Sixth-graders at Christa McAuliffe Elementary School are learning to dance the salsa, waltz and merengue, all thanks to a $800 grant from the Lake Washington Schools Foundation.
The theme of the night was the environment.
Agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency and local law enforcement on Wednesday indicted more than a dozen people for involvement in marijuana growing operations as well as three businesses during a raid they’re calling “Operation Green Reaper.”
Slip on your wooden shoes and start tilting at windmills, because April is the month for tulips and I was recently honored to be in the land of Windmills, wooden shoes and tulips.
•Sorella Salon & Spa: This salon just opened in December and offers a range of services, including styling to facials and spa treatments. 1220 10th Ave. N.E., or call (425) 392-9299.
Eastside Catholic Middle School Curriculum Nights: 7 p.m. April 24 at St. Jude Parish, 10526 166th Ave. N.E., Redmond; 6:30 p.m. May 8 at North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend; 7 p.m. May 14 at Mary Queen of Peace Church, 1121 228th Ave. S.E., Sammamish. www.eastsidecatholic.org.
Neighbors within an unincorporated area called the Duthie Hill “Notch” are not of one mind on the question of whether they should be included in the potential annexation area for Sammamish.
Packed shoulder to shoulder in a 15-person van with city officials and two reporters, members of the Sammamish City Council last week toured portions of the Town Center planning area.
It’s not far as the crow flies from City Hall to the home where Helen and Donovan Albrecht have lived since 1976.
Life is the craziest it has ever been for Mona Locke, even more so than her eight years serving as Washington’s first lady.
An Issaquah police officer conducting a vehicle prowl emphasis at 4:14 a.m. on April 10 in the 4600 block of West Lake Sammamish Parkway observed a suspicious male near a vehicle and requested other units respond to the area.
A judge last week adjourned a hearing in the appeal of the certificate of need issued to Swedish Medical Center for a new 175-bed hospital in the Issaquah Highlands.
A juvenile was cited for drinking at 7:10 p.m. on April 9 in the 100 block of Newport Way Northwest. The juvenile’s companion, a 23-year-old North Bend man, was cited for furnishing liquor to minors.
A 26-year-old Federal Way man was arrested for driving under the influence after getting into an accident at 10 a.m. on April 9 at the intersection of Sahalee Drive and Sahalee Way.
Master Chorus Eastside, along with four other performing arts groups, will present “Glorious!” at 2 p.m. on April 27 in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium at Benaroya Hall. In a festival-style format, the event will showcase the solo and combined talents of Master Chorus Eastside, Cantaré Vocal Ensemble, Seattle Bach Choir, Choral Arts and the Sammamish Symphony Orchestra.
If you have driven by the Highlands lately, something new may have caught your eye — all the trees that disappeared.
With an understandable bit of regret about the bright, sunny weather they were missing, City Council members and department heads buckled down and got to work last weekend during the city’s annual goal setting retreat.
