🌱 How Mountlake Terrace residents can recycle Christmas trees in January

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In today's newsletter:

• How Mountlake Terrace residents can recycle Christmas trees in January
• Could a new fire station rise near Mountlake Terrace?

Also on today's calendar: Annual Holiday Pops and 5 more events.

📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Mountlake Terrace? Post it to Mountlake Terrace photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️

Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Windy with rain at times, with a high of 56 and low of 41 degrees.
• Wednesday: A couple of showers, temps: high: 48, low: 43.
• Thursday: Cloudy, showers around; windy, with a high of 50 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Want to recycle your Christmas tree? Scouts are here to help in early January (myedmondsnews.com) — Mountlake Terrace households can schedule curbside Christmas tree pickup in early January through Lynnwood-based Scout Troop 49, which serves several nearby cities. Multiple local troops will also host drop-off sites in Edmonds and Lynnwood, with donations welcome but not required, as long as trees are undecorated and not flocked.
   

• Demolition begins on property that housed Edmonds' Value Village (mltnews.com) — Demolition is underway at the former Edmonds Value Village site on Highway 99, a key junction serving Edmonds, Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace. Verdant Health Commission is clearing the long-vacant building as South County Fire considers the property for a new station, potentially strengthening emergency services access for nearby Mountlake Terrace residents.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mountlake Terrace

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Annual Holiday Pops
  Bastyr Chapel, 14500 Juanita Dr NE, Kenmore
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Wonderland Play Group
  Mountlake Terrace Library - Sno-Isle Libraries , 23300 58th Ave W , Mountlake Terrace
  10:00 am
• Talk Time for English Language Learners
  Mountlake Terrace Library - Sno-Isle Libraries , 23300 58th Ave W , Mountlake Terrace
  6:30 pm
• YogaFaith Gentle Flow Class IN PERSON Wednesdays @ Mountlake Church
  23210 57th Ave W , Mountlake Terrace
  8:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Toddler Storytime with Ms. Priya
  Mountlake Terrace Library - Sno-Isle Libraries , 23300 58th Ave W , Mountlake Terrace
  10:30 am

Saturday December 20

• Paint & Sip at Nile Shrine Center
  Nile Shrine Golf Course , 6601 244th St SW , Mountlake Terrace
  2:30 pm

Sunday December 21

• Conscious Fathering (in-person) 12/21/25 Sunday
  Hall Creek Office Park , 6912 220th St SW , Mountlake Terrace
  9:00 am

Wednesday December 31

• Wonderland Play Group
  Mountlake Terrace Library - Sno-Isle Libraries , 23300 58th Ave W , Mountlake Terrace
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• The Friendship Club
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  12:00 pm
• A River Runs Under It Book Group
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  3:00 pm
• Reading Buddies at the Shoreline Library (Study Zone)
  Shoreline Library , 345 NE 175th Street , Seattle
  4:00 pm
• Brendan Wires
  Brendan Wires Performance , 17171 Bothell Way NE , Lake Forest Park
  4:30 pm
• Tutors at Shoreline Library (Study Zone)
  Shoreline Library , 345 NE 175th Street , Seattle
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser & Display Installer in Mountlake Terrace. Apply here.
• Public Storage posted a job opening for Customer Service - Self Storage Manager in Edmonds. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mountlake Terrace here.

🗞 Nearby News

Edmonds

• ‘We can't survive here': Edmonds Food Bank eyes new location (heraldnet.com)
• Annie opens at Edmonds College's Black Box Theater, with more shows this weekend (lynnwoodtimes.com)
• Sen. Marko Liias hosts coffee chat, addresses issues with residents (myedmondsnews.com)

Lynnwood

• In statement about Bondi Beach attack, local rabbi says Dec. 21 menorah lighting in Lynnwood will proceed (myedmondsnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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