In 1983, the Ebb Tide predecessor granted the City of Edmonds an easement to allow the public to have an access way between the City-owned beaches and over a 10-foot-wide section of the Ebb Tide …

"This darkness. Why does it have to get dark so early!" I grumbled to myself. Well, at least I didn't have to cook tonight – I had ordered Chinese from our favorite Chinese restaurant and was …

Editor's note: Administrative Services Director Dave Turley read the following to the mayor and councilmembers during the Dec. 13 council meeting. He gave the Beacon permission to publish it in …

Medicare health insurance plans are now open for enrollment for the 1.4 million Medicare beneficiaries in Washington. Deciding what type of Medicare plan is best for you can be a confusing task when …

Editor's note: Former Edmonds City Councilmember Luke Distelhorst sent the following note to councilmembers and City staff Dec. 4. He gave his permission to publish it in the Beacon. It's day five …

Continuing from the pre-Thanksgiving Arts & Appetite column dedicated to our favorite restaurants across Edmonds and the nearby areas, this week's installment reinforces that residents of south …

The Edmonds Marsh is closer to you than you might think. But what do you know about this valuable patch of wild land between our city and Puget Sound? The Edmonds Marsh Estuary Advocates (EMEA) …

Residents of a single-family home neighborhood may soon have 75-foot apartments right outside their front doors. How did we get here? The City of Edmonds is undertaking the largest …

Native American Heritage Month provides an opportunity for us all to learn and make connections to Indigenous people and the land that has existed since time immemorial. Several events have been held …

I served in Korea for 13 months, five days, nine hours, and 12 minutes, so I’m extremely interested in hearing about that Forgotten War. It’s said that our participation in the Afghanistan …

Who doesn’t have opinions? Just ask anyone in your family or circle of friends. That’s why reviews and comments about places to eat, movies to see, and books to read are among the most Googled …

I’m always amazed by the stories of “what, why and how.” Most of us are curious as to what, why, and how other people do what they do. It doesn’t take long to get to the question of what …

With the celebration of Halloween earlier this week, many of us still talk about that Oct. 30, 1938, classic Halloween Eve frightful Orson Welles’ CBS “Mercury Theatre on the Air” radio …

Edmonds, about a dozen miles north of Seattle on Puget Sound, is about as good a place as it gets. At least travel guru Rick Steves of PBS fame thinks so. When Rick’s not traveling, he makes …

Gray skies have finally arrived in the Village of Goodness, with droplets of H2O that we Northwesterners claim as gold. If only we had deep wells of fossil fuel, would we be self-sufficient? The …

Most of us are too young to remember what a world being ravished by polio was like. But in the 1940s and 1950s, polio either paralyzed or killed over half a million people. There is no cure, only …

I learned some exciting things about our Senior Center Thrift Store recently from a newsletter that the store publishes. There is so much more that goes into it than just being a place where people …

The Great Shakeout earthquake Exercise is approaching quickly. It is a great time to not only participate in an earthquake exercise at work and with your family, but it provides an opportunity to …