The Redmond Senior Center (RSC) First Friday Coffee Chat on Jan. 7 from 10-11 a.m. will feature Police Chief Ron Gibson and Commander Shari Shovlin. This is the time to get acquainted with Redmond’s new Chief and learn his philosophy of policing. Chief Gibson is also anxious to learn from residents as to their concerns and suggestions.
Commander Shari Shovlin will be on hand to discuss the new Traffic Safety Camera Pilot Program that will begin on Jan. 1, 2011.
A 32-year-old Redmond woman faces first-degree child rape charges after allegations that she had sexual contact with a 5-year-old boy, who was a regular playmate of her young son.
The Lake Washington School District (LWSD) will not have to lay off any teachers this school year despite unexpected state budget reductions to education, according to Kathryn Reith, LWSD Director of Communications.
The City of Redmond’s new Safety Camera Pilot Program begins on Jan. 1, 2011 with three red-light cameras and one school-zone camera.
Redmond police will issue warning tickets through January. Citations with fines will begin on Feb. 1. The fine for a safety camera violation is $124.
Power has been restored to Redmond’s Perrigo Park and the park is now open.
A landslide, created by the weekend’s heavy rains, forced the closure of Perrigo Park, 9011 196 Ave. NE, on Monday.
The landslide carried mud, trees and debris across 196th Ave NE and knocked over power lines, shutting down power at the park, according to Marta Gronlund, Communication Program Manager for the City of Redmond.
Students from Evergreen Junior High School are using art as a way to say thanks to U.S. troops overseas.
Last Saturday, 20 students and alumni students from Redmond’s Stella Schola Middle School became elves as they helped out at the Forgotten Children’s Fund Christmas (FCF) as part of their semester project.
Dressed up in Santa hats and reindeer antlers, Stella Schola students acted as Santa’s elves by heading to the North Pole — a donated warehouse/office near Boeing Field in Seattle — to wrap new toys and clothing for needy families in the greater Seattle area.
Sixth-grader Randy Un (front center with glasses) reads to first-grader Thomas Frias as part of the Hawks Can Read program at Redmond Elementary School last Friday, Dec. 10.
The Redmond Police Department (RPD) will be hosting its fifth annual Polar Plunge on Saturday, Jan. 1 at Idylwood Beach Park, 3650 West Lake Sammamish Parkway NE.
On Dec. 4, 10-year-old Redmond resident Thomas Cornett was named City Champion at the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TGC) City Tournament in Mukilteo.
For many young people, the holidays bring up images of being at home and spending time with family, but for some, going home is not an option.
Friends of Youth chief operating officer Terry Pottmeyer said on any given night, up to 2,000 youths in King County are homeless.
Five months ahead of schedule, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) celebrated the completion of the SR 520 widening project in Redmond on Wednesday.
The Northeast 36th Street Bridge will open for traffic after the grand opening ceremony, which will be held Wednesday, Dec. 15 on the south side of the bridge, near Northeast 31st Street, beginning at noon.
Mariachi Guadalajara performs at Saturday’s Redmond Lights Winter Festival at the Redmond Town Center. There was a myriad of entertainment, food and family fun at the 12th annual holiday event.
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.
Despite the many clubs and organizations at Redmond High School (RHS), including a number of cultural clubs, one group of students still felt there was still something missing in the school’s repertoire.
This prompted the teens to form the Asian Student Association (ASA).
The Redmond City Council approved a two-year budget package that features a bump in property taxes, approximately 50 layoffs, along with slight increases in water/wastewater and business license fees.
In addition, city employees will get a one percent Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) increase in 2011 and possibly additional increases in 2012, depending on next year’s union negotiations, according to Malisa Files, the City of Redmond Financial Planning Manager.
The Redmond Clay Studio, together with the Washington Clay Arts Association, presents the second annual Holiday Ceramic Show and Sale from Thursday, Dec. 9 to Sunday, Dec. 12 at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center, 16600 NE 80th Street.
Hours for the show are Thursday from 5-8 p.m. and Friday-Sunday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Last week’s snowy and icy road conditions could not stop the Redmond Senior Center’s outing to Tulalip Casino in Marysville.
Nine brave souls with an itch for slot machines met at the Redmond Senior Center (RSC) last Wednesday and make the trek north to the casino.
For the second straight year, Redmond Eye Doctors will be accepting donations of non-perishable items this holiday season and those who donate will have a chance to win a pair of designer sunglasses.