I served in Korea for 13 months, five days, nine hours, and 12 minutes, so I’m extremely interested in hearing about that Forgotten War. It’s said that our participation in the Afghanistan …

Who doesn’t have opinions? Just ask anyone in your family or circle of friends. That’s why reviews and comments about places to eat, movies to see, and books to read are among the most Googled …

I’m always amazed by the stories of “what, why and how.” Most of us are curious as to what, why, and how other people do what they do. It doesn’t take long to get to the question of what …

With the celebration of Halloween earlier this week, many of us still talk about that Oct. 30, 1938, classic Halloween Eve frightful Orson Welles’ CBS “Mercury Theatre on the Air” radio …

Edmonds, about a dozen miles north of Seattle on Puget Sound, is about as good a place as it gets. At least travel guru Rick Steves of PBS fame thinks so. When Rick’s not traveling, he makes …

Gray skies have finally arrived in the Village of Goodness, with droplets of H2O that we Northwesterners claim as gold. If only we had deep wells of fossil fuel, would we be self-sufficient? The …

Most of us are too young to remember what a world being ravished by polio was like. But in the 1940s and 1950s, polio either paralyzed or killed over half a million people. There is no cure, only …

I learned some exciting things about our Senior Center Thrift Store recently from a newsletter that the store publishes. There is so much more that goes into it than just being a place where people …

The Great Shakeout earthquake Exercise is approaching quickly. It is a great time to not only participate in an earthquake exercise at work and with your family, but it provides an opportunity to …

I am a nighttime denizen of the Edmonds beach. One of the beauties of strolling the Edmonds waterfront at night is being able to witness predator and prey species engaging in natural behaviors …

For quite some time, the only historical acknowledgment of Indigenous peoples within the city of Edmonds was a small plaque next to the public restrooms near City Hall. As a Native person, art lover, …

Editor’s note: On Wednesday, the Snohomish County Council was expected to consider a resolution recognizing the urgent need for youth sports officials. At the same time, it will call on parents, …

Editor’s note: In the final column of a six-week series on Edmonds’ comprehensive plan visioning process, Edmonds Development Services Director Susan McLaughlin writes about livability and land …

I am writing to alert you to concerns around the ongoing comprehensive plan visioning mini-surveys recently offered by the Edmonds Development Services Department. I am concerned about the …

Editor’s note: In the fifth of a six-week series on Edmonds’ comprehensive plan visioning process, Edmonds Development Services Director Susan McLaughlin writes about cultural arts and urban …

Editor’s note: In the fourth of a six-week series on Edmonds’ comprehensive plan visioning process, Edmonds Development Services Director Susan McLaughlin writes about the environment. Summer …

Editor's note: In the third of a six-week series on Edmonds' comprehensive plan visioning process, Edmonds Development Services Director Susan McLaughlin writes about economic growth. Recent …

Editor’s note: In the second of a six-week series on Edmonds’ comprehensive plan visioning process, Edmonds Development Services Director Susan McLaughlin writes about the city’s quality of …

Broad public participation is essential to creating a vision for Edmonds' future What do you love about Edmonds today? Looking ahead 20 years, what kind of Edmonds do you hope to see? The City …

With the Business District 2 (BD2) street-front designation that provides commercial use at a minimum on the ground floor and the BD2 multifamily-only building design standards now being on separate …