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🌱 Meet the former teen employee now running Monroe’s Hill Street Cleaners

Happening soon: Sky Valley Parent Co-op Preschool OPEN HOUSE on the Monroe Patch calendar

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Good day Monroe! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

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In today's newsletter:

  • Meet the former teen employee now running Monroe's Hill Street Cleaners
  • How Monroe's Bearcats pulled off their five-set win over Stanwood

Also on today's calendar: Sky Valley Parent Co-op Preschool OPEN HOUSE and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, a little rain, with a high of 63 and low of 46 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 67, low: 46.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 70 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Monroe dry cleaner passes business to former employee (heraldnet.com) — Hill Street Cleaners on North Lewis Street in Monroe has a new owner with deep local roots: former teenage employee Alyssa Green Aggarwal. She and her husband took over in June, keeping longtime staff, updating payment options, and aiming to continue the community-focused service built over 35 years by retiring owner Eldon Bartelheimer.
   

• Prep roundup: Monroe volleyball outlasts Stanwood (heraldnet.com) — Monroe High's volleyball team tightened its grip on first place by outlasting Stanwood in a five-set Wesco 3A/2A North showdown in Monroe. Local standouts like Shannara Peebles and Maddie Walker led the way, while other nearby schools' volleyball and soccer results round out the prep sports picture.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • What kind of owl is this?
    The little guy flew into our window and we helped him fly away. (Nextdoor Cromwell Plateau)
  • Kroger posted a job opening for Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger in Monroe. Apply here.
  • Disabledperson, Inc posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate at Walmart in Monroe, Washington in Monroe. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Monroe here.

🗞 Nearby News

Snohomish

  • Strengthening the pipeline for future pediatric and primary doctors (seattleschild.com)
  • Prep roundup: Julianne Buchan scores all 4 for Murphy girls soccer (heraldnet.com)
  • ICE abductions surge in WA + Spokane may get monster data centers + PDX's first Indigenous bookshop (cascadia-journal.com)

Everett

  • Everett rowers double up with regatta and cancer treatment fundraiser (everettpost.com)

Ok Monroe! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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