Janice Podsada

Everett

Business Reporter at The Everett Daily Herald

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Epic ways to spice up your summer

1 week ago | heraldnet.com | Janice Podsada

Take a road trip. Soak in a sunset. Get crafty. Have a craft beer. Get tatted or even tie the knot. Summer adventures abound in every corner of our region. New sights and tastes await. There is so much to experience. Here are some attractions and distractions to get your summer party started. Take it from there with The Daily Herald’s Best of Snohomish County 2024 list of top picks from over 60,000 votes by readers.
Lynnwood’s Petosa Accordions: A key player for 103 years

2 months ago | heraldnet.com | Janice Podsada

EVERETT — Strap on this 25-pound musical breastplate, give it a squeeze, and you’re guaranteed to be the life of the party. Why sing the blues when you can play the accordion? With undertones of violin, organ grinder, piano, monkey, calliope and three-ring circus – the accordion can be silly or serious. Tchaikovsky or Devo. “You’ll find the accordion in nearly every style of music, worldwide,” said Joe Petosa Jr., third-generation owner of Petosa Accordions in Lynnwood at 19503 56th Ave. W.
From Monroe to Miami: The fire revolution

Feb 24, 2025 | heraldnet.com | Janice Podsada

From Monroe to Miami, there’s nothing like cozying up to a fire, whether it’s hot, cool or a hologram. Wood stoves, pellet stoves, natural gas and electric fireplaces, Mukilteo’s Travis Industries makes them all. “We sell fire in different forms,” said president and general manager Kurt Rumens, 70, who founded the business 45 years ago with one employee. Today, it employs 450. The Harbour Pointe plant sits on an 80-acre campus, dubbed the House of Fire.
Find the keys to music success at Lynnwood-based chain

Dec 27, 2024 | heraldnet.com | Janice Podsada

EVERETT — Valerie Bennett recently treated herself to a new violin, nicer than the one she played 70 years ago in junior high. There was just one problem — Bennett, 81, couldn’t remember how to play. Then she found violin instructor Doug Spencer at Kennelly Keys Music in Everett. Weekly lessons revived her skills, sparked joy and even soothed some savage beasts, Lucy and Chanell. Her two chihuahuas love to listen.
PAWS’ Companion Animal Shelter offers dogs, cats and a new leash on life

Dec 20, 2024 | heraldnet.com | Janice Podsada

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‘A safe place to be.’ Women and children find comfort and compassion at Esther’s Place in Everett

Dec 17, 2024 | heraldnet.com | Janice Podsada

By Janice Podsada EVERETT — On a rainy November evening some 10 years ago, Judy Hoff got off work and headed to her car, parked in downtown Everett. On her way there, she spotted a young woman in an alley trying to crawl into a large garbage can, her lodging for the night. Hoff drove the woman to a local shelter. The experience shook her. At the time there were few emergency housing options for homeless women and children, Hoff said. “I cried and I prayed,” she recalled.
Tricks of the trade: New Everett dog training gym is a people-pleaser

Dec 5, 2024 | heraldnet.com | Janice Podsada

This story originally appeared in Sound & Summit. EVERETT — The Everett Zoom Room, a new dog training gym, offers a new twist on paint and sip parties. In this version, you still drink wine but your dog paints. More on what we’ll call paint and lick later. (It’s a little messy and involves peanut butter.) Named after the Zoomies, the joyful burst of energy that sends dogs skittering, the Zoom Room offers agility, obedience and trick training classes.
Edmonds College to offer 2 new four-year degree programs

Aug 8, 2024 | heraldnet.com | Janice Podsada

EDMONDS — Beginning this fall, Edmonds College will offer new four-year degree programs in computer science and robotics and artificial intelligence. “We are proud to introduce our very first bachelor of science program on campus in computer science and our fifth bachelor of applied science in robotics and artificial intelligence,” Edmonds College President Amit Singh said in a statement.
Despite high mortgage rates, Snohomish County home market still competitive

Aug 7, 2024 | heraldnet.com | Janice Podsada

EVERETT — At the start of the year, real estate agents and homebuyers were looking forward to lower mortgage rates. “We were told by the Federal Reserve Board and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac there would be three rate cuts this year,” said George Montemor, a real estate agent with John L. Scott in Lynnwood. Those rate cuts never happened, not one. Now, analysts are cautiously predicting the Fed could cut the interest rate in September, bringing down mortgage rates.
Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum is a Paine Field favorite

Aug 6, 2024 | heraldnet.com | Janice Podsada

During the Second World War, the British Army flew military dogs behind enemy lines to locate mines and keep watch over the soldiers. Just like their human handlers, the dogs parachuted in. If you’re curious to see what a paradog looks like, visit the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum at Paine Field in Everett. Stroll over to Charlie Hangar and look up at the ceiling. You’ll see five 3D printed canines dangling from five red parachutes.