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Winter’s winners

Last week the winners of the Sultan Christmas Light Contest were announced, with the victors each bagging $25 in Chamber Bucks. The holiday champs were Shaun and Melissa Carr, who…

Winterfest bigger than ever

  By Polly Keary, Editor Winterfest was bigger than ever, and this year grew out of the high school gym and into the rest of the school, said Sultan Chamber…

Vehicle, driver identity confirmed in August hit and run in Index

The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that the vehicle of a woman who turned herself in three days after a hit and run that killed an Index man is…

Skykomish School gets $10,000 award for academic excellence

By Chris Hendrickson, Special to the Monitor Skykomish School is one of seven schools in Washington that have been recognized as Title I, Part A Academic Achievement Schools. That means…

Chain of kindness follows Rachel’s Challenge in Sultan

Remarkable things have been happening at Sultan Elementary School since the school participated in “Rachel’s Challenge,” an anti-bullying program that spreads kindness and compassion among students, teachers say. Many instances of…

Contender

Each year Sultan hosts a holiday light contest, and this house Fourth Street near Sultan Middle School might find itself in the running. The house lighting contest will be decided Saturday. To…

Sultan Harvest huge success

Any cook knows that preparing a Thanksgiving spread for a big family can be hours of work. In Sultan, volunteers fed a significant percentage of the entire town Thanksgiving Day.…

Santa and Mrs. Claus come to Sultan

Santa and Mrs. Claus greet children and adults gathered for the Sultan City Christmas Tree Lighting on Saturday in Sultan. Mrs. Claus, who bears a striking resemblance to Sultan Mayor Carolyn Eslick,…

VOA and Sultan Food Bank hold toy and food drive this weekend

Sultan is a small town, but it’s big on giving. Last year, during the 15th Annual Dave Wood Giving Tree Program, donors provided Christmas gifts to 325 kids whose families…

Sultan to revive tree lighting tradition Dec. 1

By Kevin Johnson   It was a scene straight out of a Lifetime Holiday special. A small-town barbershop. Two longtime citizens, sitting in adjacent chairs, talking about the small town…