Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series examining Redmond Mayor John Marchione’s 2013-14 Budget by Priorities proposal. The budget contains six priorities: public safety, community building, infrastructure and growth, clean and green environment, business vitality and responsible government. Part one will focus on public safety and community building.
Tuesday is election day and with that comes the end of a long campaign trail at the local, state and national levels that was difficult to ignore.
As a kid, Trent Spangler had been bullied off and on from the time he entered kindergarten.
As recently as two months ago, David Kemp’s opinion about law enforcement was less than flattering.
For the last three years, the undead have taken over Redmond Town Center (RTC) for one day in October and this year will be no different.
The day in the life of a school principal often consists of emails to fellow educators, signing off on various orders of school business, attending meetings, interacting with students and more.
With the election just weeks away, candidates running in races for the 45th and 48th legislative districts participated in a debate Wednesday afternoon at the HYATT house hotel in Redmond.
When Donald Schmidt and Donald Osmer returned to the United States after their wedding in Canada, they had to fill out some paperwork at the border — nothing unusual — but whereas couples in heterosexual marriages would be given one set of paperwork, they were given two sets.
On Tuesday afternoon, City of Redmond Mayor John Marchione, a number of students from the International Community School (ICS) in Kirkland and others received a crash course German culture, courtesy of students visiting the Pacific Northwest from Germany.
When “Humans vs. Zombies” first came to DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond a few years ago, the live-action, undead-themed variation of tag garnered a large following of students.
City of Redmond Mayor John Marchione presented his proposal for the 2013-14 budget to City Council during Tuesday evening’s study session meeting.
After about a year of vacancy, the space that formerly housed the food bank at the Together Center, 16225 N.E. 87th St. in Redmond, is once again occupied and providing services for those in need.
The year was 1995 and a 68-year-old Doris Bond had taken a trip to Italy as part of a mountaineering group.
A widow of 11 years at that point, the now 84-year-old had traveled by herself and was not looking to meet or become romantically involved with anyone.
“Some people look for people,” Bond said. “I wasn’t.”
But then she met Frank King, who was also a member of the mountaineering group, and everything changed.
“We were together after three days,” she said.
Bond loved King’s personality, saying that he was always helpful. She said they also discovered they enjoyed the same things, describing those initial encounters as “magic.”
The 100-day countdown to Redmond’s official centennial began Sept. 23 and city staff have added a number of activities and events to celebrate the city’s 100th birthday and close out 2012.
This month marks my two-year anniversary with the Redmond Reporter and during my time here, one thing that has always struck me about this community has been just that: community.
It’s only been a month since it was announced that Jeannine Hall Gailey is the City of Redmond’s new poet laureate, but she already has plans on how to bring poetry to the masses.
The cooler weather that signifies autumn’s arrival was not enough to stop families from Albert Einstein Elementary School in Redmond from participating in the school’s second annual Walk-to-School Day Wednesday morning.
Redmond City Television (RCTV) is teaming up with the Seattle Latino Film Festival (SLFF) to broadcast a number of selections beginning next Wednesday.
Cars lined the streets atop Education Hill Monday evening as hundreds of people made their way to the baseball fields of Hartman Park.
But instead of visiting the park to enjoy a game, they were there for a memorial event to honor and celebrate the life of Jackson Roos, the 12-year-old boy who died in a zip-line accident in his family’s back yard near Redmond last Wednesday.
For some families, a doctor’s visit may mean forgoing groceries for a week or fewer outings because they can’t afford to fill up the car, as well.