Politics

City Cuts Costs, Stretches Dollars

Last Monday, July 6, a report was given at the Mountlake Terrace City Council meeting that detailed the City’s financial health during the first 3 months of 2009. In 2008…

No MLT Fireworks Show This Year

Almost all of the cities in King County and many of the more urban cities in Snohomish county have banned fireworks. The city of Mountlake Terrace banned fireworks in 2007…

Coffee With the City

Do you have questions or comments about city services or about what is happening in the community? The City of Mountlake Terrace, WA has scheduled a monthly event where residents…

No Jail!

You may have seen the signs while driving through neighboring cities: “NO JAIL” or “JAIL: 500 FEET“. If they haven’t been taken down yet, the signs may be removed soon,…

No Primary for MLT City Council

The Enterprise reports that the Mountlake Terrace City Council will not have a primary this year in August, as they often do. There are four council member position up for…

Mountlake Terrace Parks Plan

The Enterprise reports that the City has approved a 6-year parks plan which updates the 2003-2008 plan. The parks plan took in to account community feedback and other city-approved plans….

City Hall Being Vacated

The Herald recently published an article about Mountlake Terrace’s city services moving out of the nearly 50-year-old existing City Hall building at 232nd and 58th. You probably remember nearly a…

2009 State of the City

Last week the City released its 2009 State of the City address from City Manager John Caulfield. The presentation was tilted “Safe, Healthy and Strong” and focused on the economy…

Wrong Cheese?

Now this is funny on a number of levels. From the Enterprise Police Beat: He saw a cat sitting on the sidewalk, meowing, so he tried to feed it some…