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Area grocery stores to be sold if merger of Albertsons, Kroger succeeds
As Albertsons/Safeway works to merge with Kroger (Fred Meyer), the two will sell off 124 of their stores in Washington state (19 in the county), plus 456 in other states. The nation’s two biggest grocers are shedding stores to try to meet antitrust concerns that have so far interrupted the largest supermarket merger in U.S. history.
Court documents reveal alleged ‘hate crime’ at Edmonds Ezell’s Chicken restaurant
Snohomish County Superior Court documents are revealing an alleged “hate crime” at an Edmonds business last month. As reported by My Edmonds News, a man brandished a knife and hurled racial insults at two employees of Hispanic descent at the Ezell’s Chicken restaurant at 22019 Hwy 99 in Edmonds.
Snohomish Aquatic Center patrons petition to prioritize seniors’ open fitness hours in summer
SNOHOMISH — Mother and daughter Elizabeth and Kelly Holderman began going to Snohomish Aquatic Center together as a way to bond. Kelly Holderman, 72, has been going to the center for a few years, her daughter joining more recently in May. Soon after Elizabeth joined, the aquatic center’s schedule...
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I started out my working life as an elementary school teacher. I taught for fifteen years in schools from Tipperary, to the San Francisco Bay Area of California, and eventually to Whidbey Island. I loved teaching, and being with my students. I worked very hard to be the best teacher I could be, but inside, I always felt something was missing. After 15 years of teaching, I realized that I was completely burned out, and that my mental health was being impacted.
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