Chamber hosts presentation about Shared Work program
NEW — 10:35 a.m. April 7, 2015 The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce will host Chad Pearson, of the state’s Employment Security Department, at its April 8 luncheon. Pearson will present information about...
View ArticleBartell Drugs collects ‘bear hugs’ through May 2
NEW — 4:40 p.m. April 8, 2015 Bartell Drugs is helping to give “bear hugs” to children in stressful or traumatic situations as the Puget Sound area drugstore chain teams up again with Warm 106.9 FM in...
View ArticleNewcastle Earth Day kickoff is Thursday
NEW — 3 p.m. April 13, 2015 All those planning to exhibit, volunteer or attend Newcastle’s Earth Day celebration are invited to a special kick-off event two days before the big festival. This month’s...
View ArticleCandidate workshops set for April 24-25
NEW — 10:55 a.m. April 15, 2015 Election season is right around the corner, and the King County Elections Office wants to help citizens get the most out of their candidacies. King County Elections is...
View ArticleCoal Creek Family YMCA hosts Healthy Kids Day
NEW — 11:30 a.m. April 22, 2015 On Saturday, April 25, the Coal Creek Family YMCA is holding a free community event to inspire more kids to keep their minds and bodies active. YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day,...
View ArticleTrails club announces scholarship opportunity
NEW — 11:30 a.m. April 25, 2015 The Issaquah Alps Trails Club annually sponsors the Bill Longwell Memorial Scholarship, available to this year’s graduating seniors at Hazen, Issaquah, Skyline and...
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Say ‘cheese!’
It’s time for a new picture. I’ve had newspaper columns for nearly 15 years, and I’ve always promised myself that I would try to keep the picture accompanying it fairly current. This the result of...
View ArticleApril blotter
Presidential detail Police responded to a report of a suspicious person at the Newcastle Chase Bank, 6911 Coal Creek Parkway S.E., March 26. The Bellevue man, who appeared to be a transient with mental...
View ArticleFriends group hosts May book sale
The Friends of the Newcastle Library will host a book sale May 14-16. The group will take over the library lobby, where it will sell hundreds of books and media materials for all ages in a wide-ranging...
View ArticleCity seeking Newcastle Days parade participants
The city of Newcastle will host its annual Newcastle Days celebration Sept. 11-12. Part of the festival includes a parade through Lake Boren Park opening the event on Saturday, Sept. 12. This year’s...
View ArticleFire destroys Newcastle home
A fire destroyed a Newcastle home in the 10900 block of Southeast 66th Street on April 13. All five tenants in the two-story rental home at the time escaped without injuries thanks, largely, to working...
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The law comes to Newcastle
After watching western movies and TV shows, one might believe that justice in the “Old West” (Tombstone or Dodge City) of the 1880s was meted out by stints in territorial prison, hangings, or gunfights...
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Get Granny on Fallon
Movement starts to get Newcastle resident on ‘The Tonight Show’ By Christina Corrales-ToyItalene Gaddis, a 90-year-old poet, songwriter and musician, plays her autoharp in her Newcastle home in 2013....
View ArticleEnergize Eastside scoping meetings begin
A slew of Eastside cities are ready to take the next step in exploring Puget Sound Energy’s Energize Eastside project. Led by the city of Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Renton and Newcastle will work...
View ArticleCity Council election starts to take shape
The Newcastle City Council will have at least one new face in 2016. City Councilwoman Lisa Jensen announced April 23 that she will not file for re-election this spring, guaranteeing that there will be...
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Highlanders clinch share of Seamount League title
NEW — 10:55 a.m. May 5, 2015 ContributedThe Hazen High School baseball team hoists the league trophy, after earning a share of the Seamount League title May 4. The Hazen High School baseball team...
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Liberty baseball team advances, Highlanders done
NEW — 1:50 p.m. May 10, 2015 By Christina Corrales-ToyLiberty High School first baseman James Workman claps as he trots to home plate, after scoring the Patriots’ first run in a 10-0 win over Foster...
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Mayor Steve Buri will not seek re-election
NEW — 11 a.m. May 11, 2015 FileNewcastle Mayor Steve Buri (right), seen here giving David Harris the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce’s Mayor’s Award at the 2014 Diamond Awards, announced he will not seek...
View ArticleCity, county commemorate National Police Week
NEW — 3:15 p.m. May 12, 2015 The Metropolitan King County Council and Newcastle Mayor Steve Buri joined municipalities across the country in recognizing National Police Week. National Police Week, May...
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