Archive | December, 2020

Our Year In Review Of Top 2020 Stories By Month

December 31, 2020

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Editor’s Note:Took a look through the archives at the stories that generated heavy interest during the past year among readers of MyEverettNews.com. No surprise that COVID-19 dominated the first half of the year affecting almost every aspect of life in Everett, Washington. In Spring things loosened up with the outdoor Farmers Market in downtown Everett […]

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Change Order Adds $650K, Rucker Renewal Project Now $2 Million Dollars Over Budget

December 30, 2020

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Today without comment or question the Everett City Council unanimously approved (with council members Murphy and Moore absent), the 4th change order to the Rucker Renewal Project. The project was a water main replacement where the City also updated the streetscape on Rucker and Hoyt Avenues in downtown Everett, Washington. The 1st change order was […]

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Expert Wine And Beer Advice Comes To Everett As The Grape And Grain Opens

December 29, 2020

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Editor’s note. While there are lots of stories about small businesses closing due to the pandemic, here’s one where a small business is opening in Everett, Washington after a local couple was forced to escalate their retirement dream. “The Grape and Grain is the connection between good wine and good beer.” That’s what Eric Brown […]

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Liz Vogeli Announces Campaign For Re-Election To Everett City Council Position 4

December 28, 2020

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This in today as Liz Vogeli formally announces to us she’s running in one of the five new City Council Districts in Everett, Washington. Vogeli lives and is running in District 4 Here’s what her campaign sent. Everett City Council Member Elizabeth (Liz) Vogeli formally announced her intent to run for re-election to the Everett […]

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Blaze Destroys Garage But Everett Firefighters Keep It From Spreading Into Home

December 28, 2020

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Nice work by Everett Firefighters Monday morning in keeping a stubborn garage fire from spreading into the attached house. The fire was reported around 6 AM at 50th and Colby. Crews had to cut the doors off the garage to gain access. There were no injuries and an investigator is on scene trying to determine […]

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Everett Firefighters Getting First Round Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine This Weekend

December 27, 2020

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This morning Everett Firefighters Local 46 announced that firefighters and paramedics in Everett, Washington were getting their first round of COVID-19 shots. Here’s a message send out on their Facebook page today. Your Everett Firefighters are honored to be receiving the Covid-19 Moderna vaccine and help slow the spread of the virus. We have had […]

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Everett May Lease Out Greenhouses At Legion Park

December 26, 2020

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Earlier this year the City of Everett put out a request for proposals looking for public, private and non-profits to partner in operating city owned properties and programs to bring additional revenue or operate programs that had to be cut due to budget shortfalls. This Wednesday the Everett City Council will get a look at […]

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Everett Police Officers And Families Deliver Christmas Meals To Seniors

December 25, 2020

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Because of COVID-19 the annual Holiday Dinner for Seniors put on by the Everett Police Officers Association was unable to be held this year. That didn’t stop members of the EPOA and their families from finding a way to bring Holiday joy to 100 folks yesterday. Funds raised by members of the Everett Police Officers […]

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Smokey Dryer Fire Clears Out Laundry

December 24, 2020

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A lot of smoke but minimal damage Thursday afternoon at a Laundromat in the 6100 block of Evergreen Way. Customers had to evacuate after a dryer caught fire spreading smoke throughout the building. Everett Firefighters arrived quickly and contained the fire to the dryer and worked to get the smoke out of the building, There […]

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Icy Conditions On I-5 In Everett Result In Multiple Crashes, 1 Fatality

December 24, 2020

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Editor’s Update 1:20 PM: The Washington State Patrol issued a memo that the crash on the Snohomish River Bridge involved 4 cars. The driver of one of those vehicles died. He was a 30-year-old man from Everett and was not wearing a seat belt. Here is their summary. VEHICLES ONE THROUGH FOUR WERE NORTHBOUND ON […]

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