Due to the economic hardships of 2009 and the resultant cut in city services, Mayor Ava Frisinger said this week that the City of Issaquah would remain focused on “the City’s essential services” in 2010.
Despite its failure to adhere to the city’s own tree ordinance, and the concerns of a number of councilors that it didn’t fit in with the city’s vision, the Issaquah council still voted 7-0 to approve an amended plan for a new pair of U.S. Postal Service (USPS) buildings on Gilman Boulevard.
The City of Sammamish will receive a grant of more than $1 million to be used in the construction of sidewalks and bicycle facilities along Southeast 20th Street.
Inside a Sammamish City Hall meeting room on Sunday, Jan. 17, representatives of Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and the Bahai Faith gathered to celebrate the community’s third annual World Religion Day.
The Issaquah School District (ISD) is exploring the option of developing a pilot preschool program at Grand Ridge Elementary School.
Beginning the week of Jan. 18, workers on the City of Sammamish’s 244th Avenue NE/E. Main Street roundabout construction project will provide 4-way traffic control of the intersection as crews work on utility trenching and installation.
“When I see the students that we honor each month, I am absolutely amazed,” said Sammamish Rotarian Mark Buick. “I am amazed at their level of community involvement, their level of achievement, and their level of commitment.”
The City of Issaquah Planning Department is seeking public comment on a request by the Washington State Dept of Transportation to widen the East Sunset Way connection by Interstate 90 to accommodate turn lanes, 4-foot wide shoulders, curb and sidewalk and guard rails.
Federal Way police released a local resident Monday after raiding his Issaquah apartment in connection with a Jan. 17 Federal Way shooting.
Sammamish resident Ivan Leniski, 15, was awarded the Congressional Award Bronze Medal Jan. 15 by local U.S. Representative Dave Reichert at his U.S. 8th District offices on Mercer Island
For two consecutive evenings Jan. 13 and 14, about 230 volunteers called nearly 12,000 school district residents and urged them to vote ‘Yes’ for three school levy measures in the upcoming Feb. 9 special election.
It is not only the physical structures of Sammamish that have developed, but also the structures of community – the networks, the groups, formal and informal.
The City of Issaquah has begun the planning process to build a downtown park along Issaquah Creek, that will combine Cybil-Madeline, Tolle Anderson and Issaquah Creek Park properties.
Drivers on I-405 can expect possible late night and early morning delays through Renton and Bellevue next week as crews close ramps and lanes for construction work.
Beginning Saturday, Jan. 16., the Issaquah Christian Church will be collecting new or gently-used clothes and blankets, part of the the 4-week long Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission (UGM) Men’s Winter Clothes Collection.
A meeting between the Eastside Fire and Rescue (EFR) administration, board members, fire fighters and member cities was held in Issaquah on Saturday. The purpose of the meeting was to address the tension and distrust between some of these partners that came to the surface in 2009, raising the possibility of great change to the fire service when the EFR agreement is reevaluated in 2014.
Jack Barry, Kathy Huckabay and Lee Fellinge consider life after Sammamish City Council
Girl Scout Troop 41938 is collecting used towels for the Humane Society as part of their goodwill efforts this month….
The City of Issaquah is inviting the public to a shoreline meeting on the “East Sunset Way Connection” project at 6 p.m. Jan. 20 in the Baxter Conference Room of City Hall Northwest.
Leniski, 15, will today be awarded a Congressional Award Bronze Medal by U.S. Representative Dave Reichert, recognizing his dedication to the spirit of volunteerism.
