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    Articles by Jake Lynch
    Highlands resident Tony Cowan helped liberate a bundle of trapped candy from a pumpkin pinata.
    Witches, warlocks and the weird at heart enjoy...
    By Jake Lynch • October 26, 2010 4:18 pm

    Though still a young community, the residents and businesses of the Issaquah Highlands have shown they love to come together for a big neighborhood celebration.

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    Home energy evaluations examine your house for simple and affordable ways to improve energy efficiency and save money on your monthly bills.
    Free home energy evaluations for Issaquah residents
    By Jake Lynch • October 26, 2010 1:59 pm

    Improving the energy efficiency of residences has been identified as an effective way to solve not only some of the nation’s energy crises but also to save homeowners and renters money on monthly bills.

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    Darigold fined $10,000 for leaking toxic solution into Issaquah Creek
    Darigold fined $10,000 for leaking toxic solution into...
    By Jake Lynch • October 19, 2010 4:00 pm

    Darigold, which in 2008 reported $2.2 billion in revenues, was fined $10,000 for the spill.

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    On Tuesday night
    Incumbents preach change as candidates address different symptoms...
    By Jake Lynch • October 15, 2010 4:22 pm

    While the audiences were dramatically different, the candidates’ routines were mostly unchanged, holding up the same scapegoats for an economic system which is failing in its paramount duty to support public schools, and an economic recession which now sees more than 300,000 Washingtonians unemployed.

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    Most people wouldn't think a light pole in left-center field would be the ideal home for a family of Osprey. But the residence in Tibbetts Valley Park suits their lifestyle perfectly.
    High above the home run fence the perfect...
    By Jake Lynch • October 11, 2010 4:04 pm

    For about the last decade, a family of Osprey has made its home atop a light pole at Tibbetts Valley Park sports fields at the intersection of Newport Way NW and State Route 900.

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    What our wild is worth
    What our wild is worth
    By Jake Lynch • October 7, 2010 4:21 pm

    Congratulations to everyone behind the 2010 Issaquah Salmon Days Festival. The hardworking folks at the festivals office are at it year round, and for a small team of paid staff, aided by a large and willing team of volunteers, they put together a product that is becoming renown across the state and winning awards across the country.

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    Following successful Personal Rapid Transit Systems in West Virginia and other cities in American
    Science fiction to some – the real future...
    By Jake Lynch • October 4, 2010 5:10 pm

    The Central Issaquah Plan demands of its architects equal parts practicality and imagination; an ability to understand the limitations of the land, the economy, and the population, but also to be flexible enough to allow for a future that many of us will never see.

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    Harvey and Corrinn Waldron were joined at the opening of their new Arctic Cat store last week by Issaquah Chamber of Commerce's Queen and King of Issaquah
    Waldron’s continue proud Arctic Cat history in Issaquah
    By Jake Lynch • October 4, 2010 1:01 pm

    Last week marked yet another chapter in the long and successful history of the Waldron family’s Arctic Cat franchise in Issaquah.

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    Cyclists, hikers, begin delicate dance over trails access in Issaquah Highlands conservation easement
    Cyclists, hikers, begin delicate dance over trails access...
    By Jake Lynch • September 28, 2010 3:20 pm

    Hiking trails advocates and mountain bike enthusiasts left Monday night’s Issaquah Major Planning and Growth Committee (MPGC) meeting satisfied that there would be consideration given to both uses in trails plans for a 43 acre section of land south-west of Central Park in the Issaquah Highlands.

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    With demand for the land now breeding competition between potential developers
    Competition for parcels puts Issaquah in strong position...
    By Jake Lynch • September 28, 2010 12:58 pm

    The City of Issaquah is holding all the aces in the land sale deal in the Issaquah Highlands, and if it plays its cards right the big winner will be the people who live and work here.

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    On fine days this summer and into the fall
    Experience life as a bird a thousand feet...
    By Jake Lynch • September 27, 2010 11:56 am

    Motorists on Interstate 90 passing Lake Sammamish craned their necks to see the lone figure, motionless, seemingly floating, a thousand feet above the water.

