The Lake Washington School District (LWSD) plans to seek the support of tax payers for a long-term, permanent solution to overcrowding.
LWSD board of directors voted at Monday night’s board meeting to propose a levy measure for the February 2011 ballot.
Elevation Exhibits and Events, an award-winning exhibit design and event-planning firm, today announced that it has opened an office at 8117 166th Ave. NE in Redmond.
Work has started on $1.5 million in energy efficiency upgrades and building envelope renovations to Forest Glen, a 40-unit public housing complex for seniors and persons with disabilities, at 8610 164th Ave. NE, Redmond.
For the second year, Overlake Terrace, an assisted living community in Redmond, held a “Shave-a-Thon” event to raise donations for the Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation, this time raising $2,831.
At the Oct. 8 event, five brave individuals — David Standring, Melahat Yagiz, Shabani Ramandani, Roberto Lauria and Jun Hizon — agreed to have their heads shaved by Nancy Chaney.
Doreen Blanding, a Redmond mom of six who was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, is running in the Nike Women’s full marathon in San Francisco on Sunday, Oct. 17, to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. She has prepared for the event through the online Team in Training program set up by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
King County voters will begin receiving their ballots and voters’ pamphlets this week.
The City of Redmond will accept applications for its 2011 Tourism Fund Matching Grants through 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010. Applicants may be cultural, historical, educational, or community organizations.
Redmond Mayor John Marchione, who is also board vice president of the Cascade Water Alliance, accepted an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WaterSense Partner of the Year for Cascade Water Alliance.
The EPA named three organizations and one individual as WaterSense Partners of the Year for their exceptional efforts in promoting water efficiency and WaterSense labeled products.
For many places in the United States, Election Day 2010 will begin and end on Nov. 2, the first Tuesday in the 11th month of the year.
Here, however, Election Month will begin in mid-October, when ballots are mailed out. That means that there isn’t much time left before we start voting. At stake are nine seats in the U.S. House, 98 in the state house, and about half of the state Senate’s 49 seats.
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.
Parents with wide-ranging questions about overcrowding in the Lake Washington School District (LWSD) gathered for the last of three public input sessions on Oct. 6 at the LWSD Resource Center in Redmond.
There are three upcoming local legislative candidate forums that will help voters with their choices on the Nov. 2 ballot:
According to Mayor John Marchione’s proposed fiscal year 2011-12 budget, Redmond homeowners can expect to see a one percent property tax increase, amounting to about $7 per year, and water/wastewater fee increases amounting to about $5 per month, for a total increase of around $67 per year.
Redmond Fire Department (RFD) is hosting a pumpkin carving contest on Saturday, Oct. 30. The winner in each category will be a guest for dinner at the downtown fire station.
The Lake Washington School District (LWSD) Elementary Quest Program for Highly Capable Students (grades 1-6) will accept applications for the 2011-2012 school year from Monday, Oct. 11, 2010, until 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5, 2010.
Volunteers are needed to help remove non-native invasive plants from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Oct. 30 at the City of Redmond’s Idylwood Park, 3650 West Lake Sammamish Pkwy. NE. No prior experience is necessary and tools and gloves are provided.
Parents of elementary school students in the Lake Washington School District (LWSD) can now see their student’s academic progress with the click of a mouse.
Redmond resident Cassandra Searles is vying for the title of Miss Washington USA 2011. Searles will compete Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 9-10 at the Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien. And you can now vote online for her, in the Miss Photogenic portion of the competition, at www.misswashingtonusa.com.
This is Searles’ second year competing in the Miss Washington USA pageant.
Redmond Mayor John Marchione signed a proclamation last Friday, declaring October to be “Jobs Powered by AtWork! Month” in the City of Redmond.
Improved designs and better transit connections for the new State Route 520 bridge in Seattle are included in a final report sent today to the governor and state legislators.