More than $5,000 was raised by the hungry students and friends of Discovery Elementary School at a spaghetti feed fundraiser for American Red Cross on Tuesday night.
Issaquah Councilmember Mark Mullet is all too familiar with the amazing work that the doctors at the Seattle Children’s Hospital do every day.
With an esteemed career in Catholic education which included 15 years as the Principal of Holy Names Academy in Seattle and another decade and a half at the National Catholic Educators Association (NCEA) in Washington D.C., her post at the time, Sister Tracy wasn’t really looking for a new job.
Though as a developed society we may consider ourselves well beyond the gender-stereotypes that insist women should be homemakers, nurses or school teachers, and positions of business leadership, economic study and technical sciences are the domain of men, the truth is that we probably aren’t that far beyond it at all.
First Western Properties, the managing agent for the old Joe’s Sporting Goods store in the Town and Country Shopping Center on Northwest Gilman Boulevard, told The Reporter on Friday afternoon that Sports Authority had signed a long term lease on the 42,000-square foot building.
At Beaver Lake Middle School on Friday, students were encouraged to sport the colors of their favorite team ahead of Sunday’s big game.
Following the horrific events of Sept. 11, 2001, a group of Sammamish residents came together with the tremendous aim of building a community event that would reward and recognize all those people who do wonderful things for their friends, neighbors, peers and perfect strangers.
Next week some of the many people who value the vital public resources that are our state parks, trails and wilderness areas, will take the battle to Olympia. The “battle” refers to the very real threat that some of our most popular recreation areas, including the trails at Mount Si and Little Si, will close down due to a lack of funding from the state government.
Sunday morning in Beaver Lake Park, a gentle rain falling, silence, the smell of rain and earth. What a great place, a rare oasis in what is becoming an ever more developed, concrete, digital, scheduled, inorganic environment.
The decision by the Sammamish City Council last year not to fund the relocation of the historic Freed House to…
After a field trip spent diving on an isolated coral reef in the Bahamas, one student is completing a research paper on the likelihood of survival for decimated sea-urchin populations in the Atlantic Ocean.
Another student is exploring the activity of a bird’s brain while it sings, in order to better understand human diseases that result from neural degeneration, such as Alzheimer’s and bipolar disorder.
A third is examining the philosophy of living simply as espoused in Henry David Thoreau’s legendary book ‘Walden.’
Last week a troop of Sammamish Girl Scouts had an experience they will never forget.
Troop 41938 has spent the past few weeks raising donations of used towels for The Humane Society of Seattle and King County.
One man eluded police capture during a pursuit on the Plateau in the early hours of Saturday morning involving a canine unit, and a police helicopter equipped with thermal night vision equipment.
If you have some experience and skills in the field of business and marketing, and are keen to help the community of Sammamish, the Sammamish Farmers Market wants to hear from you.
Once again, parents and teachers in the Issaquah School District have demonstrated what excellent young men and women they produce.
Peter is 36. He used to run call centers in the banking industry, working for Washington Mutual, Seattle Metropolitan Credit Union, and the First Security Bank.
One Issaquah woman’s idea to provide shelter for those living in the aftermath of an earthquake
Eager to contribute to the outpouring of generosity and support from the people of Washington to the victims of the Haiti earthquake, Sunset Elementary School on the East Lake Sammamish Parkway held a “Kids for Haiti Bake Sale” last Friday afternoon.
Students at Issaquah Valley Elementary School (IVE) have been doing their bit to aid the recovery effort in Haiti. This week, the concerned boys and girls have been putting their hard-earned pennies into collection jars marked “putting your spare change in this jar helps the people in Haiti.”
What should the City of Issaquah do with Newport Way?
The important arterial will soon undergo a rebuild as the city seeks to improve safety and traffic flow and facilities for cyclists and pedestrians in a mile-long section of Newport that passes Issaquah Valley Elementary School.
