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by POLLY KEARY, EDITOR

Residents got a look at what it means for U.S. 2 to be a traffic safety corridor Tuesday afternoon, March 25, at a public meeting at the Monroe Public Library.
The highway has been the scene of 4,698 collisions in nine years between Jan. 1, 1999 and Dec. 31, 2007. That equals 522 collisions per year, about one a day. Of those 156 have resulted in death or disabling injury.
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Matthew House gets volunteer help, needs more repair

by POLLY KEARY, EDITOR

Any home built in 1910 is going to require some focused upkeep. But a home built in 1910 that gets 2,000 visitors a year requires a lot more than that. Matthew House, the non-profit organization located near the prison that provides hospitality to the families of prison inmates is getting some maintenance help from a group of volunteers this Saturday. Read Story

ANGIE WARD of the Department of Transportation showed U.S. 2 accident statistics to a crowd of about 30 at the Monroe Public Library recently. The presentation was part of a public information session about the highway's new designation as a Traffic Safety Corridor.
Photos by Polly Keary

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Winner of 14 Washington Newspaper
Publishers Association awards for 2007!

by POLLY KEARY, STAFF WRITER

After a hiatus of several years, farmers' markets are coming back to both Monroe and Sultan this summer. "We're going to have honey, eggs, vegetables, cheese, flowers, berries, berries and more berries, apples and everything," said Beth Stucker, president of the Monroe Historical Society, which is organizing the weekly Monroe market. Read Story

Monroe's city council has named improving life in Monroe, keeping it safe, improving its business environment and parks and keeping its government effective and accountable its top priorities for the next six years.

• Enhance quality of life through responsible development of land and stewardship of the environment
In order to keep Monroe environmentally responsible, council named 16 objectives.
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LINDA PAZ, Director of Matthew House, a non-profit organization that provides support and hospitality to the families of inmates, stands near a drain that for years has backed up and created huge puddles. Volunteers will install a French drain Saturday, but many more repairs of the old house are needed, said Paz. Photo by Polly Keary