I am writing about my concerns about the recent installation of red light cameras in Redmond. I am not in favor of them primarily for safety reasons. After having read several articles on them, it appears that they have created many rear-end collisions, primarily on higher-speed roads — like Northeast 85th Street, Redmond Way and 148th Avenue Northeast, for example.
I want to add my voice to the crowd in opposition to the red light cameras popping up all over Redmond.
Due to three and a half snow days earlier in the year, Lake Washington School District’s (LWSD) last day of school will now be June 22.
Residents who live in unincorporated King County near Redmond can now report crimes with the click of a mouse.
The King County Sheriff’s Office has launched online reporting for a variety of crimes, suspicious circumstances, and traffic complaints.
Senior Dylan Davis got it done on the mound and at the plate during Redmond’s 11-1 season-opening win over Mount Si on Monday afternoon at home.
The Redmond Historical Society is offering guided walking tours of the historic downtown area, just in time for the city’s centennial.
While the devastating Japan earthquake and tsunami have passed, the recovery and mourning has just begun. The disaster could become the most expensive earthquake in history.
The crisis could get even worse, depending on what happens next at the nuclear power plants.
This is the time to help and many organizations and businesses are doing just that.
A mad scientist was spotted in Redmond Friday night and he dazzled a crowd at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center with the Science Spectacular, which featured some unique and entertaining experiments.
Children got a chance to get into the spirit of Mardi Gras at a family friendly celebration, held last Saturday at Orange Blossom Society, a downtown youth enrichment center.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is holding an informational meeting about its upcoming spring semester on March 24 at Trilogy at Redmond Ridge.
Two Redmond High School students have been accepted into the Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS) program.
On March 5, Redmond High School’s two Knowledge Bowl teams competed at a regional competition at Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma and will be advancing to the state Knowledge Bowl competition.
On March 27, Redmond tenor Kim Cooney will be featured in the Lyric Opera Northwest’s single production of Giacomo Puccini’s opera, “La Bohéme” at the Moore Theatre at 1932 2nd Avenue in Seattle.
High school students from Lake Washington School District (LWSD) recently participated at the Northlake Regional Solo and Ensemble Festival held at Bothell High School.
On March 20, the Redmond Choral Spectrum is celebrating the birthday of composer Johann Sebastian Bach at its Lyric Arts Ensemble concert.
No local impacts were felt in King County following the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan, but King County emergency management officials are continuing to monitor the situation.
“Our thoughts go out to all those affected by this disaster,” said King County Executive Dow Constantine. “While the tsunami didn’t affect King County, our Office of Emergency Management has been on top of developments and coordinating with our partners throughout the region.”
A group of youth skiers from Redmond will be swooshing down the slopes at the 2011 Buddy Werner Championship (BWC) alpine ski competition at Stevens Pass this weekend.
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The police blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up 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.