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January 15th Lights of Love Trees Removed 

There are several entities that help make Washington’s town square shine bright every holiday season, with a long held feature at its center. For years the city’s parks and recreation department has maintained the lighted fountain display that was originally constructed by former Parks Superintendent Royden Boshart. Current Parks Superintendent Nick Pacha says it takes about 10 employees combined from the parks and public works departments to put up the display by Thanksgiving, and he says the hardest part of installation is working with the weather forecast. Pacha believes Washington’...

The fourth annual Lights of Love Memory Tree program hosted by Main Street Washington has proven to be a luminary success this holiday season. The public was invited to sponsor a tree for $100 each to honor a loved one with proceeds going to the non-profit organization’s mission to make downtown Washington vibrant. Director Sarah Grunewaldt shares how this year’s fundraiser went, “We ended up selling 56 trees, which we had budgeted for 50. So we’re very thankful we were able to get those extra six trees, but we totally sold out this year which is wonderful and we’ve already started ...