Archive | May, 2015

A Super Sunday With People, Pets and Performers at Everett Farmers Market

May 31, 2015

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People watching was first rate, pets were popular and performers played live music to admiring crowds. Today we went back for another look at the Sunday Farmers Market on the Everett Waterfront. There was ample parking, fresh strawberries and rainier cherries were making their first appearance of the year and the crowds were a bit […]

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2 Alarm Apartment Fire on 7th SE in Everett Displaces 29, No Injuries.

May 30, 2015

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Editor’s Update June 6th 12:45pm: The Everett Police Department has released the following information on the cause of this fire…Officers respond to an apartment fire to assist Everett Fire with the scene. The investigation determines the residents attempted to BBQ inside since the deck was recently painted. The grill was left unattended when the residents […]

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6 Displaced As Fire Destroys South Everett House

May 30, 2015

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The Red Cross was being called out Saturday afternoon to help provide shelter for five adults and a child displaced after a fire tore through their home in the 10500 block of 19th Pl. West in south Everett. According to Everett Fire Marshal Rick Robinson the fire was believed to have started in a meat […]

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Stove Fire Smoky But Minor At Washington Oakes In North Everett

May 29, 2015

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A resident at the Washington Oakes Retirement Community in north Everett was taken to Providence Regional Medical Center after a stove top fire Friday night. Everett Fire Marshal Rick Robinson tells MyEverettNews.com that fire alarms sounded around 7:00pm. Arriving fire crews found a person in an apartment, apparently asleep, with burning food on the stove. […]

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New Transit Center Earmarked For Southwest Everett Near Boeing

May 29, 2015

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On Wednesday, Community Transit officials updated the Everett City Council on plans for a new Transit Center at 75th and Seaway. The center will service the expansion of Swift Bus Rapid Transit in Everett. Currently Swift Bus Rapid Transit travels between Everett and Aurora Village primarily on highway 99. This second line would run from […]

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Launch of Police, Fire Dispatch Upgrades For Everett and Snohomish County Delayed Again

May 28, 2015

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For the past several weeks Everett Police Officers and Firefighters have been attending intensive training on an upgraded system for dispatching emergency responders to calls. Called the New World System it was to replace several older systems currently in use that are outdated. Working schedules were changed, extra staff was brought in to cover calls […]

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