Teachers, principals and school counselors are starting to report that young children are feeling an effect of the economic stresses of their parents.
The Sammamish council and city staff will investigate whether or not the people of Sammamish are drawing the short straw when it comes to paying for Eastside Fire and Rescue.
As the global economic downturn continues to impact the people of the Eastside, Sammamish Councilman Mark Cross believes the city could do more to help families that find themselves in crisis.
Nearby Seattle is a big part of the history of what is now a global phenomenon – Earth Day.
It was in that city in 1969 that U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin first announced a coordinated, nationwide protest designed to push the environment into the public focus.
In 2004, a 9-year-old boy watched a video about children in Africa who were becoming orphaned as a result of the HIV/AIDS epidemic that kills thousands of Africans each year.
The foyer at Eastlake High School was packed – parents sat in the stairwells and at makeshift tables in the corridors – students legs dangled from the balconies.
A picture of what the people of Sammamish want of Beaver Lake Park in the future is beginning to form, following Wednesday night’s public meeting on the Beaver Lake Park Master Plan.
A group of residents in a Sammamish neighborhood are feeling some of the adverse effects of residential development within the city.
In his quarterly report to the Sammamish City Council on Tuesday night, Eastside Fire and Rescue (EFR) Deputy Chief Jeff Griffin said that connecting 244th Avenue Northeast, in the area south of Northeast 8th Street, would save critical minutes in responding to fire and medical emergencies in the city.
A spokesperson for Microsoft has confirmed that the company currently has no plans to begin construction of a campus on the Issaquah Highlands.
There are some glimpses of light at the end of the tunnel for the struggling Eastside real estate market.
I never thought it was right when newspapers wrote about themselves to make up the news.
It always seemed too self-referential; like the newspapers were deciding that their own internal machinations were important enough for anyone, apart from journalists, to care about.
With the price of gas on the rise again, commuter routes regularly packed with traffic, and the state government currently weighing up budget cuts to roads maintenance and public transport systems, just how people will get around the Eastside of the future is now on the drawing board.
The first thing you notice when you pull into the driveway of Elaine McEnery’s home in the Tree Farm neighborhood of Sammamish is the quiet.
In 2002, John Nsambu, at the time the youngest Member of Parliament in Uganda, had a vision for how he could help lift his country out of the poverty and isolation that was reducing the quality of life of its citizens.
A diverse group of citizens came together at the Issaquah City Hall on Saturday, March 21 to share ideas on local economics, gardening, and public education.
The Rotary Club of Issaquah was pleased to announce its Student of the Month awardees at their weekly meeting at Tibbetts Creek Manor on Tuesday.
A number of church groups donned hard hats and work boots on Saturday as part of their continued support of Habitat for Humanity (Habitat) projects in the state.
The stories of all the nominees at Saturday night’s SAMMI awards were full of heart, courage, commitment, generosity, and vision.
Until the last few months of September 2007, Dawn Appel was just another one of those Moms — the kind who somehow balance a demanding job with keeping the home fires burning, and still find time to stand on the sidelines of sporting fields and cheer for their children.
