June 1- July 10
The hunt is on in Bellevue and elsewhere in King County for Asian gypsy moth.
The Bellevue City Council will seek comments from people about proposed changes to the city’s Comprehensive Plan and other recommendations related to developing a light rail system at a study session Monday at City Hall.
The YMCA will break ground Sept. 9 on a new facility in the Coal Creek area of Newcastle. It is one of three projects either under construction now or planned in the greater Seattle area.
The Fred Meyer Fund has awarded $8,500 in grants to area nonprofit organizations.
Tracy Stearns has an infectious smile. Seated on a shiny red modified bicycle, she peddals around the driveway outside her home at the Kelsey Creek House, a Bellevue group home that she shares with six other adults with developmental disabilities.
For the last 50 years of her life, Ruby Elizabeth (Partington) Forrester reached out to people all over the world. “Parky” died June 26, 2008, two weeks shy of her 103rd birthday.
Around 1882 an Irishman named Patrick Downey purchased 160 acres on the east side of Lake Washington. He planted 15 acres with strawberries and started a dairy farm, which proved quite successful. A neighborly sort, Downey often helped others with building projects, and in 1892 he provided funds for the construction of a school on Main Street. Perhaps the school project gave Mr. Downey ideas; the next year he cast his eye on a girl named Victoria who came by periodically to pick strawberries. They were married and had thirteen children.
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Wells Medina Nursery Employee Container Competition: July 24-31. Guests invited to vote for their favorite container design. 8300 N.E. 24th St., Medina. www.wellsmedinanursery.com.
Maggie Blomberg was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at the age of 59. The Bellevue woman received the news after a second visit to her family doctor with complaints of feeling bloated.
Eighteen students from the Bellevue area have been named to the honor roll at Central Washington University.
Registration is now open for the Seattle Humane Society’s Feline “Fix” Day on August 5. Low-income cat owners can have male cats neutered for $15 and female cats spayed for $25. Free microchip identification also will be implanted in cats having surgery that day.
The Bellevue City Council on Monday reviewed a proposal recommending expansion of the popular Bellevue Youth Theatre (BYT) to a location adjacent to the Crossroads Community Center.
The state Auditor has given the Bellevue Convention Center Authority (Meydenbauer Center) a clean bill of health in a recent audit.
Free shuttle buses will run frequently from from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, July 27. Riders can catch the shuttles downtown and at three Park & Ride locations: South Bellevue at Bellevue Way Southeast and 112th Avenue Southeast, South Kirkland at 108th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 38th Place, and Houghton at Interstate 405 and Northeast 70th Place.
Arts, artists and thousands of people are in downtown Bellevue today and Sunday drawn by three art fairs. The biggest, the 2008 Bellevue Arts Museum ArtsFair, is in and around the Bellevue Arts Museum and the Bellevue Collection. Also putting on a show will be the Sixth Street Fair and the Festival of Arts, both at nearby locations.
The city of Bellevue has received a $296,000 state grant to purchase two large portable power generators that can be used at shelters, fire stations and other city facilities during emergencies.
Workers will repave stretches of two important city roadways next week and lane closures required to complete the work are expected to slow traffic.
The Bellevue City Council has voted to put a $40.5 million levy on the November 4 ballot to pay for park additions and improvements.
