Oral arguments on Harbor Grove Subdivision presented to Hearing Examiner
MUKILTEO—Phil Albrecht, the City of Mukilteo’s Hearing Examiner, heard public and stakeholder testimonies concerning a recent appeal on the Harbor Grove Subdivision development proposal during a public hearing Thursday, December 5. Harbor Grove is a proposed development of a seven-lot subdivision on 2.43 acres of land with associated grading, drainage improvements, landscaping, and street frontage […]
“Environmental carnage”: City of Mukilteo entangled in land development lawsuit
MUKILTEO—The City of Mukilteo is currently in a legal battle over permits issued in error for the proposed Harbor Grove subdivision that has now been stripped and excavated of its native vegetation. A recent Superior Court ruling found that a Hearing Examiner “engaged in unlawful procedure or failed to follow a prescribed process” and made […]
Four exceptional youths awarded college book grants by SCBHC
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., June 28, 2023—Four graduating high school students were awarded “Budding Youth” award grants at the Snohomish County Black Heritage Committee’s (SCBHC) Red and White Banquet on April 29 for the first time ever. In addition to an adornment, each student received a college book grant, as part of that award, that will […]
SCBHC Youth Initiative students are off to Nation’s capital to tour colleges
EVERETT, Wash., June 10, 2023—This August, the Snohomish County Black Heritage Committee’s (SCBHC) Youth Initiative Program is headed to Washington D.C. to tour two historically Black colleges. From August 2 through August 8, 16 students, ranging in age from 11 to 22, and four chaperones will arrive in our Nation’s Capital, visit its many historical […]
Celebrating Black Excellence at annual Red and White Banquet
MILL CREEK, Wash., June 8, 2023—The Snohomish County Black Heritage Committee (SCBHC) celebrated Black Excellence by recognizing members of the community deemed “roses” at its Red and White Banquet Award Ceremony, on April 29, at Mill Creek Foursquare Church. The awards were divided into a rose’s various stages – roots, stems, budding youth or “past, […]