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Recently I made public comments at the Mukilteo City Council meeting and in the Mukilteo Beacon that outlined the cost overruns, under-budgeting, and nonpublic management of the city’s fire department (FD), specifically with regards to overtime (OT...

I’m writing in response to recent social media posts from a Mukilteo School District parent(s) and not something you’ve published, but I wanted to share my opinion with your readership. The posts were concerning discolored water samples taken...

I want to give a huge thank you to all of those involved in clearing and sanding the roads and making them safe for drivers and kids in Mukilteo! They were out there working tirelessly all night and the hills looked great today. I drove out of...

I am writing to thank Mukilteo residents for sharing the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season. Because of the generosity of donors in Mukilteo and across the United States, Operation Christmas Child, a project of...

A big thank you to Marty and the team at the Mukilteo Public Works Department who cleared the end of my driveway from piled-up snow. This older senior is most grateful. Virginia Stempf Mukilteo...

I want to start off by saying I am fully supportive of performing arts programs in our schools and community. Having been a member of orchestra at all levels going through school in the Mukilteo School District has helped me grow and find an outlet f...

Editor's Note: See parts 1-5 of "If I knew for sure..." at mukilteobeacon.com. They were published on Aug. 15, 2018, Jan. 9, 2019, May 29, Aug. 7, and Nov. 6. Hello patient friends! Without your grace to me, I'm sunk. I promise to wrap this up...

Here at the Beacon family of newspapers, we’re grateful for the community’s support. In 1992, when we founded Beacon Publishing in Mukilteo, city officials and others were incredulous that we thought a small town of 8,000 could support a weekly...

I have been given the honor and privilege to serve as Mukilteo Council President for 2020. I am grateful and humbled by the support of the council and I pledge to do my best to be available and responsive to councilmembers and all the citizens. I am...

The Jan. 8, 2020 Beacon article about Mike Skeffington and Lombardo’s was quite interesting, although I feel that the greater of the story needs to be told. I have known Mike since shortly after he opened the original Lombardo’s at Hwy 99 and...

Mukilteo’s Council voted to reduce the mayor’s salary starting 2022. A tie vote that did not pass. Some confused my comments as trying to overturn the voters who chose, as I did, to keep the mayor/council form of government. I also want a highly...

Below is the content of an article written by Sarah Brenner, JD, and published by Ed Slott and Company, LLC. He is a frequent guest on PBS and trains professionals like myself in the finer aspects of IRA and retirement accounts. Rather than re-write...

The recent movie “The Two Popes” fascinated me, mostly because I believe Pope Francis embodies the saint who talked peace with Muslims. I remember when Muslims around the world congratulated Catholics on the election of Pope Francis Bergoglio,...

A Mukilteo resident was quoted in a Beacon article as saying that graffiti is not art. Well, it depends. The article was accompanied by a photograph of graffiti in, I believe, the Japanese Gulch. The graffiti was, indeed, defacement of property,...

I am responding to Mr. Mewbourn’s letter regarding the issue of Fire and EMS overtime. Mr. Mewbourn forgot to mention that firefighters also get a month salary whether they work or not. At a city council meeting in December, after receiving...

Our household supports the upcoming Mukilteo School District Bond 100%.  When we moved here over 20 years ago, we chose Mukilteo because of the school district.  We had a fourth grader and soon-to-be kindergartener at the time, so we did some...