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Edmonds Marsh restoration project volunteers plant more than 80 trees

Story and photos by Chris Walton
Posted: October 13, 2024

Volunteers for the Edmonds Marsh Volunteer Restoration Project on Saturday planted over 80 trees near Shelleberger Creek, which runs along Highway 104 and eventually into the marsh.

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‘A cleanup, not a coverup’: Marsh advocates challenge Ecology’s preferred alternative for Unocal site cleanup

Posted: September 18, 2024

Updated Sept. 19 with the audio recording.

To aid our readers who were unable to attend, My Edmonds News recorded the full session on audio, linked here. Readers may wish to listen and follow along with the DOE PowerPoint (linked here) to mirror experience of being in the room and see the visual aids as they are being discussed. 

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Edmonds Council supports retaining property tax dollars; learns city likely to miss Comp Plan deadline

The council also learned during Tuesday’s remote meeting that due to planning and development department staffing shortages and other factors, Edmonds is likely to miss the state-mandated deadline for completing its 2024 Comprehensive Plan update.

September 17, 2024

Edmonds Council supports retaining property tax dollars; learns city likely to miss Comp Plan deadline

Letter to the editor: ‘No’ on Alternative 6 for Unocal site cleanup

Posted: September 14, 2024

Editor:

Out of an original list of six alternatives for the Unocal site cleanup, the Washington State Department of Ecology narrowed the list to two: Alternative 4 would call for the most thorough cleanup by excavation and removal of contaminated soil that still remains on the site. Alternative 6 leaves the remaining contaminated soil in place. Chevron, the parent company of Unocal, has selected Alternative 6 as the preferred option.

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Reader View: Comprehensive Plan — Adopt minimum state requirements to retain Edmonds’ charm

By Karen Haase Herrick
Posted: August 28, 2024

As previously stated by the Alliance of Citizens for Edmonds (ACE), repeatedly stated by Edmonds residents and the chair of the city’s Architectural Design Board (MEN comment), “the City should not be allowing anything in the Comp Plan that is not required.”

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