5 Most Haunted Places in Snohomish County
Snohomish County has all the raw materials for a first-rate ghost story: mining towns, weathered…
5 Most Haunted Places in Snohomish County
Snohomish County has all the raw materials for a first-rate ghost story: mining towns, weathered hotels, old theaters, Victorian mansions and enough rain to make practically any window look suspicious after midnight. The most famous haunted places in Snohomish County also happen to contain some genuinely fascinating local history. The ghosts remain unconfirmed. The fires,…
Living in Beaumont: 5 Things Residents Love—and 5 They Hate
Living in Beaumont, Texas, can mean an affordable house, a 20-minute commute and access to some of the Gulf Coast’s best food and fishing. It can also mean mosquitoes with personal ambitions, hurricane anxiety and a social calendar that occasionally requires driving to Houston. That contradiction defines online conversations about this Southeast Texas city. Supporters…
Living in Springfield, Illinois: 5 Things Residents Love—and 5 They Hate
Living in Springfield, Illinois, comes with a remarkably short commute, relatively affordable housing and the reassuring knowledge that Abraham Lincoln is never more than a few minutes away. It also comes with complaints about crime, taxes, a downtown that goes quiet early and weather that occasionally seems to be trying several seasons before lunch. That…
Living in Murrieta: 5 Things Residents Love—and 5 They Hate
Living in Murrieta offers one of Southern California’s most familiar bargains: trade the coast for a larger house, quieter streets and good schools—then spend part of the life you saved sitting on Interstate 15. That tension dominates online conversations about this fast-growing Riverside County city. Families praise Murrieta’s safety, parks, suburban calm and relative value…
Living in Lansing: 5 Things Residents Love—and 5 They Hate
Living in Lansing is a little like buying a sturdy older house: the price may win you over, the neighborhood can grow on you, and sooner or later something underneath your car will make an expensive noise. That tension runs through hundreds of resident reviews and local discussion threads. People praise Michigan’s capital for its…
5 Things Residents Love—and Hate—About Living in Miami Gardens
Miami Gardens inspires two kinds of online commentary: fierce hometown pride and an equally fierce list of things residents would fix if somebody handed them the city budget and a working traffic wand. Both reactions make sense. This is a deeply rooted, culturally distinctive city with major parks, strong homeownership and one of the country’s…
5 Most Haunted Places in Kitsap County — If You Believe the Stories
Kitsap County has enough old mill towns, military history, cemeteries and dark stretches of forest to keep a ghost-story enthusiast busy for a while. And locals have certainly done their part. Paranormal investigators, residents and visitors have spent decades swapping stories about unexplained footsteps, voices in empty rooms, shadowy figures and things that allegedly go…
Everett Animal Shelter Urgently Seeks Fosters for Two Dogs
The Everett Animal Shelter is urgently seeking foster homes for two dogs struggling in the shelter environment, including a young Australian shepherd that needs an experienced caregiver. The shelter issued a community appeal for Bandit, a 4½-year-old pit bull mix, and Totino, an 11-month-old Australian shepherd, saying both dogs need to leave the shelter for…
5 Fun Things to Do This Weekend in Everett
Everett has a solid late-summer weekend lined up for Friday, Aug. 21 through Sunday, Aug. 23, with enough variety to cover date night, family time, live entertainment and the inevitable Sunday urge to buy something delicious from a local vendor. We narrowed the calendar to five picks that actually give you different ways to spend…
Get Out: 5 Things to Do This Weekend in Tacoma
Tacoma isn’t letting the final stretch of August slip away quietly. For the weekend of Friday, Aug. 21 through Sunday, Aug. 23, there are plenty of reasons to leave the house, ranging from live comedy and a country concert to a farmers market, family activities and a free morning in Point Defiance. We narrowed it…