Front Porch
Published 1:30 am Saturday, December 1, 2018
EVENTS
Tree, Menorah lightings in Lynnwood
The Christmas Tree Lighting will be held 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Silver Creek Family Church, 5326 176th St. SW, Lynnwood. Food trucks, live music and Santa.
Then, on Sunday, the annual public Menorah Lighting Ceremony starts at 4 p.m. at Lynnwood City Hall, 19100 44th Ave. W. There also will be speeches, treats, kids activities and music. Bring a candle.
Also Sunday, hang out with Santa again at an open house — with cookies, of course — from 1 to 4 p.m. at Heritage Cottage at Heritage Park, 19903 Poplar Way. Coffee and hot cider, too.
More info: lynnwoodwa.gov
Tree lighting in Bothell
Santa arrives by fire engine at 5 p.m. Sunday to kick off Bothell’s Tree Lighting celebration along Main Street downtown. There also will be holiday activities, music and more.
More info: bothellwa.gov
Santa breakfast in Mountlake Terrace
The American Legion S. Al Wilcox Legion Post 234 Auxiliary holds its annual Santa Breakfast, 9 a.m. to noon Sunday at the hall at 22909 56th Ave. W, Mountlake Terrace. Enjoy ham, eggs, pancakes, fruit and drinks for $6, $4 ages 3-10, and free for younger than 3. Santa also will be on hand to take kids’ requests.
The event includes a raffle and donation drive to benefit Holly House. Needed are pajamas for teens, as well as footballs, basketballs and soccer balls.
Behold, the fruitcake …
Author Harriet Baskas presents “The Ancient Fruitcake: What Really, Really Old Food Tells Us About History, Culture, Love and Memory,” 6 p.m. Monday at the Arlington Library, 135 N Washington Ave. A Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau program.
More info: 360-435-3033
HEADS UP
Affordable housing meetings
Snohomish County hosts two meetings next week to gather input about directing federal grant dollars toward affordable housing and community development programs. The meetings are scheduled at noon and 6 p.m. Wednesday, both at Public Meeting Room 2 in the Robert J. Drewel Building, 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett.
Written comments can be sent to Debra May by email to debra.may@snoco.org or by regular mail to the Snohomish County Human Services Department, OHCD, 3000 Rockefeller Ave M/S 305, Everett, WA 98201.
More info: 425-388-3264
Marysville’s Grove Street to close
Grove Street is scheduled to close between State and Cedar avenues from 7:30 p.m. to 4 a.m. Sundays through Thursdays, starting this weekend. The road, which might be open some days, should fully reopen before Dec. 14.
Crews will perform geotechnical work for preliminary design of the Grove Street Overcrossing. The elevated roadway over the BNSF Railway tracks will help relieve traffic delays during train crossings. The total project cost is estimated at $24 million; construction is not yet funded or scheduled.
More info: marysvillewa.gov
