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Vol.119, No. 16, April 21, 2009 Winner of 24 Washington Newspaper Publishers Association awards for 2007-8! |
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North Kelsey: Costs mount; city looks for buyer
Motorcycle fatalities double; police urge caution, training
Tychman Slough could become better home for farms and fish
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| . As Monroe continues to look for a buyer for the undeveloped part of the North Kelsey Village, a shopping center planned for the area now occupied at one corner by Lowe’s, costs are mounting for the city, but the mayor remains optimistic. The city recently picked up the tab for about $2.3 million in site improvements. And the city also continues to pay interest on about $11.1 million still owing on the land. But at least one developer is interested in buying the entire site, and the city still hopes its long-held dream of being home to an amenity-rich, town center-style shopping center will still come true. Read story |
 Uneasy Ride: Motorcycle fatalities double; police urge caution, trainingA car backs out of a driveway and a motorcycle strikes it. A car turns left in a residential neighborhood and a motorcycle, attempting to pass it, crashes into the driver’s side. A motorcyclist, riding alone, slides off the road into a ditch. Read story |
 Tychman Slough could become better home for farms and fishTwo miles of side river channel along Ben Howard road, as well as the farms, forest and fields that flank it, are going to be studied for ways to make it a better home for fish. Chinook salmon remains a threatened species in spite of enhanced protections in recent years, and non-profit group Stilly-Snohomish Fisheries Enhancement Task Force has won a grant to study Tychman Slough to see if anything can be done there to help. Read story |
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Much more inside!
Page 1: North Kelsey: Costs mount; city looks for buyer / Uneasy ride: Motorcycle fatalities double; police urge caution, training / Tychman Slough could become better home for farms and fish
Page 2: Around The Valley / Flashback / News Briefs
Page 3: Run raises funds for arts at MHS / Monroe teacher dives into Fiji schools / Births
Page 4: Spring Car Care
Page 5: Spring Care Care
Page 6: Brown Bag Brigade joins forces against hunger / Tickets available for annual Monroe Lip Sync / Find It Fast Directory
Page 7: Editor's Notebook: "On The Road, Part 2" / Obituary / People / Monroe Police Reports / Professional Directory / Church Directory
Page 8: The Valley News: Sultan ready for spring cleaning / The Penny Pincher / School district to recommend physics materials to school board / Index boy's letter included in book of letters to Obama / Sultan to hold public hearing on water rate increase
Page 9: Diversity Day to be a celebration of tradition, roots, culture / Monroe Chamber award winners / YMCA Healthy Kids Day gets large turnout / Monroe seeks donations for city flowers / Classified ads
Page 10: Explosion loses home opener before record crowd / Sultan and Monroe sports