Community Calendar
On a wall at the City of Issaquah council chambers on East Sunset Way hangs a board decorated with 27 gold plaques.
The plaques bear a list of names, names that are synonymous with the recent history of the city, men and women who have become known as remarkable contributors to the lives of the people that live here.
The Puget Sound Regional Council is seeking public comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Transportation 2040.
The comment period spans from May 29 – July 13, 2009.
Issaquah Police are advising drivers to plan ahead on Sunday, June 21, with two separate events scheduled in Issaquah that will affect traffic flow.
For about three to four weeks – beginning June 15 through mid-summer – the City of Issaquah will be replacing a watermain pipe and service connections as a part of its Watermain Replacement project.
This coming Wednesday will be inaugural Bike to the Market Day at the Sammamish Farmer’s Market.
On Saturday, May 16, inspired by the theme, “We Can Do It!” borrowed from the World War II volunteer campaign, 45 women from Sammamish Presbyterian Church ventured out in teams to support five local organizations.
At the City of Sammamish annual retreat four months ago, Council member Nancy Whitten suggested that city staff consider combining the celebrations for the city’s upcoming 10th Birthday in August, and the annual Fourth of the Plateau event in July, as a way of cutting expenditure.
For most of us, for whom theater is an entertainment, the rising of the curtain represents the beginning, the revealing of the entertainment, the start of the event.
The organizers of the Issaquah Salmon Days Festival are looking for a special piece of artwork to promote this year’s event.
The King County Police Chief’s Association will host a County Executive Candidate’s Forum at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 11.
John Curley, who recently announced his candidacy for the Sammamish City Council, is having an open house to allow neighbors to meet and talk about the issues facing Sammamish and East King County.
Council to consider just what it is worth to restore historic Freed farmhouse
A little more than a month since their first meeting, and the Issaquah Flatland Community Garden has become a reality.
Gardeners will dig into their plots at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 30 during the group’s move-in party.
The new 1.5-mile Marymoor Connector Trail runs through King County’s Marymoor Park at the north end of Lake Sammamish, creating a safe and convenient link for cyclists, joggers, walkers and other trail users to long stretches of King County’s most popular regional trails.
After receiving unanimous endorsements from the city’s interview panels, 41-year-old Nate Elledge, most recently the commander of the county’s 9-1-1 center in Renton, has been selected by City Manager Ben Yazici to be the city’s next police chief.
The public is invited to celebrate and remember the environmental legacy of Ruth Kees.
Gestin Suttle, executive director of the Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchey (F.I.S.H.), mans the sale table during last weekend’s rummage sale.
Community Calendar
The announcement earlier this month that Central Market won’t be building in the Issaquah Highlands came as a surprise to most residents, but was met with concern by some.
