Signs are going downtown
Six-month moratorium on medical marijuana grows, some water fees doubling
There will be signs in downtown Stanwood.
That was the unanimous, but reluctant, decision made at a relatively packed city council meeting Thursday night.
The reluctance wasn’t about the signs, though, which council is excited about; it was about the “rusty geese” that will adorn them. Full Story
Badley’s trial ends
Jury awards Jones $50,000
Basil Badley, husband of Senator Mary Margaret Haugen (D - Wash.), lost the case brought against him by Courtney Jones, Haugen’s former campaign manager.
The assault and battery case concluded Friday in Island County Superior Court, when a jury awarded Jones $50,000 in damages for battery. Full Story
Assault charges against three
Woman’s hair slashed, photographed naked
Prosecutors filed charges against the owner of C’s Towing in Stanwood and two accomplices for a July 30 crime that occurred at his home where a woman, held against her will, was bound and shorn. Full Story
Hometown hazards
Taking local disasters seriously
September is National Preparedness Month, and this year marks 10 years since Sept. 11, 2001. It also marked the 10-year anniversary of the most costly natural disaster in Washington state history: The M6.8 Nisqually Earthquake of Feb. 28, 2001, which caused $2 billion worth of damage. Full Story
Cartoons Should satirize Stanwood/Camano
Dear Editor:
There is a famous saying, “All politics are local!”
But not for the Stanwood/ Camano NEWS, no way. All politics for the Stanwood/ Camano News are national!
Look at last week’s editorial cartoon panning Dick Cheney! Full Story
Drug addition
Help is available for parents, teens
Dear Editor:
Life can be short and life can be long. Looking at the big picture, we don’t get to choose just how long we want to spend on this Earth. Full Story
On The Island
Fall dance Saturday Camano Junction starts up another season of Big Band music for listening or dancing Sat, Sept. 17, 7-10 p.m., at Camano Center (Camano Senior and Community Center), 606 Arrowhead Road. Admission at the door, open to the public. For information, call 387-0222. Full Story
Alternative medicine
Melanie Whittaker, naturopathic physician (ND), has relocated her clinic, Alternative Medicine Clinic, Solutions Beyond Prescriptions, to Stanwood-Camano Village Professional Center, while adding pra Full Story
Going Solar
Or, when the PUD pays you
Don Davis had quite a few ideas about how to convince his wife, Jaonie, to agree to his latest project — solar panels on the roof of their house, as well as solar hot water vacuum tubes, which pump hot water into a stainless 85-gallon tank.
The one that finally did the trick went like this: Full Story
A banner year for tansy ragwort, a toxic noxious weed
Phones are ringing off the hook at Snohomish County weed board offices as people call in to report sightings of tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), in Western Washington, and in some cases starting to set seed.
Due to its toxicity and invasiveness, tansy ragwort is a listed Class B noxious weed in Washington state. Full Story
BILLIE JEAN EICHHORN February 16, 1929 - September 1, 2011
Billie Jean Eichhorn passed into the arms of her savior in the early morning hours of Thursday, Sept. 1, to join the loved ones who had passed before, especially her sons, Michael and Daniel.
She was born Feb. 16, 1929, in Broken Bow, Okla., to Ira and Ruby Driggars.
She married Ownes Brinkley in 1947 and they had three sons. Full Story
MABEL J. WATERMAN 1914 - 2010
Mabel J. Waterman, 95, passed away peacefully Sept. 7, after residing at Mira Vista Long Term Care Center in Mount Vernon for the past four and a half years.
She was born in Seattle and graduated from Roosevelt High School where she met Don Waterman. They were married in 1938. Full Story
MYRNA JEAN SHAY May 22, 1929 - August 26, 2011
Born May 22, 1929, Myrna Jean Shay passed away peacefully Aug. 26, 2011, surrounded by her loving family.
Myrna is survived by her sister Beverly Severson, her sons Michael and John, daughter Chris and her grandchildren Dylan and Kayla.
Myrna was preceded in death by her husband Bob, and her two brothers. Full Story
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