Cartooniversity Camp was in full swing at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center (ORSCC) July 14-18 and will repeat at Redmond’s Farrel-McWhirter Park Aug. 18-22, as well as Bellevue’s Kelsey Creek Farm Aug. 25-29.
The Old Fire House Teen Center is hosting the seventh annual RedSkate, a youth skateboarding competition that will take place Saturday, July 26 at Redmond’s Edge Skate Park.
The Redmond Regional Library’s second “One Book, One Redmond, One Summer” reading campaign is underway. The intent is to get as many Redmond teens and adults as possible to read and discuss the same book — and to have them participate in meetings with the author and illustrator in early fall.
The City of Redmond needs residents’ ideas regarding how the city should encourage sustainable development and is hosting an information gathering open house from 5-7 p.m. Monday, July 28 in the City Hall Lobby, 15670 NE 85th St.
A Kirkland woman who embezzled nearly $1 million from Microsoft in her job as a program manager was sentenced today to 22 months in prison and three months of supervised release.
King County Sheriff Sue Rahr and Metropolitan King County Councilmember Kathy Lambert will appear at a public meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 31 at Rosa Parks Elementary School, 2845 NE Cedar Park Crescent, Redmond Ridge.
King County Executive Ron Sims has appointed Doreen Marchione to serve a five-year term as a King County Housing Authority commissioner.
Eighth District Democratic Congressional Candidate Darcy Burner reported July 15 that she has raised about $585,000 during the second quarter, putting her total raised for the campaign at just under $2 million.
On Wednesday, July 23, a lucky engaged couple will find out that they’ve won the $50,000 Washington Dream Wedding Giveaway sponsored by the Redmond-based Pacific Northwest Bridal Web site (www.PacificNWBridal.com).
A free lecture, “Truths & Myths of Fibromyalgia” will be presented at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 23 at the Redmond Regional Library, 15990 NE 85th St., Redmond.
Helen F. Neville, a Bay Area pediatric advice nurse and parent educator, and the author of the recently published “Is This a Phase? Child Development & Parent Strategies, Birth to 6 Years” ($21.95, Parenting Press, 206-364-2900), will discuss new parents’ most common concerns at Woodinville’s Tot Spot Café Tuesday, July 29 at 11 a.m.
Umbrella heist: Unknown suspect(s) removed two patio umbrellas from a local juice business in the 16000 block of Redmond Way.
As mentioned in the July 9 Redmond Reporter, Mike McCoy, a longtime teacher in the Lake Washington School District (LWSD), was contemplating early retirement if he would not be allowed to take an unpaid leave of absence in the fall, to tour with the folk group The Brothers Four.
Lakeside Drug, located at 15840 Redmond Way, announces the sale of its business to Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy, effective immediately.
Congressman Dave Reichert (WA-08) passed a bipartisan amendment on Wednesday out of the House Committee on Science and Technology that advances the development of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, a critical alternative energy source for the Pacific Northwest.
Darcy Burner is back in the driver’s seat — moving on with her life and her Democratic campaign for Congress, after a July 1 fire destroyed her home near Ames Lake and almost all of her family’s possessions.
The sun was blazing, the bees were buzzing, but members of Redmond High School (RHS) Cheer weren’t taking a siesta.
Thursday, July 10
