I am opposed to the ban on plastic grocery bags that the city of Kirkland is now considering.
I agree 100 percent with the letter writers pleading with drivers to watch out for and respect the rights of pedestrians in crosswalks.
Neighbors, if you still have a land line you are very likely receiving dozens of calls from “research firms” claiming to be conducting short polls.
I’m shocked. Shocked, I say! To read that a motorist feels that “their” money is being used improperly to fund anything other than their God-given right to operate their two tons of metal, rubber and plastic just to carry their lone self wherever they want to go.
Far too often our state is mired in traffic. This is in-large part because the state Senate failed to pass a transportation budget to improve our roads and create more jobs.
On Sept. 26, Kirkland Oktoberfest and Mayor Amy Walen tapped the firkin surrounded by a record number of attendees.
The Oct. 3 issue of the Reporter has articles and letters about safety in crosswalks in Kirkland.
We are from out of state and occasionally visit Kirkland. We parked in the Juanita Beach parking lot last Friday evening for dinner, which we have used before without paying to park.
The Juanita Village developers didn’t provide enough parking, so now the businesses expect Kirkland taxpayers to provide it for them?
I am a mother of two high school students from Kirkland and founder of Washington Autism Alliance & Advocacy, our state’s leading autism outreach and advocacy organization.
I read with a great deal of interest your article on the Supreme Court vs. the state legislature and the lack of funding for education.
I am writing to counter the claims that Sen. Andy Hill regularly makes about what he has done for education funding.
Like many of us in this community, I’ve had kids in the public school system and really value having high quality schools for my children. In following state politics for the last several years, I’m very impressed with the work that Andy Hill is doing in Olympia.
Death and injuries in crosswalks brings up a lot of questions.
Many of our neighbors have noticed speeding on 119th Avenue in our neighborhood appears to have increased over the past few months.
Central Houghton Neighborhood Association had its 22nd annual Hought-Down picnic on Labor Day. As with almost all community events, this celebration would not happen without the many “people behind the scenes”. I would like to take the time to thank them.
I live a block away from the accident that sadly took the life of Kyle Warnik last Tuesday.
It’s understandable why Mr. Pantley and Mr. Davis have their views on why Kirkland needs lower income and greater density development.
If the ARC (Aquatics Recreation Center) is going to be accessed by bike, the traffic consultant should have known Northeast 124th Street does not have any bike lanes in either direction.
“We can never have enough nature. It soothes, it repairs – it is a tonic for the soul,” wrote Henry David Thoreau 160 years ago. Clearly, Thoreau was a man who knew something about the positive benefits of open space.