North Creek News

Arlington: Expect closures on I-5 ramps at 172nd Street NE Drivers who use the northbound and southbound ramps to and from I-5 at 172nd Street NE can expect intermittent detours overnight through Friday morning.

Vanpooling is a little known public transit option that turns out to be the most efficient, flexible and effective in reducing traffic congestion.

"Cross over the bridge, cross over the bridge. Leave your reckless way of livin', cross over the bridge ..." - Recorded by Patti Page 1954.

A breakfast Friday at the North Creek Retirement Community will raise money to support the Mill Creek Senior Center at its new location.

Gunars Sreibers, project manager for the Brightwater sewage-treatment plant, examines a 17.5-foot-diameter opening at a pumping station in Bothell, where the "Helene" boring machine is supposed to emerge.

Bothell's new Subway at 11511 N.E. 195th St., near the North Creek Business Park and YMCA, will hold a grand opening from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept.

The Alexander's Stallions and Creekers won Michigan Amateur Softball Association 10-man modified softball state championships Sunday in Port Huron The Stallions won the Division 1 crown with a 6-3 victory against the Secory Flyers in the finals Sunday morning at 16th Street fields.

MODIFIED SECORY FLYERS 20, CREEKERS 14: Aaron Carpenter went 4-4 with a home run and five RBIs to lead the Flyers to the victory.

COED MIDWEST DIRTY 30S 8, INTERNATIONAL SCREEN PRINTING 7: The winners rallied for three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.

As the Snohomish County Conservation Corps attacked the non-native vegetation around his home with lawnmowers and weed whackers, developer and homeowner Tom Campbell said removing that vegetation is only one of many environmentally friendly steps planned in the development of the new Clearwater Commons.

Arlington: Runway closed for repairs Arlington Airport crews are repairing cracks on runway 11-29. The runway is set to be closed 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today and Wednesday.

King County's Brightwater sewage-treatment plant, already behind schedule, will be delayed months more because one of four tunnel boring machines has been damaged, the Wastewater Treatment Division announced Friday.

Construction on a segment of Brightwater sewage treatment plant's tunnel system has been halted due to excessive wear on the boring machine, King County officials said Friday.

What do pink granite quarries, island cruises, Captain Kidd, a devastating hurricane, oyster beds, Sicilian puppets, and beauty queens have in common? If you're a Creeker, you know the answer.

Constance Webster was presented with a Bible in 1947 for good attendance at Sunday school.

Who knew? Who knew that on the first warm Thursday of spring, the hot place in Cherry Creek would be Second Home? I started the evening with what was supposed to be one drink at Cucina Colore .