When we first moved into our apartment in downtown Redmond three years ago, it was a quiet haven. During the past six months, however, the noises of downtown Redmond have left us sleep-deprived and robbed of any sense of peace and quiet we once enjoyed.
Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a segment of Crane Co., has announced the appointment of Greg Gomez-Cornejo as vice president of operations of its Electronics Group. In his role, Gomez-Cornejo is responsible for operations and supply chain for all of its electronics group locations, including Redmond; Beverly, Mass.; Chandler, Ariz.; Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.; West Caldwell, N.J.; Kaohsiung, Taiwan; and San Jose, Costa Rica. He will be located in Redmond.
Three quarters of surveyed Washington drivers thought they were likely to get a ticket for going 68 mph on a freeway posted for 60 mph. More than 90 percent thought they were likely to get arrested if they drove drunk. A third of drivers age 18-24 said they sent or received a text message or email while driving. These findings are in a report released by the Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC).
Jillian Roels, director of the Redmond chapter of the Girl Talk international mentoring program, was named the new Miss Washington-International 2013. She will be competing July 26-27 in Chicago for the Miss International crown.
The police blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical roundup of all calls to the Redmond Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Redmond Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Redmond, which gets more than 500 calls (emergency and non-emergency) per week.
Rep. Roger Goodman (45 Legislative District, D-Kirkland) has been picked to chair the House Public Safety Committee.
On Monday, the Metropolitan King County Council adopted a legislative package that will keep the Eastside Rail Corridor (ERC), which stretches from King County to Snohomish County under public control.
State Sen. Andy Hill from Redmond has been named chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, making him the Senate’s leader on budgetary matters for the next two years.
The Redmond David Douglas Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), is sponsoring a Wreaths Across America event (WAA) with Cedar Lawns Memorial Park and Cemetery in Redmond at 9 a.m. this Saturday.
Busy shoppers can give a gift to conservation and conserve some time for themselves this season, when Eastside Audubon brings its holiday gift wrap service to REI at Redmond Town Center.
There will be a free opening reception from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Redmond City Hall, at 15670 N.E. 85th St., for a new art exhibition called “In the Palm of Her Hand.”
The police blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical roundup of all calls to the Redmond Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Redmond Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Redmond, which gets more than 500 calls (emergency and non-emergency) per week.
Jeff Chandler has tendered his resignation as the head football coach at Redmond High School, according to athletic director John Appelgate.
Chandler is leaving the position to pursue a career in school administration.
The police blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical roundup of all calls to the Redmond Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Redmond Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Redmond, which gets more than 500 calls (emergency and non-emergency) per week.
Chanukah begins tonight and students from the Jewish Day School in Bellevue have been getting ready for the festival of lights, which begins tonight.
Four Lake Washington School District (LWSD) schools have been named “Schools of Distinction” by the Center for Educational Effectiveness (CEE).
Redmond Lacrosse registration is now open and parents can register their children before Dec. 31. For information, visit www.redmondlacrosse.com.
Skill sessions are taking place from 1-3 p.m. every Sunday in December for players through eighth grade. Most sessions will be held at Perrigo Park Field 1; the Dec. 16 one is at the Hartman Park soccer field.
The U.S. is poised to fall off a “fiscal cliff” on Jan. 1 unless Democrats and Republicans find a way to avoid automatic spending cuts and tax increases.
Yawn.
It’s not that we don’t believe — sort of — the doomsayers who tout what a catastrophe this would be to the nation’s economy. It’s just that we don’t think rational people — yes, that means politicians – are so stupid as to let that happen.
In response to the Nov. 23 letter to the Redmond Reporter, “No one can afford a drink in this state,” Brian Hair is greatly misinformed about how I-1183 was written.
“Ism” denotes that the word it suffixes is an ideology — a belief. What is the ideology of “terrorism”? There is none. Terror is a tactic — a means, not an end. It makes no sense to try to conduct a war against a means of warfare. By adopting the misleading label, “terrorism,” we impair our ability to think clearly. Terror is a tactic of the harshest style of conflict. Terror tactics commonly are used by authoritarian groups that seek to become a government or to coerce a government to change policy.