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A site to see: The new Monroe Chamber of Commerce website rich in amenities

On the vividly colored computer screen, pictures of Lake Roesiger Park fade in a montage in a framed box. Next to it, another colorful box shows a link to the…

Frank Wagner a No Excuses University School

After more than a year of preparation, Frank Wagner Elementary has been officially accepted as a No Excuses University school. No Excuses University (NEU) is a network of elementary, middle,…

Miss Sky Valley pageant this week

This weekend, Sky Valley girls ages 3-23 will get a chance to compete to represent the Sky Valley at events and parades around the state as Miss Sky Valley. Young…

Focus on Seniors: Trippin’!

By Holly Glen Gearhart Members of the East County Senior Center left at the crack of dawn this morning for a fun-filled, two-day excursion to Victoria, BC. The group will…

Monroe funds completion of Miracle Field public restroom

By Sally Gillie, Monitor The long awaited public restroom that will complete the Monroe Rotary Field cleared its last financial hurdle this week. The city council’s unanimous approval on April…

Continuity of care vs. convenience

Tests and procedures self-referred to Providence too often? Local doctors ask  By Polly Keary, Editor Twelve days before Christmas of last year, Marion Hamilton of Sultan was at work when…

Easter gun fight likely gang-related, police say

By Polly Keary, Editor   An open-air exchange of gunfire between residents of a Fryelands home and the occupants of a car Easter Sunday evening appears to have been gang-related,…

Garden work party draws pint-sized planter

Wesley Mehta, 4, of Monroe, rakes the planting beds and looks for bugs at the Julia V. Morris Memorial Garden next to the Sky Valley Food Bank in Monroe on…

Kung Fu Kwoon brings ancient martial arts tradition to Monroe

  Along the walls and around the open central room at Kung Fu Kwoon on Main Street in Monroe, 4,000 years of tradition are on display. Butterfly swords are used…

Monroe School District still hopes for new fields

Although a $200,000 Snohomish County Tourism Promotion Area grant appeared to have slipped through the Monroe School District’s fingers last month, the district hopes the grant, and the project to…