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• Medicare Part D: Save on prescription costs

  By Johanna Lindsay, ... - Nov 21
  From now until Dec. 7, millions of seniors and individuals with disabilities in Washington state have the opportunity to do something that can ...
  
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  Not giving up on Japanese Gulch

  By Steve K. Bertrand - Nov 14
  After reading Phil Wrobel’s inspiring Guest View in the Mukilteo Beacon last Wednesday [“Gulch levy is a bargain,” page 4, Nov. 7], I felt ...
  

• Vote ‘Yes’ for Japanese Gulch

  By Richard Emery, ... - Oct 31
  The current effort to preserve Japanese Gulch as a park and open space began almost five years ago when citizens saw signs of possible development ...
  
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  The killer whales are back!

  By Susan Berta and ... - Oct 17
  After spending most of the summer in the San Juan Islands, our resident orca pods have just begun venturing south into inland waters for the fall ...
  

• Vote YES to save the gulch

  By Janet Hammerman, ... - Sep 26
  Have you ever wondered what mark you will leave on this Earth during your lifetime? 10 years from now? 100 years from now? How about 1,000 years ...
  

• FAA's decision works against us

  By Greg Hauth - Sep 19
  On Sept. 14, the FAA issued a final Environmental Assessment. It’s extremely disappointing because it gives a green light to Horizon and Allegiant ...
  

• There’s a hole in my glass

  By Kevin Stoltz, ... - Sep 12
  This month I’ve found there are more topics to comment on than available space. The plastic bag ban proposed by the city’s Sustainability Committee...
  
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  Mukilteo: As good as it could get

  Sep 05
  Katie Ross, a sixth grader at Harbour Pointe Middle School, is the runner up in Beacon Publishing's third annual Mayor for a Day essay contest. ...
  

• Back to School:   Ready, Set, Go!

  By Cathy Albrecht ... - Aug 30
  Being ready for the beginning of school involves looking at a few different components. One involves the physical tools needed, such as school ...
  

• The trendy drive to ban plastic grocery bags: Does it really help the environment?

  By Todd Myers - Aug 23
  From Bellingham to Edmonds to Seattle, Washington cities are joining the latest environmental trend – banning plastic grocery bags. Concerned ...
  

• Japanese Gulch, parking, fees and the budget

  By Kevin Stoltz, ... - Nov 14
  Japanese Gulch Although Proposition 1, a levy to purchase property in Japanese Gulch for parks and open space failed to get the 60 percent ...
  
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  Gulch levy is a bargain

  By Phil Wrobel, Mukilteo ... - Nov 07
  I know that this will probably be printed after the election, but still I felt some things needed to be said. I have been a resident of Mukilteo ...
  

• Paid parking may not be practical

  By Richard Emery, ... - Oct 24
  The City Council and city staff began to address the issue of Lighthouse Park access, parking and overcrowding about two years ago. After several ...
  

• Vote for the gulch

  By Kevin Stoltz, ... - Oct 10
  This month I’m straying a bit from my normal desire to justify my decisions based on the facts before me and am asking you to vote ‘Yes’ in ...
  

• Boeing 787 – 1st anniversary of FAA approval

  By Tim Raetzloff - Sep 26
  The Boeing 787 received FAA approval on Aug. 26, 2011. How has the program done in its first year of operation? One remarkable item is that three ...
  

• Record numbers visit festival

  By Jennifer Gregerson, ... - Sep 12
  Thank you to all of Mukilteo for another successful festival weekend! The Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival Association thanks all the volunteers who ...
  
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  Mukilteo is a marvelous place to live

  Sep 05
  Cece Vanderveen, a fifth grader at Columbia Elementary, is the winner of Beacon Publishing's third annual Mayor for a Day essay contest. Read her ...
  

• Lighthouse Festival now better than ever

  By Janet Hammerman, ... - Sep 05
  Like a vintage wine, each year the Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival improves. This year, thanks to your feedback, the 47th annual Mukilteo Lighthouse ...
  

• Join the fight against commercial flights

  By Jennifer Gregerson, ... - Aug 29
  A study of economic impacts by airports in the state* found that Paine Field contributes more to economic activity – a $19.4 billion economic ...
  
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  Fire services: Do more with less

  By Kirk Galatas, ... - Aug 22
  I just finished reading the book “Predictable Surprises.” It was harder than usual for me to remain focused, though. Every example the authors ...