Candlelight vigil honoring George Floyd held in Edmonds
By: Erin Freeman | Lynnwood Times Staff Edmonds School District’s Beverly Elementary PTA held an hour-long peaceful candlelight vigil on Monday, June 3, in memory of George Floyd, a Black man killed by a White Minneapolis Police Department officer last week. Shawn Green, co-president of the Beverly Elementary PTA, along with families from the Woodway, […]
Edmonds Judge Linda Coburn announces candidacy for Washington Court of Appeals
By Committee to Elect Judge Coburn Judge Linda Coburn, who has served as the Edmonds Municipal Court Judge since 2015, has announced her candidacy for a seat on Washington’s Court of Appeals. The position, which has a 6-year term, becomes open for election this year as Judge J. Robert Leach has announced he will not […]
Meadowdale High School wins nationwide award
By Erin Freeman | Erin.freeman@lynnwoodtimes.com March 3- Meadowdale High School has been chosen as a German American Partnership Program (GAPP) School of Distinction, winning a nationwide award that celebrates schools in the United States for their long-term commitment and outstanding partnership in student exchange. Meadowdale is one of few to receive the school plaque award. […]
Scratch Distillery in Edmonds
by Luke Putvin Sitting by the waterfront is Edmonds’ very own distillery. Scratch Distillery opened in 2015, but owner/distiller Kim Karrick didn’t originally guess that this would end up being her path in life. Originally from Michigan, she met her husband, Bryan, at Michigan State University in undergrad. He was a science major, and she […]
Film screening at Edmonds Sno-Isle Library
By Luke Putvin Presented by Stories of Self & Solidarity and Black Lives Matter Shoreline, Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools was screened at the Edmonds Sno-Isle Library on February 29. The feature-length documentary takes a deep dive into the lives of black girls and the practices and policies that disrupt their education. […]
Cascade Symphony offers scholarships to area high school music students
By Barry Zepel | Cascade Symphony EDMONDS –Scholarships ranging from $2,000 to $3,000 will be awarded by the Cascade Symphony Orchestra to qualified high school seniors from the Edmonds, Mukilteo, Northshore and Shoreline school districts. Applications and audition recordings will be accepted electronically through the Cascade Symphony website at https://cascadesymphony.org/scholarships/. The application window opens on […]
Mukilteo School District bond was lone Snohomish County bond to pass
by Kirsten Johnson The Mukilteo School District narrowly passed its $240 million capital bond last week, clearing the way for a number of security upgrades and addition/modification projects districtwide to begin. Unofficial results from the Feb. 11 special election as of Feb. 18 show that the measure earned 60.39 percent approval, or 8955 of 14828 […]
Night of student expression at Meadowdale Middle School
by Luke Putvin The first week of February saw Edmonds School District hosting several Black Lives Matter Events, one of which was the night of “Celebrating Black Youth Expression and Leaders.” The event was held at Meadowdale Middle School. Last year, a grassroots committee was helping to put these events together, but because of the […]
Edmonds CC to host film screening to honor Japanese American WWII Veterans
LYNNWOOD, Wash. — Edmonds Community College will host a film screening and discussion to honor Japanese American World War II veterans on Feb 20. The screening will include the films “Honor & Sacrifice: The Roy Matsumoto Story” and “Proof of Loyalty: Kazuo Yamane and the Nisei Soldiers of Hawai’i.” Lucy Ostrander and Don Sellers, who […]
RAP Center opens at Marysville-Pilchuck High School
RAP Center opens at Marysville-Pilchuck High SchoolBy LUKE PUTVIN | January 21, 2019 On January 7, Marysville-Pilchuck High School had its ribbon cutting for the Regional Apprenticeship Pathways (RAP) Program. The RAP Program will provide high school students a direct pathway into the apprenticeship pipeline. According to its website, the RAP Program “will be the […]
