Council to discuss traffic calming at July 21 meeting
NEW — 4:15 p.m. July 20, 2015 A subject that dominated discussion at Newcastle’s town hall meeting last month is on the agenda for the City Council’s second meeting of July. The council is set to talk...
View ArticleNewcastle Library’s ‘Music Space’ is Saturday
NEW — 6 a.m. July 22, 2015 Musician Italene Gaddis has no problem traveling across Western Washington, performing daily at various sites. Luckily for her, she won’t have to travel far for a special...
View ArticleCouncil approves speed humps for Southeast 75th Street corridor
NEW — 3:25 p.m. July 23, 2015 Neighbors living on the Southeast 75th Street corridor are getting their speed humps. The Newcastle City Council instructed staff to initiate the installation of the speed...
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To the Editor — August 2015
NEW — 2:30 p.m. Aug. 6, 2015 Our neighborhoods are Newcastle’s real identity Almost three decades ago, a small group of local visionaries carved a modern-day vision of Newcastle out of rural King...
View ArticleEditorial — Council does the right thing on speed hump decision
NEW — 2:30 p.m. Aug. 6, 2015 Haochen Xu was just 4 years old. He loved to read, had no trouble making friends and possessed a penchant for learning. Haochen died June 27 at Harborview Medical Center,...
View ArticleCouncil approves speed humps for Southeast 75th Street corridor
NEW — 2:36 p.m. Aug. 6, 2015 Newcastle resident Jo Ann Pancheri often sits in her home, peering out the window, clutching her phone and waiting for the worst. Her house sits at the intersection of...
View ArticleHazen, Liberty athletes earn spring all-league honors
NEW — 3:11 p.m. Aug. 6, 2015 KingCo and Seamount conference coaches announced their all-conference selections for sports during the 2015 spring season. Listed below are the selections from Hazen...
View ArticleCollege news roundup — August 2015
NEW — 3:15 p.m. Aug. 6, 2015 Local students graduate Alanah Bell, of Newcastle, graduated June 13, with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and a minor in chemistry from the University of Washington....
View ArticleJuly police blotter
NEW — 8 p.m. Aug. 6, 2015 Tip jar crook A Newcastle man stole a donation bin from the Newcastle McDonald’s, 13049 Newcastle Way, on June 29. Earlier that morning, the same man stole the donation bin...
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Groundbreaking times two
NEW — 6 a.m. Aug. 7, 2015 Aegis Gardens, Atlas bring one-of-a-kind communities History is one of Newcastle’s greatest assets. The Eastside suburb’s story dates back more than 150 years, when it was the...
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Laughing all the way — Pedal faster! And provide TMI!
NEW — 10 a.m. Aug. 7, 2015 On July 8, I turned 65. I made my usual trip to the Y and headed to an elliptical machine, deciding to commemorate the first time that I put my new age into the program by...
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Two candidates vie for council Position No. 1
NEW — 6 a.m. Aug. 10, 2015 The city’s election lineup is set, and while there are four Newcastle City Council seats with expiring terms, only one race includes more than a single candidate. Community...
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Soul Purpose wraps up Concerts in the Park series
NEW — 6 a.m. Aug. 11, 2015 The fourth and final show of Newcastle’s 2015 Concerts in the Park series is Wednesday, Aug. 12. ContributedSoul Purpose will wrap up Newcastle’s Concerts in the Park series...
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Coal Miners Cemetery — Part 3
NEW — 6 a.m. Aug. 12, 2015 This is the third history feature installment about the historic Coal Miner’s Cemetery, on 129th Avenue Southeast, south of the Newcastle Library. Every cemetery has many...
View ArticlePacked Aug. 18 council meeting includes Energize Eastside presentations
NEW — 11:45 a.m. Aug. 17, 2015 If you want to get a seat at Tuesday’s Newcastle City Council meeting, you better get there early. Puget Sound Energy’s Energize Eastside project is on the Aug. 18...
View ArticleBrown Bear to offer free car washes Aug. 27
NEW — 6 a.m. Aug. 19, 2015 Brown Bear Car Wash celebrates its 58th anniversary with free car washes Aug. 27 Brown Bear will give away free “Beary Clean” car washes at 21 of its automated “tunnel wash”...
View ArticleLake Washington Boulevard blocked
NEW — 4:21 p.m. Aug. 20, 2015 A broken-down semitruck and trailer is causing delays on Lake Washington Boulevard. The truck, which has a large crane on the top, is stalled at the hairpin turn on Lake...
View ArticleQuestions needed for Newcastle candidate forum
NEW — 7:29 p.m. Aug. 21, 2015 Meet the men and women vying for Newcastle City Council spots at an October candidate forum. The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce and the Newcastle Library are jointly...
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