Sixty Acres Park in Redmond is the center of regional soccer in King County. It is also the hub of activities ranging from ultimate frisbee to rocketry and the flying of radio-controlled sailplanes.
As the former Kirkland Mayor, Rep. Larry Springer has taken a pragmatic, fiscally conservative approach from the local to state level.
Vying for the chance to represent local residents from the state’s 45th Legislative District, Position 1, both former Rep. Toby Nixon, a Republican, and current Democratic Rep. Roger Goodman are hoping they’ll get the majority of voters to agree with their re-election to Olympia.
Wednesday, Oct. 22
Visiting one of the most densely populated parts of the county, County Council members listened late into the night Tuesday as neighborhood residents, dozens of county employees and non-profit agencies begged them not to slash funding and jobs at a budget hearing at Finn Hill Junior High School.
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At a brief and orderly public hearing Tuesday, citizens offered comments and suggestions in response to Mayor John Marchione’s priorities for the City of Redmond’s 2009-10 budget.
Nearly 1,500 guests gathered at Bellevue’s Meydenbauer Center Monday to hear speakers, including actor/activist Edward James Olmos, Sen. Maria Cantwell and former Washington first lady Mona Locke extol the virtues of the Redmond-based social service agency Hopelink — and to drive home the urgent message that the need to support Hopelink is greater than ever.
Parents, faculty and staff of The Overlake School in Redmond, along with many local businesses and families, are gearing up for the school’s annual benefit dinner auction, set for 4 p.m., Nov. 16, at the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue.
Evan Harlan from the Redmond Ridge QFC won first place at the Washington Food Industry’s Best Bagger Contest last Thursday at the Doubletree Hotel Seattle Airport.
Gov. Christine Gregoire faces another tough, close fight from Republican challenger Dino Rossi in her bid for re-election.
Multi-platinum-selling and award-winning recording artist Amy Grant brings her “Lead Me On” 20th anniversary celebration tour to Redmond’s Overlake Christian Church, 9900 Willows Rd. NE, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28.
Susan James of Redmond is among the organizers of a Seattle Thrillers event to be held in Seattle and counted towards a world record attempt for the “Largest Simultaneous Thriller Dance” on Saturday, Oct. 25 (or Sunday, Oct. 26, in other parts of the world).
Nearing next month’s critical elections, we asked the candidates for United States Representative, Eighth Congressional District, about some of the issues that are most on constituents’ minds, and about the claims they’ve been making about one another in their campaigns.
The King County Council Budget Review and Adoption Committee held its first community meeting on Tuesday at the Pacific Cascade Freshman Campus in Issaquah on Tuesday.
The Redmond Regional Library, 15990 NE 85th St., will be temporarily closed for renovation Oct. 20 through mid-December.
Tuesday, Oct. 14
Redmond Mayor John Marchione presented his proposed budget for the fiscal year 2009-10 to the Redmond City Council Tuesday night.
Will Redmond’s independent retail shops and restaurants have a holly-jolly holiday season?
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Redmond Mayor John Marchione presented his proposed budget for the fiscal year 2009-10 to the Redmond City Council Tuesday night.
Village Roadshow Gold Class Cinemas, the new luxury movie theatres at Redmond Town Center will open to the public on Friday, Oct. 31. The opening was initially scheduled for Friday, Oct. 24, but “due to a slight construction delay,” the date was pushed back, said Jeff Rose of The Rose Group, a Culver City, Calif.-based public relations firm representing the cinemas.
