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• Confessions of an Octogenarian

  By JUNEBUG SEZ: - Jun 16
  CONFESSIONS OF AN OCTOGENARIAN: "Challenge for chip company to keep pace as wafers expand" reads the headline in the newspaper's business ...
  

• Cats indoors

  By Sharon Sneddon - Jun 16
  Editor: I froze against the building when the tiny Bewick’s wren spotted me as it was heading toward the bird house in the patio garden behind our ...
  

• Waterfront access and you

  By Kevin Stoltz, ... - Jun 12
  Summer is a great time in Mukilteo with the start of Open Mic at the Red Cup Café and the Farmer’s Market at Lighthouse Park. Both events occur ...
  

• Come celebrate with us

  Jun 11
  Editor: I am writing to express great appreciation for Meagan McDonald’s Letter to the Editor in last week’s Beacon. Meagan expressed “Kudos for ...
  

• Women in Combat? You bet!

  By Steve Bernheim - Jun 10
  That sex-crazed sadists stop at nothing to satisfy their lusts does not mean women should be specially protected from serving on front lines, as ...
  

• Don’t sacrifice building heights

  By Natalie Shippen - Jun 10
  Editor: Soon, a collection of City Council, Port Commission, Planning Board members and Staff will convene to discuss the Harbor Square proposal. T...
  

• I’m aghast too

  By Derek Jennings - Jun 07
  Editor: In the June 6 issue of the Edmonds Beacon, Barbara Tipton responded to my May 30, letter with a breakdown of how street overlays occur. Won...
  

• A city concerned about their streets

  By Barbara Tipton - Jun 04
  Editor: I was aghast after reading Derek Jennings’s letter published in the May 30, edition of “The Edmonds Beacon.” The writer acknowledged the ...
  

• Where is your arsonist teenager?

  By Kay Kehoe - Jun 04
  Editor: Parents, do you know where your arsonist teenager and his friend were on Sunday afternoon, 2:30 p.m., on June 2, in Edmonds? I do. They ...
  

• Housing Hope thanks all who helped

  By Kelsey Dosen, Special ... - Jun 04
  Editor: Housing Hope held the 13th annual Stone Soup dinner, our largest fundraiser of the year, on May 16, and had phenomenal results. With the ...
  

• Kudos for Edmonds Business Expo and Chamber of Commerce

  By Meagan McDonald - Jun 03
  Editor: I wanted to take a moment to commend the Chamber of Commerce for their work at the Edmonds Business Expo this weekend. It was a great ...
  

• ‘Home again’ is brilliant

  By Jafar Vakili - May 31
  Editor: I was at the Lynwood Library on Wednesday, May 29, and decided I would like to take a look at available publications. I was there for an ...
  

• Time for a reality check

  By Jon Fleming - May 31
  Editor: I agree fully with John Pierre’s recent article about women on the front lines in the army, women flying etc., only I think of it a step ...
  

• Don’t block the view

  By Vivian Olson - May 30
  Editor: I recently missed the deadline to weigh in on File #PLN20130014 which was regarding the removal and replacement of a tree that spanned a ...
  
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  A sign we must act now to save Japanese Gulch

  By Janet Hammerman - May 29
  Many citizens who live and work near the Japanese Gulch have noticed something new. What they’ve noticed has potential to affect residents in ...
  

• Do something for ME sometime

  By Derek Jennings - May 24
  Editor: In the May 23 issue, it was reported that approving the $2M levy would "free up $750k... that COULD be used for paving streets" in ...
  

• Think quiet train thoughts

  By Eric Livingston - May 23
  Little old Mukilteo got one. Seattle is getting one as is Wenatchee. Spokane Valley has one. So does Washougal, White Salmon and Vancouver. A ...
  

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• Letters to the Editor for week of 3-8-2012

  Preserve services for victims Editor: On Tuesday the Senate released its proposed supplemental budget, which made protecting victims of domestic ...
  

• Our View

  We sometimes use this space to offer our opinions on issues of the day.
  

Blogs

• A Memorial Day Story  -  Those Poor Cubs Fans

  By Frank Workman - May 27
  Today, I am reminded of this day back in 1979, and offer my favorite Memorial Day story. A native southern Californian, I was enjoying a sports ...
  

Bloggers

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  Frank The Man

  Frank Workman knows sports. And more. Just ask him!
  
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  Obnoxious John

  "Obnoxious" John McAlpine knows even more about sports than Frank the Man. Just ask him!
  

Comments

• Re: I agree with Bloom

  By john dolan - Jun 16
  I agree with Cliff. A bigger question is why do people come to and enjoy Edmonds? They come because it has that quaint small town charm. They ...
  

• Re: Attracting money to Edmonds

  By john dolan - Jun 16
  Shirley, what are you talking about?
  

• Re: In support of the Port plan

  By john dolan - Jun 16
  Mr Lovell, bureaucratic mumbo jumbo and wishful thinking. The plan is to build 5 story buildings that does not enhance anything but a developers ...
  

• Re: Five Reasons why the Edmonds City Council should pass the Harbor Square Master Plan

  By john dolan - Jun 16
  Maggie, Mill Creek does not have waterfront or a view. One good reason to oppose it.
  

• Re: Don’t sacrifice building heights

  By john dolan - Jun 13
  Thanks, Natalie. Well said. These people - developers, realtors, masterbuilders, the mayor, some council members, planners, ADB, and like others ...