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Rebecca Willow was one of more than 50 who signed up to speak at the Planning Commission meeting at Kirkland City Hall on June 12.
Could Kirkland’s Parkplace go up to 11 stories?
June 16, 2008 6:04 pm

Hundreds of Kirkland residents crowded into City Hall June 12 for a Planning Commission meeting to discuss two plans for Parkplace redevelopment, but it was a third plan floated by the commission to allow up to 11 stories that had the crowd buzzing.
Of the estimated 200-250 people in attendance, many expressed surprise that the Commission would offer a plan to increase by three-stories the first proposal submitted by the developer — especially considering the controversy surrounding an original request to increase the height limit from five to eight stories.

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Kirkland honors Northwest University’s ‘green’ students
Kirkland honors Northwest University’s ‘green’ students
June 11, 2008 11:00 am

Kirkland Mayor Jim Lauinger presented a group of Northwest University students with a public service award at the City Council’s June 3 meeting in recognition of the many hours the students spent designing and editing public service advertisement videos for Kirkland’s Green Building Program. Groups of students worked on the one-minute videos as an assignment for a mass communications course.

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Show features work by senior artists
Show features work by senior artists
June 9, 2008 6:22 pm

More than 100 pieces of artwork by 50 local artists ages 65 and over will be on display at Kirkland’s Madison House Retirement Community for the third annual “Every Picture Tells a Story” art show July 1 through July 20.

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Juanita man enters human-powered submarine contest
Juanita man enters human-powered submarine contest
June 9, 2008 6:21 pm

Juanita resident Wesley Petersen is one of five members of a Western Washington University human-powered submarine team that will travel to San Diego, Calif., July 23-27 to compete in the Human-Powered Submarine Contest, sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

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Lake Wash. School Dist. comes up clean in state audit
Lake Wash. School Dist. comes up clean in...
June 9, 2008 6:20 pm

A recent audit of the Lake Washington School District came back clean, with the State Auditor’s Office reporting no major problems or deficiencies at area schools. In concluding its report, the Auditor’s Office told the District it should be “very pleased” with its results, according to a District news release sent out last week.

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Kirkland may ax fireworks show, graffiti removal, more as budget is trimmed
Kirkland may ax fireworks show, graffiti removal, more...
June 9, 2008 6:20 pm

Fourth of July fireworks, graffiti removal and most of the city’s IT department are a few of the programs and services at the margin that could be trimmed from the city budget in the next two years, city officials said at their most recent meeting to discuss a growing “record deficit.”

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King County Sheriff’s ‘Party Patrol’ on the lookout for teen drinkers
King County Sheriff’s ‘Party Patrol’ on the lookout...
June 9, 2008 6:19 pm

The King County Sheriff’s Office annual “Party Patrol” to target underage drinking at high school graduation parties began last Friday and will continue at least the next several weeks.
The goal of the extra patrols is to curtail teenage drinking and driving.

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City Council again delays decision on downtown redevelopment
City Council again delays decision on downtown redevelopment
June 5, 2008 6:40 pm

City Council again put off a definitive decision on downtown development at its June 3 meeting, both delaying judgement on an appeal of the Bank of America redevelopment project for a third month and continuing a hearing for another downtown development proposal.

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