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Virgil Morgan leaps up to return the ball during a singles match with Takshi Numoto at the Pacific NW USTA playoffs at Central Park Tennis Club on June 21. More than 300 players from around the region traveled to Kirkland for the event.

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Pacific NW playoffs in Kirkland

Kirkland has a new 2008 Little League champion. The Athletics defeated the Blue Jays 8-0 on June 14 for the Kirkland American Little League (KALL) championship for 11 and 12 year olds. The Athletics were led by pitcher Wyatt Schuchman (pictured)

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Athletics take Little League title

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A baseball game with no scores: Miracle league gets disabled kids in the game

I’ve seen enough baseball in my lifetime to know what it’s all about. Or so I thought.

Sports

Kirkland cyclist wins world championship, heads to Olympics

You might have missed the memo, but Kirkland is home to a world champion. Track cyclist Jennie Reed…

News

Council pushes back decision on McLeod appeal

The Council continued a quasi-judicial hearing on the appeal of the McLeod mixed-use project at its last meeting,…

The historic Nettleton Mansion/Green’s Funeral Home was moved by its new owner. See “historic property” brief at right.

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The Nettleton Mansion makes a move

The Nettleton Mansion, a historic Kirkland property at 400 State St. that from 1931 to 2005 operated as…

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Kirkland Police Department

Aerial photo of the two-staged Totem Lake Malls development site. Work on the first phase (the bottom circled “site”) could start later this year and be completed by 2010.

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Work on new Totem Lake Mall could start this year

The new Totem Lake Mall could be here as soon as 2011. At least, that’s what its developers…

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Kirkland Planning Commission hosting second meeting

The Kirkland Planning Commission will host its second public forum to discuss a proposal for Kirkland Parkplace redevelopment…

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District’s Wasl results for class of 2010

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‘Party patrols’ net more than 180 arrests

Patrol patrols net more than 180 arrests Over the weekend of June 13-14, 40 people were arrested on…

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Lake Wash. School Dist. students stay above state WASL averages

Early results from the Lake Washington School District (LWSD) show local high school students are performing better on…

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Obama nomination proves just how far, and fast, we’ve come

Growing up in the 1960s, it seemed as though every evening’s TV news was filled with scenes of…

Music teacher Sharon Van Valen

Life

Kirkland 6th-grader ‘builds his own stories’ through music

Sitting at his digital keyboard, Oliver Hu isn’t just thinking about playing the notes. He’s thinking about violins,…

Opinion

Parkplace plan would ‘Supersize’ the city

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Letters to the Editor

Greenberg humor column crossed the line

A recent column entitled “Pre-school picking angst: Where to put my pro-athletes-to-be?” went against this established grain. I’m…

Letters to the Editor

City has lost sight of community for dollar signs

The Planning Commission appears to have made a counter proposal to Touchstone. In exchange for building height around…

Life

Ocain or McBama? An election primer for the suburbs | Jeremy Greenberg

First off, I won’t be endorsing either of the presidential candidates. I made myself a promise long ago…

Puget Sound Salish basketmaker

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Duwamish tribe eked out a living along Kirkland shore

A picture is worth a thousand words, or so I discovered as I browsed the “American Indians of…

Bella Sirena Boutique Salon stylist Shelby Giovannini cuts a boy’s hair June 1 during the salon’s “day of pampering” for Family Village residents.

Business

Salon helps Kirkland residents bounce back from homelessness | Business Briefs

Salon provides day of pampering to people adjusting to life after homelessness...Kirkland Chamber golf tournament set for Aug.…