BAM offers volunteer docent training programs for teens and adults. The adult program has 68 active docents. Thirty hours of annual service is required.
When asked what a docent is, high school senior and Bellevue Arts Museum docent Celia Chung offers a short answer: “It’s a tour guide.”
Eastside families can help make sure their children are safe at the 2008 Child Safety Fair & Baby Extravaganza Saturday at the Factoria Mall.
Lisa Erwin, senior counsel and Seattle Section Chief of the Attorney General of Washington’s office and Jean Mathisen of the AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) Fraud Fighter call center, presented some basic ways to protect yourself from identity theft.
Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna visited the Eastside recently to promote GUARD IT! Washington campaign to prevent identity theft.
A plan that would transform the Bel-Red area of Bellevue over time from an area of light industrial and commercial uses to one with new office and residential neighborhoods with more transportation options and open space was again front and center before the City Council on Monday.
Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, brought his campaign to the Eastside Tuesday with a fundraiser in Bellevue and participation in a roundtable discussion in North Bend on global climate change.
Fourteen-year-old Michael Lee beat stage fright long ago.
Due to the closure of Group Health Cooperative’s Eastside Hospital and Emergency Department on April 30, the Emergency & Trauma Center at Overlake Hospital Medical Center is poised to handle the additional emergency patient volume that’s expected from both Group Health membership and residents in the surrounding community.
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Some farmers markets are open, others are getting close. Here’s where to find them:
Top amateur skateboarders will compete for $3,000 in prize money in “best trick contests” at the opening celebration for the new Highland Center Skate Plaza on Friday, May 16, 3:30 to 10 p.m.
Regional stakeholders gathered in front of the Wilburton trestle at the Bellevue Fire Station Monday morning to sign a historic agreement that will bring the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Rail Corridor into public ownership.
Nicole F. Kahn of Bellevue participated in an American Jewish World Service alternative spring break trip to Honduras.
A driver backed over a four-year-old boy Monday afternoon, sending the child to Harborview Medical Center.
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Sammamish High School senior Melva Buyers met four-year-old Aidan Leffler a couple weeks ago when he came to a school assembly.
Chiropractor Dr. Eric Hansen will host his 6th Annual Bicycle Helmet Safety Day on Saturday, May 17.
Bellevue students whose families pay the full cost for school lunch will see higher prices next fall.
Bellevue’s Parks & Community Services Department has received several awards this year from the Washington Recreation & Parks Association.
