Arlington celebration
Hometown Holidays, a day-long celebration, is back in downtown Arlington on Saturday.
The annual Arlington Santa Parade starts at noon. It’s free to participate and there will be bins to donate nonperishable items for the local food bank. Registration is at 11:30 a.m. on the corner of Division Street and Olympic Avenue. A tree-lighting ceremony at Legion Park, 114 N. Olympic Ave., follows the parade with a festive sweater contest, Santa visits, crafts and free holiday movies.
A country music concert goes from 1 to 3 p.m. in the parking lot near City Hall and free wagon rides leave from Legion Park between 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. A Toys for Tots Christmas Run is at 11 a.m. downtown and handmade holiday gifts will be sold at Pioneer Hall from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Arlington Communtiy Resource Center also plans to collect warm socks. New socks can be donated at Action Sports or Arlington Hardware on Olympic Ave.
Light rail a ways off: Sound Transit has approved an updated schedule for the extension of light rail into Lynnwood. The project still is under design, with construction in Lynnwood expected to start in 2018. Some property buyouts were approved at the Nov. 19 board meeting, with more expected. The new light rail station is expected to open in 2023.
For more information, go to www.soundtransit.org/LLE. A new video animation of the final route is posted there.
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