It was uplifting to see the many people who came to Kirkland’s Earth Day (with goats) event. When I left my house in Juanita to walk to Cotton Hill Park in the Highlands, I stepped over some small snow patches in my yard and looked at the dark gray clouds hovering above, wondering if people would attend the carefully-planned event. When I arrived, a few minutes late, there were already over 100 people anxious to start work. Later I was told the final number was close to 150.
The Kirkland Wednesday Market will open for the first time this year from 2-7 p.m. along the downtown’s Park Lane.
Red tape, little-understood tax rules and a growing number of families in the Norkirk neighborhood are gumming up full-day kindergarten enrollments at Peter Kirk Elementary, school officials are saying.
Two Kirkland male juveniles, ages 15 and 16, were arrested last week in connection with an arson that damaged a vacant home on the 8200 block of 124th Avenue N.E. The home, owned by the city, was among three abandoned single-family structures scheduled to be demolished in the coming weeks to make way for development of the Rose Hill Meadows park.
The city is encouraging Kirkland residents and business owners to participate in an online survey to assess the sustainability of the local economy.
A four-block stretch of N.E. 80th Street will close for 30 days beginning May 13 as the city begins work on its Street Sewer and Water Main Replacement Project. The project area is from approximately 122nd Avenue N.E. to 126th Avenue N.E.
Alcohol and speed caused a crash on Avondale Road Northeast in Redmond that killed a 30-year-old Kirkland resident early last Friday, police said.
With the 2008 elections only six months away, Kirkland is doing its part to keep campaign fundraising going at a record pace.
There was a lot of buzzing going on in Cary Therriault’s garage last April 20.
The New Poet’s Society held an awards ceremony for student writers on April 20 at Lake Washington High School’s Cadle Theatre. Students from Redmond, Lake Washington and Eastlake High Schools competed against others from their school and final poetry selections were then forwarded to the New Poet’s Society to be considered for scholarships and other prizes.
District 6 Metropolitan King County Councilwoman Jane Hague will host a community town hall May 10 from 10 a.m. to noon at Bellevue City Hall to “help remove the mystery behind (green) terms and to present practical, everyday ideas for protecting the environment,” according to a news release.
LW drama putting on ‘Shop of Horrors’
Weeding her favorite garden outside her new home several years ago, Kirkland resident Lisa Hubbell’s usual enjoyment gave way to a dull ache in her hands and feet.
Chuck Henry is serious about sustainability, but he had the crowd chuckling at the Washington State Technology Summit.
Can a Safeco Field hot dog stand perform miracles? St. John Vianney’s Jan Kline thinks so.
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
A former Cascadia Community College student who was found with more than 57 pounds of heroin and cocaine at his Kirkland home at the time of his arrest was last week sentenced to more than 13 years in prison.
Kirkland Police Department
