Utility work in the Sunnyland neighborhood has caused people to alter their dog-walking behavior. Apparently walking your dog in a different alley means you don't have to pick up after your dog? My trash can area is not your doggy potty, and for goodness sake there is a trash can directly next to your accumulating piles of doo doo, just pick it up and put it in my trash can. Be a good neighbor, please.
-- JoAna Phillips of Bellingham, via Letters to the Editor
My professional sources inside the dog world tell me it’s no joke that people often resemble their dogs – and vice versa. That includes more than simple appearance, as I noticed the other day.
RICHLAND -- Richland plans to change the way trash is collected at its parks. The changes will unfold this spring, and the city's parks and recreation director said they'll save the city money, improve the park experience for users and free up his staff for other work.
In some cases, parkgoers won't even notice a difference.
Today, parks and recreation staffers drive a small garbage truck through the parks, removing the trash bags and hauling the refuse away to the city landfill. But the truck is old and will be retired this year, and the city's solid waste utility will take over.
If you're eyeing your drying Christmas tree and trying to figure out the easiest way to legally get rid of it, Saturday, Jan. 5, is your lucky day.
Boy Scout troops will cart off your holiday evergreen for a donation. All you have to do is get it to the curb.
Trees should be on the curb by 8 a.m. Saturday and cleared of tinsel, stands and decorations.
EVERETT — An outbreak of canine virus in the Puget Sound region has dog owners nervous.
It’s a beach bummer. Shorelines worldwide are clogged with trash, so much so that during their annual cleanup last year, volunteers with the Ocean Conservancy picked up refuse that weighed as much as 10 Boeing 747 jumbo jets.
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