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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Tear Gas, K-9 End Hours-Long Standoff Between Felony Suspect and Everett PD

May 28, 2015

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Editor’s update 12:30pm: We have more information on events leading up to a standoff this morning on 76th street in Everett just north of Evergreen Middle School. Everett Police spokesman Aaron Snell tells MyEverettNews.com that around midnight officers responded to a domestic violence call at an apartment complex in the 300 block of 76th street. […]

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Armed Intruder Reveals Security Challenges at Downtown Everett Courthouse

May 27, 2015

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On Sunday, a man carrying a knife and crowbar smashed out a main entrance door at the Snohomish County Courthouse in downtown Everett. He made his way to the 4th floor Sheriff’s Office and threatened employees. That led to a top to bottom search of the building. When the security contractor arrived deputies were able […]

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City of Everett’s New Logo On Indefinite Hold

May 27, 2015

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It was one of those things that sounded simple in the beginning but turned out to be much more complicated. Since last August MyEverettNews.com has been following the City of Everett’s attempt to come up with a new logo. It began with a logo contest that offered a $5000.00 first prize. Logo ideas were received […]

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Rescue Ring and Loaner Life Jackets Replace Lifeguards at Silver Lake in Everett

May 27, 2015

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At Silver Lake in south Everett, near where the lifeguard stand once stood, there’s now a cabinet with loaner life jackets and a rescue ring. With highs expected into the upper 70s this week MyEverettNews.com wanted to remind people headed out for a swim that the City of Everett eliminated lifeguards at Silver Lake as […]

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