A new preschool opening in Redmond will show kids they can be active, learn and have fun at the same time.
Emerald City Preschool, set to open in September and run through June, will offer an extra dose of physical activity and education; in fact, it will be housed in Redmond’s Emerald City Gymnastics Academy.
King County sewer rates will likely stay the same for 2012, if the King County Metropolitan Council adopts a recent proposal by County Executive Dow Constantine.
Hundreds of children and their families came to the Redmond Senior Center Saturday morning to participate in the Redmond Eggstravaganza, a fun-filled Easter-themed event.
Among the many activities were an egg hunt on the lawn at City Hall, photos with the Easter bunny, a pancake breakfast, a crafts table, face-painting and carnival-style games.
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 National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced Wednesday that two Lake Washington School District students, including one from Redmond High School, will receive National Merit Corporate-Sponsored Scholarships financed by one of the 200 companies, foundations and other business organizations that sponsor these scholarships.
King County Councilmember Jane Hague kicked off her re-election campaign at Meydenbauer Center Wednesday morning before an audience of 900 people, vowing to reinvent county government and protect taxpayers. Initial estimates indicate Hague raised around $80,000.
K-9 units from around the state sharpened their crime-fighting skills at a three-day seminar by the Washington State Police Canine Association (WSPCA). The seminar, hosted by the Redmond and Kirkland Police Departments, featured teaching sessions at Overlake Christian Church in Redmond and the La Quinta Inn in Kirkland.
The City of Redmond is offering residents the opportunity to learn more about various aspects of the local government through a six-week Citizen Academy.
On May 10, Kevin Donnelly will be sworn in as the City of Redmond’s new fire chief.
The next Redmond Senior Center (RSC) First Friday Coffee Chat on May 6 will feature City of Redmond Mayor John Marchione.
Artwork from Redmond’s Digital Arts Festival is now on exhibit through May 31 at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center at 16600 N.E. 80th St.
Tent City 4 is moving to Redmond on Saturday and it is seeking help from the community.
The homeless encampment is seeking donations for its new location at St. Jude Catholic Church on Education Hill. In addition, residents are invited to come help set up tents at the camp.
The homeless encampment is making its third stay in five years at the grassy church grounds, located at 10526 166th Ave. N.E.
All residents of the unincorporated areas of King County — including those outside the Redmond city limits — will likely soon have single point of contact for county services.
Teams of existing county staff would be assigned to work with community groups, under a reform of the public engagement process for the unincorporated areas proposed Monday by King County Executive Dow Constantine.
Eastside Heritage Center archivist Megan Carlisle will be speaking at the Redmond Historical Society meeting on May 14.
The Ironheart Classic 4 mile/8 Mile Race and Health/Fitness Festival will be at Marymoor Park’s Velodrome race track on May 21 at 9 a.m.
Children from Sunrise Elementary School and Girl Scout Troops (42042 Brownie and 42392 Junior) in Redmond has joined the “Paper Cranes for Japan” project to raise money for the earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in Japan.
King County property owners have until Monday, May 2 to pay the first half of their 2011 property taxes.
Take some lumber, a little soil, seeds and add some caring members of the local community and a few more people will have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Members of the Lake Washington United Methodist Church, which is located near the Redmond-Kirkland border, and some Eagle Scouts have come together to help build a community pea patch “First Fruits Community Garden” on the church’s property.
The Redmond Senior Center (RSC) will be holding a pet fair on May 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Longtime Redmond resident Greyling Gentry questions why the Lake Washington School District (LWSD) wants to build a new school near what she calls ‘ticking time bombs.’
Gentry is the most vocal opponent against the district’s plans to build a new Rose Hill Junior High/Stella Schola Middle School on the existing school grounds a few hundred feet away from where a pair of nearly 50-year-old gas pipelines are buried. LWSD is proposing to build a new two-story, 125,000 square-foot school in the southwest corner of the property, south of the existing school. If approved by the City of Redmond, construction is slated to begin in 2012 and the new school will be open by September 2013, according to the plans.