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Multi-agency training simulates disaster in Stanwood
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Saturday, it was a train derailment – 27 victims, suffering from a variety of injuries, each had to be triaged, treated and transported from the site, near the train platform in Stanwood. Full Story
SnoCo pays Lake Goodwin developers
More
than three years after the initial application to develop 2,000 acres of land near Lake Goodwin was submitted — followed by an appeal from grassroots conservation group 7-Lakes, an order for a environmental impact review and two lawsuits later — a preliminary plat session for a 41-lot rural cluster subdivision is scheduled with the Snohomish County Hearing E Full Story
City pursues agreement with Verizon
Following
a lengthy executive session Thursday night, council voted to enter a joint defense agreement with the law firm Ogden, Murphy and Wallace, against Verizon Northwest, which is requesting $59,500 from the city in tax refunds. Full Story
Libraries must remain a place for unfiltered research
Editorial
I remember struggling with what was right when I covered months of debate on whether Sno-Isle Libraries should allow unfiltered access on its computer terminals in 2003. As both newspaper reporter and mother, I felt conflicted rather than convicted of Americans’ first amendment right to freedom of the press in this situation. Full Story
On The Island
Mark Brown presents Tuesday program
Mark Brown, Island County Sheriff, will be the guest speaker for the Camano Island Women’s Republican Club monthly luncheon Tues, March 23, noon. A short business meeting will follow, interested ladies are welcomed. At Lost Lake Community Center, 1469 West Lake Drive. Full Story
Sleep disorder centers of CVH celebrate World Sleep day
Sleep Awareness Month this month jives with World Sleep Day on March 19, which is call for celebration by Cascade Valley Hospital and Clinics’ Sleep Disorders Center. Full Story
Broken landscapes and broken bodies
In the early 1980s criminologists George Kelling and James Q. Wilson published an article in The Atlantic that revolutionized our understanding of the relationship between the condition of property and crime. Their argument was that rampant crime is the inevitable result of disorder. Full Story
Refunds for consumers hooked by Aussies’ quack medicine Web sites
It’s a g’day at the Washington Attorney General’s Office,where attorneys reached a settlement with a pair of Aussies who used sexy stories to sell bogus health cures over the Internet.
“The Internet has become a planet-wide hunting ground for fraudsters who lurk just below the surface like crocs in a river,” Attorney General Rob McKenna said. Full Story
DONALD E. EINARSEN
May 8, 1929 – February 18, 2010
Donald E. Einarsen, 80, passed away February 18, 2010, at his home on Camano Island. He was born on the island on May 8, 1929, and graduated from Stanwood High School in 1947. Full Story
RONALD R. CHERRY
Ronald R. Cherry, 80, of Camano Island, died Sunday March 7, 2010 after what he considered to be a lengthy and productive life. Full Story
MARGIE F. (ATWOOD) SWANSON
APRIL 9, 1924 – MARCH 7, 2010
Margie F. Swanson, 85, went to be with our Lord Sunday, March 7, 2010.
Margie was born April 9, 1924 in Youngstown, North Dakota. She was the eighth out of 14 children born to Joseph and Magdalena Mosbrucker. Full Story
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