For the fifth time in about 40 years, residents of Esperance, a 450-acre island of unincorporated territory surrounded by Edmonds, will likely vote on whether they want to become part of the city.

Esperance is a village in Schoharie County, New York, with a population of 394. The total cost of housing, food, child care, transportation, health care, taxes, and other necessities for a single ...

There is one reason John Kragseth has always voted against annexing his neighborhood into Edmonds. “Taxes,” he said. He believes his taxes would increase if his Esperance community joined the city.

EDMONDS – It’s far from being an official proposal, but the Esperance annexation is being reconsidered. The notion was raised at the Edmonds City Council retreat last month as a possible way to ...