Six-year-old Maddie Sprague rejoined her kindergarten classmates at Discovery Elementary School this month after receiving her first heart transplant in December.
Three Sammamish seniors travel to Seattle for youth event April 23
Annexation had an 87 percent voter approval; the initiative/referendum measure had 55 percent voter approval
A private contractor constructing a home in the area of Northwest 49th Place and East Lake Sammamish Parkway Northeast accidentally penetrated the main gas line shortly after 9 a.m.
About 83 percent of the Sammamish eligible voting population has yet to cast their vote in the April 28 special election, according to King County’s most recent data. Voting ends Tuesday evening.
Sixth grader Alison “Ali” Amirault won the 2015 Letters About Literature contest at the state level, in the fourth through sixth grade category. Amirault will collect a $125 check at an award ceremony in mid- May. Her letter will go on to compete for a $1,000 prize at the national level.
Electric utility crews installed about 1,700 circuit feet of tree wire this month in a northern Sammamish neighborhood (Northeast 55th Street and 190th Place Northeast) prone to tree-related outages.
Sammamish City Council unanimously voted on April 21 to pursue an internal search to replace current City Manager Ben Yazici when he retires in February 2016. The council could approve an internal candidate as soon as mid-May, according to Yazici’s timeline.
Reports were taken from King County Sheriff’s Office incident logs
Director Laura Philpot outlined several smaller projects and eight major projects, focusing on engineering rather than the maintenance side of things, for the Sammamish City Council on April 7.
Candidates interested in running for city council must file with King County starting May 11.
Conner-Jarvis LLC wants to subdivide approximately 45 acres, across seven parcels, into 115 single-family residential lots surrounding Laughing Jacobs Lake. Public comment ends May 1.
Reports were provided by Eastside Fire and Rescue Deputy Chief Bud Backer
The advisory vote on the April 28 ballot is to gauge how many residents want these rights, but majority approval does not automatically give Sammamish citizens initiative and referendum powers. The city council would still have to approve it.
At least 80 people gathered in the Sammamish City Hall Plaza on Good Friday, April 3.
Energy-efficient home improvements equate to savings, environmental benefits
Nearly 50 percent of people think they are more energy efficient than their nearest neighbor according to a recent survey
In case you missed them, teens created 8-bit “Star Wars” characters R2-D2 and Yoda, made from sticky notes, on display in the Sammamish Library last month. Don’t miss the next library event, “Protect Your Peeps,” for sixth through 12 graders.
Christie Malchow, 41, has lived in Sammamish with her husband and two children since 2011.
After more than a decade, Sammamish City Manager Ben Yazici announced he would retire next year.
