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Articles by TJ Martinell
Griswolds had nothing on us during summer vacation | Reporter notes
Griswolds had nothing on us during summer vacation...
By TJ Martinell • July 2, 2014 4:52 pm

Recently students concluded their final days of school and entered into the glorious phase of the year known as summer vacation.

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City looks to move urban center to include LWIT
City looks to move urban center to include...
By TJ Martinell • July 2, 2014 4:51 pm

The city of Kirkland is looking for ways to have the Lake Washington Institute of Technology take advantage of the Totem Lake neighborhood’s higher priority access to transportation funding as a part of the city’s urban center. The institute is currently just outside of the urban center’s border and a part of the North Rose Hill neighborhood.

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Many fans packed Kirkland area bars to watch the game
Kirkland residents get World Cup fever
By TJ Martinell • July 2, 2014 4:44 pm

Kirkland residents took off from work to watch the United States Mens Soccer Team play Belgium on Tuesday during the round of 16 of the World Cup.

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Kirkland resident Joe Wuts won the Kenmore Art Show with this kayak he designed and created.
Wuts finds passion in creating his own kayaks,...
By TJ Martinell • July 2, 2014 4:39 pm

Kirkland resident Joe Wuts has turned a personal hobby into award-winning art, winning best of show at the 16th Annual Kenmore Art Show for his design of a wooden kayak.

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City of Kirkland
City of Kirkland prepares for loss of annexation...
By TJ Martinell • July 1, 2014 5:59 pm

The city of Kirkland is working to find ways to generate new revenue as it faces the loss of nearly $4 million in annual annexation sales tax credits starting in 2021. Two of those possibilities are potential redevelopment of the Totem Lake Malls and Parkplace.

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Kirkland Police Department
Man arrested after slapping grandmother, throwing her into...
By TJ Martinell • June 27, 2014 6:37 pm

The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers.

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Amy Hargrove was found murdered in her mother's Kirkland home in January.
Kirkland murder victim’s former boyfriend arrested for assaulting...
By TJ Martinell • June 25, 2014 5:22 pm

The former boyfriend of murdered Kirkland resident Amy Hargrove has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his pregnant girlfriend in Seattle.

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Helen Haberkamp and her husband Luis on their wedding day.
Madison House resident Helen Haberkamp turns 105
By TJ Martinell • June 25, 2014 2:17 pm

Kirkland resident Helen Haberkamp is a woman ahead of her time.

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Hope Solo enters the courtroom at the Kirkland Justice Center on Monday during her court appearance.
Hope Solo pleads not guilty to domestic violence...
By TJ Martinell • June 23, 2014 5:20 pm

Two-time Olympic gold medalist and Kirkland resident Hope Solo pleaded not guilty to domestic violence charges at the Kirkland Justice Center on Monday.

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Kirkland Police Department
Meth addict’s parents refuse to have him arrested...
By TJ Martinell • June 20, 2014 5:50 pm

The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Kirkland Reporter police blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Kirkland, which average about 1,000 per week.

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Ana Kasparova works on a dish while studying in Korea. The 23-year-old Bellevue resident is set to graduate from the Lake Washington Institute of Technology’s culinary arts program
Culinary arts student discovers family recipe for her...
By TJ Martinell • June 20, 2014 5:46 pm

Ana Kasparova’s recent victory at a culinary arts competition confirmed what the 23-year-old discovered not too long ago. She was meant to cook.

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Game of cops and robbers ends with Kirkland man arrested for assault
Game of cops and robbers ends with Kirkland...
By TJ Martinell • June 20, 2014 5:43 pm

A Kirkland man has been charged with assault for allegedly threatening teens with a gun after he discovered several of them trespassing on his property late at night and mistook their game of cops and robbers for a potential robbery.

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City of Kirkland
Council declines to go forward with bid for...
By TJ Martinell • June 20, 2014 5:31 pm

The Kirkland City Council declined to enter a bid for a 9/11 memorial sculpture at their June 17 meeting following a lack of public support in a city survey.

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City of Kirkland
Council prohibits marijuana businesses from three neighborhoods, allows...
By TJ Martinell • June 18, 2014 5:39 pm

Kirkland City Council voted to prohibit marijuana business from opening up in the Norkirk, Moss Bay and Everest neighborhoods while approving them in another Light Industrial Technology (LIT) zones.

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State Sen. Andy Hill
45th Legislative District Senate seat fundraising at a...
By TJ Martinell • June 13, 2014 1:24 pm

Although it is early in the election season, the race for the 45th Legislative District Senate seat is already one of the most costly in the state – with more than a half a million dollars raised.

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Why scouts must be prepared | Martinell
Why scouts must be prepared | Martinell
By TJ Martinell • June 11, 2014 7:48 pm

Reading the letter to the editor about the Boy Scouts on our website cmg-northwest2.go-vip.net/kirklandreporter (and below) made me think of my good ol’ days as a scout.

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Flatstick Pub owner Sam Largent takes his shot with in downtown Kirkland with a new business model for the Eastside.
Flatstick Pub owners hope for hole-in-one with new...
By TJ Martinell • June 11, 2014 7:47 pm

At the Flatstick Pub in downtown Kirkland, owner Sam Largent hopes to score a hole-in-one with a combination of Washington-only craft beer and an indoor mini-golf course.

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This slide in 2010 threatened multiple homes and an access road on Goat Hill in north Kirkland.
City assessing landslide-hazardous areas of Kirkland
By TJ Martinell • June 11, 2014 7:46 pm

The city of Kirkland is currently assessing the risk of landslide hazardous areas.

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Matilda Colon
Farmers markets open for 2014 season in Kirkland
By TJ Martinell • June 11, 2014 7:39 pm

Two markets opened last week in Kirkland with high hopes for improved sales as well as weather.

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City of Kirkland
Survey shows lack of support for Kirkland purchase...
By TJ Martinell • June 9, 2014 3:09 pm

Kirkland residents overwhelming rejected the proposed 9/11 memorial sculpture in a city survey.

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