Check in, check out: Librarian position eliminated at middle schools
Something may be missing from the middle school libraries in the Stanwood-Camano School District next year: a librarian.
Lori Woodward, Port Susan Middle School librarian, and Sara Harlan, Stanwood Middle School librarian, have been shifted into classroom teaching positions.
Harlan said she made it clear to the district she wanted to make the transition. Full Story
Spartan stadium swelled with pride under sunny skies on Friday as the Stanwood High School graduating class of 2010 was honored.
Shouts of congratulation rang from bleachers filled with friends and family members craning their necks to spot a special grad in a sea of red robes. Full Story
25 years later, a mom waits with optimism
Barbara Giddens gave up on religion after her daughter, Tina Stensaa, was murdered.
“I was raised in the Baptist Church,” she said. “My mother always told me, ‘God will never give you more than you can handle.’”
After the events of Valentine’s Day in 1986, Barbara stopped believing in that statement. Full Story
Development gets go ahead
The Snohomish County Council voted in favor of the hearing examiner’s decision to approve plans for a 49-lot ruralcluster subdivision in the Lake Goodwin area Wednesday. Full Story
Everett taxpayers to pay for officer Meade’s defense
After Everett police officer Troy Meade was acquitted of murder and manslaughter charges in April for the lineof duty fatal shooting of Stanwood resident Niles Meservey last June, the same jury denied the officer restitution for legal expenses under the civil ruling matter.
Now, Everett officials have determined under law, the city is required to pay the bill. Full Story
