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What Goes, and What Stays
When you drive over the hill toward 405 and see the VMAC, do you still feel blue blue about the Seahawks? Fear not. There was another “Boom” in Seattle before the “Legion of.” It was the “Sonic Boom,”...
View ArticleWaste Management’s David Della to speak at chamber luncheon
NEW — 12:30 p.m. March 10, 2015 The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce will host Waste Management at its March luncheon. David Della, Waste Management’s public sector manager for the region, will talk about...
View ArticleLocal legislators to host town-hall meeting March 14
NEW — 11 a.m. March 11, 2015 Residents can join local legislators to discuss the ongoing session in Olympia at a town hall meeting in Bellevue this Saturday. Meet state Sen. Steve Litzow and state...
View ArticleHazelwood PTSA offering college scholarships
NEW — 1:15 p.m. March 15, 2015 The Hazelwood Elementary School PTSA is offering two $1,000 college scholarships to graduating high-school seniors who attended the Newcastle primary school. Former...
View ArticleNewcastle woman charged with immigrant-investor fraud
NEW — 6 a.m. March 18, 2015 Authorities on Tuesday arrested a Newcastle woman on charges she and her former husband fraudulently obtained EB-5 immigrant-investor visas to enter the United States and...
View ArticleIssaquah schools seek student art for calendar
NEW — 2:40 p.m. March 23, 2015 Issaquah School District students are invited to submit their artwork for possible publication in the district’s 2015-2016 student art calendar. The calendar is...
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Newcastle man celebrates National Kidney Month by helping others understand...
NEW — 12:45 p.m. March 25, 2015 By C.B. BellNewcastle residents Alan Hoshino and his wife Cheryl Hoshino are sharing their story to raise awareness about kidney disease. Alan Hoshino knew for years he...
View ArticleApply by April 13 for ISF scholarship
NEW — 3:10 p.m. March 30, 2015 The Issaquah Schools Foundation has created a new scholarship to help Issaquah School District juniors and graduating seniors continue their educational journey. The...
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Newcastle Fruit and Produce almost open for business
NEW — 4:05 p.m. March 31, 2015 By Christina Corrales-ToyThe Newcastle Fruit and Produce stand is set to open April 4. It isn’t really spring in Newcastle until a familiar red-and-white tent stands at...
View ArticleMarch police blotter
Dress for less A credit card was stolen from a wallet in a vehicle parked in the 12600 block of Southeast 81st Place between March 7 and 8. The resident reported the thief used the card for a more than...
View ArticleBellevue Fire Department names new chief
Bellevue City Manager Brad Miyake appointed interim Fire Chief Mark Risen as the permanent fire chief, effective immediately, the city announced March 24. Miyake promoted Risen to the interim position...
View ArticleLifeWire gala to raise money for domestic violence prevention
LifeWire, the state’s largest domestic violence service provider, will host its 2015 benefit gala and auction May 2 at Bellevue’s Meydenbauer Center. The funds from the World of Hope Gala and Auction...
View ArticleEducation and roads key topics as state lawmakers visit area
State legislators descended on their Eastside jurisdictions March 14, holding an open house in Bellevue. At Somerset Elementary School, one main topic was education, with dozens of teachers outside,...
View ArticleChief justice, Hazen grad to headline fundraiser breakfast
The Friends of Renton Schools will host its sixth annual benefit breakfast, headlined by speaker Barbara Madsen, the chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court, on April 27. Madsen, a 1970 graduate...
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The origins of the China Creek name
Within Newcastle we have the China Creek and China Falls neighborhoods, China Creek Golf Course, and of course, China Creek itself. Did you ever wonder how those names came to be? When the original...
View ArticleNewcastle woman charged with fraud in immigrant-investor visas
Authorities on March 17 arrested a Newcastle woman on charges she and her former husband fraudulently obtained EB-5 immigrant-investor visas to enter the United States and laundered money from China to...
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Randy Ohlendorf is chamber’s new director
The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce board announced in a news release that Randy Ohlendorf will serve as the organization’s new executive director. The board received more than 20 applications for the...
View ArticleThink globally, act locally at Newcastle Earth Day
Newcastle Earth Day Chairwoman Grace Stiller has one simple request for this year’s event — rain, please stay away. A year after the wet stuff put a damper on the 2014 event, Stiller said she is hoping...
View ArticlePet license checks begin April 4
NEW — 4:30 p.m. April 2, 2015 A trained, professional canvasser working for Regional Animal Services of King County and the city of Newcastle will soon go door-to-door in an effort to ensure pets...
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