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View MoreThe Port of Everett and Port of South Whidbey opened a public survey through Nov. 6 to gather feedback on the Harbor Hopper walk-on ferry pilot, which carried more than 1,500 passengers between Everett and Langley this summer and saw occupancy more than double after a midday sailing was added in August.

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View MoreThe Port of Everett's third annual Haunted Harbor brings free Halloween activities to Pacific Rim Plaza on Oct. 23, including boat-to-boat trick-or-treating, a witches paddle, and a scavenger hunt for handmade glass floats from Schack Art Center.

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View MoreMarine Area 8-2, covering Port Gardner and Port Susan off Everett, will not reopen for winter recreational crabbing on Oct. 1 due to softshell crab concerns, even as seven other Puget Sound areas resume the season.

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View MoreThe Port of Everett's third annual Haunted Harbor returns Oct. 23 with free trick-or-treating on boats, a Witches Paddle, a pumpkin patch and a scavenger hunt at Pacific Rim Plaza.

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View MoreActing Navy Secretary Hung Cao confirmed eight sailors in the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group attempted suicide during the carrier's record-setting Iran war deployment, raising mental health concerns that resonate at Naval Station Everett.

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View MoreNaval Station Everett's commanding officer, Capt. Stacy Wuthier, will deliver the annual State of the Station address at a public luncheon on Oct. 15 at the Port of Everett, highlighting the base's estimated $340 million annual economic impact on Snohomish County.

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View MoreAthleisure Collective, an Arlington-based fitness and wellness business, signed a 10-year lease for 4,000 square feet at the Port of Everett's Waterfront Place, planning three fitness studios, a café and a boutique along the South Marina promenade.

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View MoreCmdr. Matthew Sass, executive officer of Naval Station Everett, reflects on watching the Sept. 11 attacks unfold as a 19-year-old ROTC student in uniform and the combat career that followed.

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View MoreThe Port of Everett and Port of South Whidbey are considering an expanded Harbor Hopper passenger ferry pilot for summer 2027 after the tourism ferry's first season carried about 1,500 trips, but ticket revenue cannot cover fuel costs and the service depends on sponsors and stalled state legislation.

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View MoreThe Port of Everett added a trolley-style "Trawley" vehicle to its free electric waterfront shuttle program this summer, wrapping the service's third season with plans for colder-month operations still taking shape.

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View MoreThe Port of Everett, Economic Alliance Snohomish County and the state Department of Commerce will host a free Sept. 16 workshop teaching local manufacturers and small businesses how to grow exports, sell into Korean markets via Coupang and use Foreign Trade Zone #85 to cut import costs.

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View MoreA 19-year-old from South Everett's Casino Road neighborhood went from shy first-time sailor to paid crew member aboard the historic schooner Adventuress through the Everett at Sea program, a partnership between Connect Casino Road and Sound Experience that sends underserved youth on free sailing expeditions each summer.
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