MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: July 17, 2021
William Edward Brougher
Bill was born on January 6, 1938 in the western Pennsylvania town of Aliquippa. Always a hard worker, his first job was at age 10 as a golf caddy, and he worked his way through college at the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation. In 1961, he graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in mechanical engineering.
Bill married his college sweetheart Kathleen Collins in 1961. The couple moved to Seattle, where Bill began work at Boeing. He later worked at the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company and spent 26 years at the Port of Seattle (both waterfront and airport), where he received multiple awards for his management skills. While working full time, he got an executive MBA from the University of Washington and obtained his Professional Engineering license, and helped save an Oso elementary school building from demolition. He retired as the Director of Facilities and Maintenance at Sea-Tac in 199
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Sunshine, flowers, pies, veggies, fresh fruit and more return to the Edmonds Museum Garden Market this Saturday. Our market will be bursting at the seams this week, as we welcome back two of our long-time vendors to the market season.
Collins Family Orchards has been an anchor vendor with our market for more than 10 years. This fourth-generation farm brings a fine selection of orchard fruits to our market throughout the summer season. This week, they will be featuring apples from their orchards and within the next few weeks cherries will appear, followed by apricots, peaches, nectarines and more.
MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: April 30, 2021 Artist registration at the 1974 Edmonds Arts Festival. The 1979 Festival took place at Holy Rosary School. The 1985 Gallery Arts exhibit. A scene from the 2019 Edmonds Arts Festival.
The Edmonds Arts Festival has grown from a small community art fair to one of the most prestigious in the Pacific Northwest, attracting artists from across the nation and Canada and hosting a nationally recognized juried student art exhibit. It brings tens of thousands of people to the city to see the work of more than 200 artists and craftspeople, enjoy live entertainment and delicious local food, and patronize the city’s businesses and restaurants. On this, the Festival’s 63rd anniversary, let’s take a look back at how it all started.
MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: February 23, 2021
Edmonds Historical Museum
Join the Edmonds-South Snohomish County Historical Society and the Edmonds Historical Museum virtually Monday March 1, at 4 p.m. for the organization’s annual meeting.
Edmonds Historical Museum Director Katie Kelly and the society’s board of directors will reflect on 2020 and what is in store for 2021.
A link to the meeting will be sent at least 30 minutes prior to the event. Contact the museum at info@historicedmonds.org to request the meeting link.
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MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: January 26, 2021 767
Edmonds Historical Museum Director Katie Kelly, center, accepts a check from Salish Sea owner Jeff Barnett, right, as Edmonds resident and KIRO TV meterologist Nick Allard, left, looks on.
In what has become an annual tradition, Edmonds’ Salish Sea Brewing donated a check matching and slightly exceeding, by $2 the Edmonds Uplift Society’s $500 donation to the Edmonds Historical Museum. The Uplift Society usually donates its money in connection with the New Year’s Day Polar Plunge at Brackett’s Landing, but made a separate donation even though the Plunge was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a friendly competition, Salish Sea Brewing has routinely been adding a bit more to its donation to “exceed” the Uplift Society’s contribution.