By Polly Keary, Editor When I first came to the Monitor as a reporter in 2004, there was a staff of eight. It was a busy, noisy office on Main…
By Jessica Conte If you do one thing this week, let it be to thank a teacher; the teacher who spends all day with your child, the teacher you see…
By Roman Levesque Ransomware is the newest form of computer virus, and it is hitting computers and holding them for ransom, meaning you cannot do anything on your computer…
By Polly Keary, Editor I have never had children of my own, and I have never been more glad about that than I was the day I visited the zoo…
For a first-time attempt at caring for our homeless neighbors, the Cold Weather Alliance can pat themselves on the back! Despite having to move from location to location during the…
By Kathie Savelesky Mother’s Day is my favorite holiday. My kids are my favorite people and “Momma” is the title I wear most proudly. It’s been a great run –…
It’s midnight and I’m sitting at the keyboard, sweaty and chilly. I just got in from a four-mile run. An hour earlier my friend Chris (who writes Valley News now)…
By Holly Glen Gearhart “We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. -Martin Luther King, Jr. I am never more thrilled than when I see…
To the Editor; My wife is one of many volunteers who volunteer for various projects and jobs in Sultan. She cleans a mile stretch of road that runs past our…
Recently, I’ve written several stories about Providence’s medical processes both at the Everett hospital and at the Monroe clinic. The timing of the stories suggested to some readers that…
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