Articles published Tue, Jun 12, 2012

The award winning Official Aquafest Program Guide will be out on July 25. Don’t miss this opportunity to advertise in our most popular issue of the year!

This year’s AquaRun will take place during Aquafest and will start and finish at Lake Stevens High School on Saturday, July 28 with a 5K, 10K and a Kid’s Fun Run.

Financial services firm Edward Jones was named the Advisory Solutions Firm of the Year by the Money Management Institute as the firm that most exemplified overall excellence and contributed to the long-term success and sustainability of the wealth management industry, according to Sterling Gurney, a financial advisor in Snohomish.

Amy Zuvela has been elected as the newest member of the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation Board of Directors.

The following residential statistics are made possible from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS). For Lake Stevens as well as the rest of the Northwest, shrinking inventory, more buyers and more closed sales are leading to escalating values.

The Lake Stevens Business Network is a group of business professionals that works in our local community to promote and build relationships.

Haggen announced four new hires and one promotion to its senior staff in order to help manage the emerging opportunities the company has found since the Northwest Fresh brand launched at its Bellevue, Washington store in November 2011.

"The turnover is very high.

Don’t lawmakers and politicians have anything better to do than to take away their constituents’ freedom of choice when it comes to soda pop size?

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Lake Stevens businesses share info on how to stay safe and healthy

At approximately 12:40 am on Wednesday, June 6, Lake Stevens Fire responded to a house on fire in the 11300 block of 21st Place NE in Lake Stevens.

Chris Larson, the principal at Mt. Pilchuck Elementary has put out a school wide challenge and is asking for the community’s help as well.

Students at Lake Stevens High School started their day out on Thursday, June 7 with the scent of gas wafting through the air.

WSDOT will be performing a weekend closure of the SR 9/SR 92 intersection from 11 p.m. on Friday, June 22 until 5 a.m. on Monday, June 25.

Summer is finally upon us, at least according to the calendar if not always the weather outside. And with that, I find myself having more and more conversations with other parents about their summer plans.

The Lake Stevens Vikings baseball team dominated the All-Wesco player voting along with having the Everett Herald’s player of the year and four other teammates included on the All Area first and second teams.

Most boys that play little league baseball dream of some day playing in the major leagues.

Starting on Monday, June 25 and running through Friday, August 3 the Lake Stevens School District will be offering free lunch at Hillcrest Elementary School, weekdays from 12 noon to 12:30 p.m.

Alex Cortez was selected for the Youth Challenge Award, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Lynwood, for his leadership skills, and Kyle Antel of Lake Stevens High School was chosen for his work in Environmental Service.

The Giants won the 2012 Lake Stevens Little League Majors Division Championship.