bring you an interesting person who lives or works in Everett. I tell you a bit about them and ask them five questions about Everett. This weekend however, I spent all Friday, Saturday and Sunday at my RelyLocal Everett-Mukilteo Booth at the Everett Home and Garden Show at […]