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Mount Vernon School Board Seeks District #2 Director to Replace Dr. Rob Coffey The search for a replacement director for School Board District #2 is underway. Director District #2 roughly includes the northeast quadrant of the City. The northern edge follows the border of the school district from Riverside Drive to the east edge of…

Get Your Downtown Mount Vernon Summer Sips Tickets Today! SUMMER SIPS 4:00 PM  8:30 PM Mount Vernon Downtown Association (map) Google Calendar  ICS Join us for pop-up beer, cider, wine & spirits tastings at your fave downtown businesses offering in-store special events and specials in downtown Mount Vernon. VIP Tickets & General Admission Tickets go live June 1.…

Peoples Bank Announces Promotions at Real Estate Loan Center for Skagit and Island Counties Peoples Bank announced the promotions of Nate Walley to Real Estate Loan Center Manager and Kari Kennedy to Assistant Real Estate Loan Center Manager to support the growth of the Bank’s Real Estate Loan Center serving Skagit and Island counties. Nate…

EDASC 50th Anniversary Celebration Aug. 3, 3-6 p.m. McIntyre Hall EDASC is celebrating 50 years of economic development, and we are inviting partners, investors and friends of EDASC to join us at McIntyre Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 3. Join us at no cost for light appetizers and refreshments, a short program, and plenty of time to…

Skagit County home sales slowed by higher interest rates Anacortes is getting closer to becoming Skagit County’s first million-dollar home community,  according to managing broker Shelah Inman of Brown McMillen Real Estate in Burlington. The median sales price of an Anacortes home rose to $800,000 in the second quarter, up 14.5% from 2021, Inman said.…

SVC opens first pickleball court at a Washington state community college Brad Tuininga, SVC Foundation executive director; Dr. Tom Keegan, SVC president; Claude Blackburn; Dan Budzynski, Skagit Valley Pickleball Club past president Skagit Valley College celebrated a grand opening of a 10-court pickleball pavilion June 30 at its Mount Vernon campus.  “Skagit Valley College is…

Waste Management is Hiring – Public Sector Manager – Seattle Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran Waste Management (WM), a Fortune 250 company, is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America. We are strongly committed to a foundation of operating excellence, professionalism and financial strength.  WM serves nearly 25 million customers in…

Skagit Transit’s New Youth Ride Free Skagit Transit is pleased to announce a new Youth Ride Free Program that starts June 20, 2022. It offers free bus rides to all youth ages 18 and under on an ongoing basis throughout Skagit County. This program can help youth to get to work, to educational programs, to…

Christianson’s Nursery Garden Notes Newsletter July 2021   Christianson’s Nursery is Open Daily 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. In observance of Independence Day, we will be closing at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 4th   Happy 4th of July!   July Specials   July 1 – 7 Annual Sale 2″, 4″, and pack annuals and…

Free Summer Programs from Mount Vernon Parks & Enrichment Rec On-the-Go Program For this free pop up playground program, our recreation van will be traveling around Mount Vernon this summer and may be stopping in a neighborhood near you with all sorts of games and activities to keep kids ages 3-13 years old entertained. Drop…