We elect legislators to make decisions with our best interests in mind and if we feel those interests are in jeopardy, we expect our legislators to listen to us, to fight for us and to make open public decisions.
The lowlight of the 45th District candidates forum, held Oct. 12, was Rep. Goodman claiming that the current budget was 2.5 billion dollars less than the previous budget.
The City Council and Mayor worked their tails off Tuesday night — for over three hours. A Budget Hearing took up a lot of their time. The final Budget Hearing is November 16.
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.
The Overlake girls soccer team notched a big victory on Tuesday afternoon against defending state champion Seattle Academy in overtime, 2-1, at the Overlake School.
HealthGrades ranked Evergreen Hospital Medical Center in the top five percent nationally in Stroke Care and the top 10 percent in Critical Care, GI services, General Surgery and Pulmonary Services.
The City of Redmond will host “Livable Redmond — A Community Conversation on Sustainability” from 4:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3 at Redmond City Hall, 15670 NE 85th St.
The Bear Creek boys’ soccer team kept their dream season alive with a 6-0 thrashing of the Eagles on Monday afternoon.
Mark Phillips and Tom Postings scored twice in the scorefest, with Blake Emery and Will Stansell also netting goals for the Grizzlies.
Head out to the City of Redmond’s Farrel-McWhirter Farm Park, 19545 NE Redmond Rd. on Saturday, Oct. 23 for fall harvest fun.
The City of Redmond is hosting the second public open house to discuss the future of 152nd Avenue Northeast, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26 from at Audubon Elementary School, 3045 180th Ave. NE in Redmond.
Dependable equipment originally sourced direct from top-tier manufacturers will be on sale at five RSC Equipment Rental (www.rscrental.com) locations in the Seattle area, including 9045 Willows Rd. in Redmond, from 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28.
All local military veterans and their families are invited to a Veterans Appreciation event from 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10 at Rosa Parks Elementary School, 22845 NE Cedar Park Crescent, Redmond.
The Lake Washington College Foundation will hold its annual Pathways to Learning benefit breakfast fundraiser from 7:30-9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27, on the main Lake Washington Technical College (LWTC) campus, 11605 132nd Ave. NE. in Kirkland. In addition to the Kirkland campus, LWTC has branch campuses in Redmond and Duvall.
To mark its 50th anniversary, Overlake Hospital Medical Center is hosting its biggest-ever Eastside Vitality Community Health Fair from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, on the Overlake hospital campus at 1035 116th Ave. NE in Bellevue. The event is free and offers a wide range of activities for kids and adults.
The top-ranked Grizzlies had no trouble with Northwest School on Friday night, at Northwest, winning 2-0.
Will Stansell scored unassisted just after the game got underway,with Gabe Rongve adding another goal in the 24th minute. Goalkeeper Jamie Clough was masterful in goal again, recording his league-leading seventh shutout of the season.
Jeffrey Tomlin, M.D. has been named the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at Evergreen Healthcare in Kirkland. Tomlin is the executive director of Evergreen Surgical Center, medical director of quality and surgical services at the hospital and an anesthesiologist. As CMO, he will be responsible for leading the clinical quality improvement and safety initiatives of Evergreen Healthcare.
The Redmond-based Muslim Association of Puget Sound (MAPS) will host an event on “The Hijab (Headscarf): What do Muslim women and men really think about it?” from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23 at Lake Hills Library, 15590 Lake Hills Blvd., Bellevue.
The Redmond Historical Society will meet from 10:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, Nov. 13 at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center, 16600 NE 80th St. in Redmond.
Sustainable Redmond is hosting a public showing of the documentary film, “A Chemical Reaction” followed by an interactive discussion from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28 at the Redmond Regional Library, 15990 NE 85th St., in Meeting Room 1.
Heather Harper, a home-schooled senior that swims for Redmond High, swam two state-qualifying times in the Mustangs’ 104-81 win over Woodinville on Thursday night at Juanita Pool.