A school bus headed to Endeavour Elementary was involved in a traffic accident this morning, according to a Mukilteo School District spokesperson.

Service on the Mukilteo ferry was suspended for about two hours this morning after a man threatened to bomb the vessel. There was no actual bomb.

Ivar’s at Mukilteo Landing was closed Thursday as employees cleaned up damage caused by big waves that slammed into the restaurant early that morning. The storm also caused some damage at the Losvar Condominiums, Silver Cloud Inn, Lighthouse Park and to a Port of Everett fishing pier.

Since the FAA decision on passenger service at Paine Field is nearly two years overdue, many of us may have gotten complacent about the issue. Not so for the citizens’ group Save Our Communities (SOC), which held its annual meeting Sunday at Mukilteo City Hall.

Those interested in learning more about plans to improve or upgrade the Mukilteo ferry terminal are invited to review and comment on the latest environmental documents at upcoming meetings and/or online.

Mukilteo’s two state representatives have announced they support legislation legalizing gay marriage.

A Mukilteo woman driving near the Boeing Co. plant struck and killed a man in a Monday morning crash in Everett.

A draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for improved operations, safety and security of the ferry terminal on the Mukilteo side of the Mukilteo-Clinton ferry route has been issued for review and comment.

A major winter storm moved into Puget Sound yesterday, and heavy accumulations of snow are expected to fall in Mukilteo this week.

A garbage transfer station near Paine Field was closed for at least two hours last week until firefighters could confirm a liquid spilled from an unmarked barrel inside the facility was not hazardous.

The city of Mukilteo is currently soliciting proposals for community grant projects for the 2012 calendar year.

Residents who don’t want any more medical marijuana gardens in Mukilteo can relax – newly revised interim regulations allow no more than one additional garden in the city. Mukilteo City Council on Jan. 3 voted unanimously to further restrict the city’s interim regulations by doubling the distance requirement for “collective gardens” from 500 feet to 1,000 feet.

Although the city is seeing progress, Mukilteo City Council has adopted a legislative agenda with the same priorities as in 2011. The council on Jan. 3 unanimously approved state and federal legislative agendas for 2012, largely unchanged from last year’s list.

Emily Vanderwielen, Steve Schmalz, Jennifer Gregerson and Linda Grafer are sworn in to office on Jan. 3 by City Clerk Chris Boughman. The four were recently elected to serve four-year terms on the Mukilteo City Council in council positions 4-7.

Mukilteo City Council has appointed Richard Emery to serve for a second term as council president. He ran unopposed.

An Arlington man charged with the armed robbery of a Mukilteo coffee stand has been sentenced to 12.5 years in prison.

Mukilteo police talked a reportedly suicidal man armed with a knife off of the railroad tracks on Dec. 29.

Mukilteo was awarded a $75,000 grant from the Washington State Departments of Ecology (DOE) and Commerce to develop a Stormwater Strategies Plan. The city was one of 17 recipients to be awarded a total of $6.3 million for 23 individual projects. The grant awards were announced Dec. 22.

A man who jumped off the Mukilteo ferry the night of Dec. 11 is believed to have been a 58-year-old Seattle man.

A second platform for the Mukilteo Sounder Station is scheduled for construction next year, which will allow for easier train commutes.