Justine Locke’s unique career path has seen her advance from Edmonds School District support staff to an administrative leadership position. “I’ve always wanted to teach, I just, my life took a little detour for a little while,” she said. Locke started her career in education several years ago as a “lunch lady” in the Mukilteo…
The Foundation for Edmonds School District is hosting the Emily Hood Memorial Scholarship in honor of the 2020 Edmonds-Woodway High School student who died Feb. 28 from inoperable brain cancer. Described as “a treasured daughter, sister and friend,” Emily was a proud member of the Edmonds-Woodway Warriors girls wrestling team. Despite her diagnosis and prognosis, she…
Years ago, retired Edmonds School District Superintendent Nick Brossoit thought he might write a book. So, he squirreled away stories about growing up, about his mentors, about his 30-plus years as a teacher and ultimately superintendent. Brossoit has finally published that book. However, it would not be about all those things, but rather how the…
A Lynnwood man playing the slot machine at Tulalip Resort Casino won the casino’s largest-ever jackpot — nearly $2.4 million — early Sunday morning. Jose Lopez, a self-employed painter, won the $2,369,748.95 payout shortly after midnight on March 20, eclipsing the resort casino’s previous jackpot record of $1,101,976.12. The jackpot is the largest known slot machine…
A.J. Werfelmann, 51, recently retired after 25 years of serving as a reserve officer with the Mountlake Terrace Police Department. The Marysville resident works full-time as a senior operations manager for retail with Brookfield Properties, and he also volunteered on weekends as a reserve police officer. Werfelmann said he first developed an interest in working…
Why did the comedian perform bits from his bedroom? Because he was Zooming in on the humor. Professional comedian and longtime host of Edmonds Comedy Night, Kermet Apio recently discussed challenges he has faced with writing and developing new material during the COVID-19 pandemic. Apio is a past winner of the Seattle Comedy Competition and…
About to embark on the last year of his four-year term as Snohomish County Prosecutor, Edmonds resident Adam Cornell announced in November that he does not plan to seek reelection to the seat he has occupied since running unopposed in 2018, leaving the field wide open. (Edmonds resident and current Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Jason Cummings…
Vogue Magazine has named Lily Gladstone, an actor who graduated from Mountlake Terrace High School in 2004, as one of “The 15 Rising Stars Poised to Dominate 2022.” As we wrote in our June 2021 story here, Gladstone is appearing as the female lead in the upcoming movie adaptation of the best-selling book Killers of…
Mountlake Terrace resident Amanda Johnson had her debut novel East of Manhattan published recently. The novel was partially informed by her personal experiences while husband Ben Hill worked as the house manager for a celebrity in New York. It touches on themes of feminism and shifting gender roles as related to work and family structure….
A fundraiser has been launched to cover the funeral expenses for a 60-year-old Snohomish man who was shot to death Sept. 26 at a Chevron gas station at 148th Street Southwest and Highway 99 in unincorporated Lynnwood. According to the account of the incident on the GoFundMe page, the victim — Tejpal Singh — “was opening…
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Edmonds resident Lisa Herb has been leading an effort to help women leaders from Afghanistan “find a path to a new future” after their country fell into the hands of the Taliban last month. A Seattle-based attorney, Herb founded the Alliance for International Women’s Rights (AIWR), in 2005. The organization has worked with women and…
Friends and family of longtime Mountlake Terrace resident Mickey Schwald celebrated her 90th birthday by throwing her a surprise party. Schwald’s health is compromised by medical issues, so organizers put together a socially distanced party during which people drove by Schwald’s residence to wish her a happy birthday. Attendees at last weekend’s event were also…
There was a call out from a community Facebook page, asking people to drop off a card for Grampa Bob, who celebrates his 102nd birthday in Brier Sunday. I found out Grampa Bob loves McDonald’s, Ivar’s, and IHOP. So I got him a McD’s card. I then drove to his house to leave the card…
C.J. Monaghan discovered a new passion for woodworking during the pandemic and recently found a way to use his skills to help other people. Using a slab of donated wood, Monaghan custom crafted a large table, approximately 6 feet in length, and in turn presented $1,000 from its sale to the Everett Recovery Café which…
A 1963 Plymouth Valiant spotted in Mountlake Terrace: The owner said it was his late father-in-law’s. It has 500,000 miles on it, and the drum brakes are still original. It’s been repainted in Dodge Viper Blue. The owner’s wife suggested selling it, but he said, “No, we have to keep it. Every time someone honks…
Good news for those who have been following the tale of the Lynnwood teen and the bearded dragon (which can be viewed here): No one came forward to claim the exotic animal found recently at the Mountlake Terrace disc golf course, so she gets to keep him. According to Jessica Briarmoon, her daughter Laurissa has…
Lily Gladstone, an actor who graduated from Mountlake Terrace High School in 2004, is starring in the upcoming movie Killers of the Flower Moon. The film is being directed by Martin Scorsese and also features Leonardo DiCaprio, Jesse Plemons and Robert De Niro. The movie is based on David Grann’s acclaimed 2017 historical nonfiction book…
When Brier resident Gavin Doyle built a “Little Art Gallery” in his neighborhood, his goal was to add some color for people to enjoy and to share their own creations. Similar to the little lending libraries or food pantries that dot many neighborhoods, Doyle’s structure, which is located on 27th Place West near the intersection…
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: A group of friends walks into a park to play frisbee golf and finds a live dragon. Lynnwood resident Jessica Briarmoon was playing frisbee golf along with her daughter and a group of friends on June 12 at the Terrace Creek disc golf course in Mountlake Terrace when…
The area’s youth football community has launched a fundraiser to cover funeral expenses for Albert “Coach Bigg” Okumbe, who coached for many years with the Mariner Jr. Football team and most recently this spring for the MTYAA Hawks Jr. Football team. Mariner Jr. head coach Joel Anker started an online memorial fundraiser after Okumbe died…
Mountlake Terrace served as the creative headquarters for an upcoming rap album. Andrew Morrison, 40, and Ryan Wood, 39, were both raised here and decided this spring to collaborate on an album and shoot videos for their songs, some of which even feature MLT locations. The two childhood friends have known each other since elementary…
A man in an immaculately restored red 1969 Dodge Charger 440 Magnum drove down our cul-de-sac Saturday. I gave him a thumb’s up, and thought he must have been lost and would turn around to leave. But he stopped and parked his car at the end of our driveway. He came out of his car and…
Nathan Blackwell has joined MLTnews as a reporter. Blackwell grew up in Montana and has been happy to call South Snohomish County home for almost 20 years — including time living in Mountlake Terrace, Lynnwood and Edmonds. He wrote for the Everett Community College newspaper The Clipper, gained further journalism experience freelancing in the area…
The Seattle Seahawks featured longtime Mountlake Terrace resident Mickey Schwald in their “Gameday in the Life of Seahawks Fan” series. The football team says it is following fans all over the world to see how they experience a Seahawks gameday, “starting with a diehard Seahawks out of Mountlake Terrace…89-year-old Mickey Schwald.”
It’s taken 10 years to rise from Tiger Scout in the first grade and aim for his Eagle Scout rank as a junior at Mountlake Terrace High School this fall. Sixteen-year-old Edmonds resident Xander Siqveland hopes to top off his scouting career with a nod to his heritage — refurbishing a parade float built in…
