Football fans packed into Sporty’s Beef & Brew in Everett on Sunday to watch the Superbowl match up between the New Orleans Saints vs. the Indianapolis Colts. The assembled bar crowd displayed partisan support for the Saints, cheering and clapping when ever the game momentum favored the Saints. Late in the 4^th quarter, the Saints’ Tracy Porter’s interception and 75 yard run into the end zone caused an eruption throughout the room, sealing the fate of New Orleans as the Superbowl Champions.

Marcus Rayevich of Everett is a New Orleans Saints fan, who was sporting Reggie Bush’s #25 Saints jersey. Read more »

Everett-born Randy Couture, 46, a former Alderwood Middle School student and former heavyweight champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) defeated Mark Coleman, 45, in a 2nd round submission on Saturday night in UFC 109 in Las Vegas. This bout between two UFC Hall of Famers was jokingly referred to as “Senior Citizen Fight Night” by some UFC bloggers.

In a post-fight interview with Fanhouse journalist Ariel Helwani, Couture was asked, “You entered into this sport many moons ago, did you ever think that you would still be competing and dominating at 46 years old?”

Couture responded, “I kind of started this on a whim, Read more »

Eat at Applebee’s on Everett Mall Way on Thursday
Please visit Applebee’s on Everett Mall Way for a fundraising event for the Everett
Family YMCA’s Annual Invest in Youth Campaign. Invite all your friends and family on Thursday to dine at Applebee’s, who will donate 15% Read more »

The Silvertips organization and fans celebrated Fire Fighter Appreciation night at Saturday night’s game. After the ceremonial puck drop by the Everett Fire Department Chief Murray Gordon and Snohomish County Fire Prevention Association President Robert Marshall, the Tips played three periods of incendiary offense, launching 43 scorching shots on goal in a fiery 5–1 barn burner over the Spokane Chiefs. Kent Simpson’s goaltending and 17 saves dampened the spark of the Chiefs’ offense. Read more »

Green Everett will be hosting the next Green Drinks of Snohomish County at Zippy’s Java Lounge on Wednesday February 10 from 5:30–8 p.m. Come early because there will be a chocolate tasting with Seattle’s organic Fair Trade-Theo Chocolates and confections. At 7 p.m. an inspiring documentary will be screened, A Convenient Truth. No, this isn’t Al Gore’s movie. A Film by Giovanni Vaz Del Bello, A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil is about turning a poverty stricken city into one of the most vibrant, sustainable cities in the world. The footage includes exclusive interviews from world-renowned Curitiba mayors who made their city a model for others to follow. Read more »

With one of out of ten people unemployed in Snohomish County, the After Hours Mini Job Fair will be a very busy event on Wednesday February 10. Read more »

From the directors of the award-winning motorcycle movies Choppertown: the Sinners and Brittown comes a new motorcycle fabrication documentary. Two years in the making, The Harbortown Bobber follows the ground-up build of Scott DiLalla’s ‘69 bobber as various back yard masters put their hands on it creating a unique custom motorcycle and telling their own personal stories as they work. The film will be screened locally at Old Strokers Motorcycle Works and Bench Racers Café on Wednesday February 10 @ 7 p.m. Read more »

The Snohomish County Executive Office, United Way of Snohomish County and the Workforce Development Council Snohomish County (WDCSC) are hosting a multi-day resource fair designed to offer assistance to families and individuals impacted by the current economic crisis. Called “Helping Hands for Hard Times,” the three-day resource fair in multiple locations will provide employment, housing, financial and healthcare help to residents currently in need. There is no admission fee and all services will be offered to participants free of charge. Read more »

With a brick-wall defense by goalie Matt Roik and explosive scoring by Rhys Duch, Jeff Zywicki, and several others, the Washington Stealth fought off a tough-to-beat Minnesota Swarm on Friday evening for a 12–9 win. The Stealth remain the only undefeated team in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) at 6–0.

Roik’s 39 saves plus Duch’s and Zywicki’s hat tricks gave the crowd of 3,600+ at Comcast Arena something the cheer about. Read more »

Boeing today publicly unveiled the first 787 Dreamliner to feature interior components. The third flight test airplane, ZA003, has a partial interior that provides a glimpse into the new flying experience the airplane will offer. Configured for flight-testing purposes, the interior includes instrumentation racks, flight-test equipment and workstations for engineers. Read more »