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    Visitors to the state park Monday morning were shocked to see a long muddy rut snaking its way around the park
    Bike race organizers will repair damage at Lake...
    By Jake Lynch • September 22, 2010 3:49 pm

    The organizers of a Cyclocross event at Lake Sammamish State Park in Issaquah on Sunday will soon lay new grass seed and begin groundwork at the site to repair damage caused by the race.

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    According to several prominent business leaders
    Money does grow on trees, and on trails...
    By Jake Lynch • September 21, 2010 5:12 pm

    For some, it is difficult to quantify exactly what is gained by public and private investments in things like parks, strands of forest, trails, wetlands – keeping our views green and our environment healthy.

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    In recent years the City of Issaquah has been heralded for using TDR transactions to secure land around local creeks which are significant spawning grounds for the threatened chinook salmon.
    City needs to make conservation deals sweeter for...
    By Jake Lynch • September 20, 2010 5:00 pm

    Already a regional leader in the use of Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) programs to conserve environmentally sensitive lands, the City of Issaquah hopes to use a $100,000 grant to make land conservation an even more attractive prospect for developers.

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    Celebrate our natural treasures by lending a hand to their preservation
    Celebrate our natural treasures by lending a hand...
    By Jake Lynch • September 17, 2010 5:22 pm

    Sept. 25 is a special day – National Public Lands Day. The Greenway is urging all residents to celebrate the incredible beauty of areas like Tiger Mountain by getting out and amongst it, helping to repair some of the damage caused to trails by such heavy use.

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    By trail or roadway
    Issaquah Bike Club idea met with enthusiasm for...
    By Jake Lynch • September 14, 2010 2:28 pm

    “The reason I moved to Issaquah was because I had three priorities. I wanted to be near Seattle, but not in Seattle. For my work I needed to be close to the east-west, and north-south connectors, the freeways.

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    A little more than a year down the track and a picture is emerging
    Issaquah’s sustainability evaluation shows some positive signs, some...
    By Jake Lynch • September 7, 2010 7:01 pm

    In order to keep tabs on the city’s effort toward sustainability, in 2008 Mayor Ava Frisinger assembled a panel of 16 community leaders to develop a long-term vision of sustainability, as well as recommending metrics to track the city’s progress toward specific goals.

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    Though demand for their services grow each month
    Issaquah commission agrees – ‘we need a new...
    By Jake Lynch • September 7, 2010 2:03 pm

    The Issaquah Human Services Commission has leant its support to a proposal to study alternate ways of funding local nonprofits and human services providers.

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    Undeveloped Microsoft property in the Issaquah Highlands
    Developers encouraged to consider community uses for vacant...
    By Jake Lynch • September 1, 2010 12:37 pm

    In 2007, a development company called Onni announced big plans for a site it owned in downtown Vancouver. The property, half a city-block in the heart of Vancouver’s Granville Street, had some old commercial businesses on it, a smash repairers, a trampoline factory. Onni pulled them down, cleared away the rubble, and cleaned up the site for the long period of waiting that usually accompanies raising money and getting permits for big development projects.

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    Port Blakely seeks involvement with Bellevue College plans
    Port Blakely seeks involvement with Bellevue College plans
    By Jake Lynch • August 30, 2010 7:25 pm

    Bellevue College is interested in acquiring a 20-acre parcel of land south of Grand Ridge Elementary.

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    The new Duthie Hill mountain bike park has attracted riders of differing ages and skills levels from all over Washington.
    New Issaquah bike club to give riders a...
    By Jake Lynch • August 27, 2010 10:49 am

    A number of recent developments have brought increased attention to bicycling in and around Issaquah.

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    The watchdogs
    The watchdogs
    By Jake Lynch • August 19, 2010 12:01 pm

    More than the specific concerns about traffic, and landscaping, retail activity or stormwater mitigation, the feeling I got from watching Monday night’s public meeting about the Issaquah Highlands TDR is that the residents don’t trust the managers of their community.

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    Necessary evils, and the greater good
    Necessary evils, and the greater good
    By Jake Lynch • August 19, 2010 11:56 am

    Issaquah council wrestles with difficult concessions, but still votes unanimously to proceed with Port Blakely deal

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