Over nearly 28 years serving on the Mukilteo School Board, I’ve seen and been a part of some substantial initiatives to prepare our graduating students for their futures. Early on, there …

As we welcome spring to Mukilteo, it’s the perfect time to come together as a community and celebrate our shared commitment to keeping our community clean and welcoming. I’m excited …

It’s food that brings us together. Where would Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, Easter, weddings, or most festivities be without it? Some call cooking the overall No. 1 hobby in …

Every young man can probably envision himself as the next Beach Boy, Beatle, or Rolling Stone. Why do I say that? Because that’s what I remember thinking when I was a young man. If you had …

At 6:17 a.m.,  something happened that I hope you caught.  The sun rose. According to a quick internet search, that's the exact time sunrise happened in Mukilteo, Washington. I …

Dear Savvy Senior, I am very concerned about Elon Musk and the so-called DOGE team getting access to my Social Security number and personal financial information through their government office …

I f you’re like me, you’ve been longing for more sunshine as we settle into spring in the Pacific Northwest. The glimpses of warmth and sun feel wonderful and energized. Beyond the …

Along with re-striping preexisting areas, might I suggest adding new parallel parking stripes on the block in front of Rosehill on Lincoln Ave? More times than not, people are unsure of how much …

Editor’s note: This comment is about the online story, “New measles case identified in Snohomish County infant” (tinyurl.com/y4x8as4h) Thank you, Beacon staff. Measles is also …

You probably already know the folklore about Benjamin Franklin flying a kite with a metal key attached during a thunderstorm to demonstrate the electrical nature of lightning. Ben did that way back …

On April 3, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights asked states to certify their compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as well as the Department’s …

Beyond our City’s current budget crisis, our 10-year demographic and income distribution trends are equally troubling. What are the implications of these trends? How will that worsen our …

I’m certain we all have our favorite movies. I thought that I’d write about the production of movies. I’m also guessing that many of you do not understand how exactly movies get …

My partner, Karen, recently told me, enthusiastically: “The Evergreen Fairgrounds is hosting the three-day Quilters Anonymous (QA) 43rd annual Quilt Show. Are you interested in …

Take me away. Fly me to the moon or Mars. Stop the world; I wanna get off. It's the end of the world as we know it. No, no, and no, I'm just kidding. I'm not going anywhere. There's no place I'd …

We are created in order that we might 1): search for and discover The Directions that lead to heaven on earth, 2): apply those directions in our own lives, and then to 3): enjoy a literally heavenly …

I saw him standing smack dab in the middle of the intersection next to my house when I drove home for lunch. Seemingly unafraid. It was like Gary Cooper waiting to take on my neighbor, not with …

I decided to write this column after a particularly frustrating experience with Xfinity. I simply wanted to remove an additional person who somehow had managed to get posted on my email account. …