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WEEK IN REVIEW
Thursday
Boeing schedules 787's first flight for Tuesday
Payout of $44.7 million to clean up Asarco cont...
Girl's death in car crash stuns Granite Falls
Wednesday
Gregoire unveils budget with deep cuts, will pr...
Sultan brothers plead guilty in death of rival ...
Bikini coffee stands to be regulated as adult e...
Tuesday


Arlington brothers’ fight led to death, p...
Burn ban issued in Snohomish County
Woman found dead at Bothell house fire
Monday


Pearl Harbor's voices of the past
Taxes needed to close state's growing deficit?
Grant could help county's residents all be heal...
Sunday


Swine flu lingers, making traditional flu seaso...
Two vie to serve as Snohomish County prosecutor
Families get an early gift: free Christmas trees
Saturday


Gift charity draws Snohomish County families in...
Fears over commercial air service at Paine Fiel...
Donated safe gives Marysville museum a mystery
Friday


From behind bars, pal tells Colton Harris-Moore...
Commercial airlines would cause few problems at...
Fund set up to benefit children of couple kille...
 

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Garden
Class teaches online savvy for gardeners

Gardening online: Can’t remember what you planted where or when? Trying to design a new bed for spring?  Is your heart soil-heavy and in need of companionship? [More]





Home & Garden Calendar

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Snohomish County garden clubs

Alderwood Garden Club: Crossroads Church, 18527 60th Ave. W., Lynnwood; Peggy Williamson, 425-774-6227. [More]






Richie Steffen / Great Plant Picks
Plant pick: Manchurian snakebark maple

WHAT: Manchurian snakebark maple is as exotic as its name suggests. Growing into a medium-sized tree with a broad, vaselike shape, this maple, also known as acer tegmentosum, has a smooth trunk that is bright green and heavily striped with shades of... [More]





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Great Plant Picks
Plant pick: Kramer’s Rote

WHAT: This eye-catching heath, known as a darley heath, goes by the hybrid name of Kramer’s Rote. It has a compact form and an upright, bushy habit. [More]





Garden clubs

Alderwood Garden Club: Crossroads Church, 18527 60th Ave. W., Lynnwood; Peggy Williamson, 425-774-6227. [More]






Green screens: Plant privacy trees now for a lively landscape

We know good fences make good neighbors. (Thank you, Robert Frost.) But sometimes the best fence isn’t a fence at all. It’s a wall of trees and shrubs. [More]





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Great plant pick: helleborus x sternii  November 19
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Plant bulbs now for surefire garden color in the spring  November 19
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1. Girl's death in car crash stuns Granite Falls
2. 787 starts ‘final gantlet' of tests before first flight
3. Inmates to help families of police
4. Lewd baristas face stricter rules
5. Swine flu shots to be available to all in county
6. Woman who died in fire named
7. Roe picked as interim prosecutor
8. Gregoire's budget offers no easy way out of deficit
9. Payout of $44.7 million to clean up Asarco contamination in Everett
10. Roche Harbor's second derby a big hit
Enterprise Newspaper Snohomish County Business Journal
Zambian woman thanks students for their help
Food banks see rise in use
‘Making Spirits Bright’ in Edmonds
Wolfpack takes aim at state
Seahawks help students smile
95 and still volunteering
Sno-King joined by local TV king
Veterans back for Wildcats
Lynnwood seeks to plug $2 million budget gap
The Enterprise Online Newspaper