Damien Rommal got dressed for work Thursday afternoon. He put on his furry hands, brown face paint and flannel button-up shirt to strut his stuff on the “catwalk.” Dressed as a werewolf, Rommal joined his co-workers for a fashion show like no other at the Kirkland Value Village.”We don’t want them to go shy with it,” said Rommal of his co-workers. “We have very few rules, but we want it to be a little scary but family friendly, too. It is a fun 10 minutes of madness.”This is the second year that the chain has put on the ghoulish events each Thursday during October.
The Kirkland City Council held a special meeting with annexation area residents Oct. 19 at Finn Hill Junior High to discuss issues important to the new citizens of Kirkland.Residents submitted 48 written questions to the council during the meeting, all of which were answered in a recent email to a Finn Hill Neighborhood Committee organizer. The questions ranged from taxes, parks, and planning, to policing and many other varied topics.
Between October 7-11, the Kirkland Police Department reported 306 traffic violations (three DUIs), 18 alarm calls, nine car accidents, eight noise complaints, 12 thefts, seven car prowls
Kirkland resident John Overleese, 68, died on Oct. 1 of cancer. But the community will remember Overleese not by his final 18 months but by his life in Kirkland and his big heart.
For many voters experience is a big factor when choosing a candidate. Many who enter city council races for the first time have experience in the business community, as a part of a non-profit or have served on a board or two. But that experience is limited and most have not served in government. Toby Nixon has all of this and then some.
The annexation of the North Juanita, Finn Hill and Kingsgate neighborhoods has been one of the biggest changes in Kirkland’s history. At the center of that change has been the Kirkland City Council, of which Jessica Greenway is a two-term member. She has helped to guide the city through all of the planning and implementation. Greenway also hopes to help make that transition more complete, as she seeks a third term this November.
Many Eastside residents know Tom Colicchio from Bravo’s TV show “Top Chef.” Most don’t know how far his passion for ending hunger in the United States extends.
The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Kirkland Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Kirkland, which average about 1,000 per week.
Patrick Rexroat, 56, of Montlake Terrace, plead not guilty to charges of vehicular homicide and reckless driving Tuesday morning to the shock of family and friends of Steve Lacey.
Toren, along with his brother Finn, 3, were among many people who participated in the Goldfish Rodeo in downtown Kirkland on Friday, a benefit for the two young children of Steve Lacey, a Kirkland resident who was killed by a drunk driver on July 24.
The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Kirkland Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Kirkland, which average about 1,000 per week.
This is the second part in a four-part series on the Kirkland police department’s post annexation expansion.
The future of law enforcement in Kirkland is centered on the Totem Lake neighborhood. The new public safety building will expand the city’s Municipal Court, give Kirkland Police officers more room and provide a central location for all law enforcement duties. The building is due to open in 2014.
“That’s huge for our response,” said Kirkland Police Chief Eric Olsen, noting the building will also be visible in the new center of Kirkland, near businesses and transit.
Peter and Jill Robertson were enjoying the afternoon from their Kirkland condo when they noticed something was wrong out on the waters of Lake Washington around noon on Monday.
“There were two brothers out there and one was trying to bring a paddle board back to the other when he went under the water,” said Peter Robertson, who used to train life guards for a living. “I saw him going up and down in the water and that is never good.”
The couple lives in a condo along Lake Washington Boulevard near David Brink Park.
Patrick Rexroat, 56, of Snohomish County was charged with vehicular homicide and reckless driving Wednesday for killing Steve Lacey of Kirkland July 24. Rexroat will face a maximum of 31 to 41 months, or 3 1/2 years in prison if convicted.
The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Kirkland Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Kirkland, which average about 1,000 per week.
Dave Asher has been the chair of the North Rose Hill Neighborhood Association and co-chair of the Kirkland Alliance of Neighborhoods. He has also served citizens for more than a decade by helping to guide the Kirkland City Council from his Position No. 6 seat.
Kirkland resident and Google engineer Steve Lacey, 43, was driving west on N.E. 85th Street Sunday — a trip many residents take routinely. But Sunday was different as Lacey was an innocent victim of a road rage incident that took his life.
The road rage incident took place around 2 p.m. on southbound Interstate 405 when the driver of a Hyundai SUV was allegedly cut off, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Kirkland Police are investigating a vehicle collision that resulted in the death of a bicyclist on Juanita Drive Friday.
KPD Capt. Bill Hamilton said the department received a high volume of fireworks complaints throughout the city this year, compared to last.
Between July 1-7, the Kirkland Police Department reported 589 traffic violations (12 DUIs), 42 alarm calls, 24 car accidents, 29 noise complaints, 12 thefts, six car prowls, 12 domestic violence calls, eight calls for harassment, 11 acts of fraud,
