What is the city of Kirkland gaining by repaving the northern portion of Market Street and now 116th Street between Market and Interstate 405? These roads were in descent condition to begin with prior to construction. The allocated funds could have gone toward more useful purposes that residents are passionate about, such as saving the Juanita High School pool for public use, field improvements for soccer, baseball, and softball, or you name it.
I am responding to Robert Style’s letter in the Aug. 23 issue of the Reporter, “Mayor wants Kirkland to look like Seattle.”
Twenty-plus years after having moved to Hawaii as a teen, my husband considers himself a “local.” I was born and raised in paradise.
I am not typically a letter writer, but I just can’t sit by and watch this anymore without saying something.
Aug. 15 marked 37 years in Kirkland for George’s restaurant, being the longest-standing restaurant in the heart of Kirkland.
Minions of Lobsang and Tamara Agassi Dargey recently descended on Lake Washington Boulevard to hang huge banners on a newly-erected fence on property the couple leased from Luella O’Connor proclaiming “Mixed-use Project Coming Soon.”
A new traffic concurrency test notice on Aug. 23 indicates that Path America’s project (sometimes called Potala Village, sometimes called Kirkland Aqua) has “passed” the traffic concurrency test. This is subject to appeal, which is handled a bit like a court proceeding in front of a Hearing Examiner.
In just over two months, millions of Americans – some of whom have no healthcare coverage and some who are currently covered by their employer – will be looking for the facts about the new health law. AARP is here to help.
Mayor Joan McBride’s recent op-ed piece is illusionary and disingenuously dangerous. Nothing could be further from the truth. Mayor McBride has done more to reduce our quality of life in Kirkland and it hasn’t been graceful.
I live in the Brookhaven neighborhood and the city is in the process of doing a slurry overlay.
At approximately 2 a.m. Sunday morning I looked out a window to see about a noise I heard. There was what at first looked like a dog in my front garden. It quickly jumped over a small fence back towards the street on 106th Avenue Northeast.
The articles by James Truhan were very informative. Having participated in Planning Commission and Design Review Board meetings as a concerned citizen, I truly question the pro-development attitude of the Kirkland City Council and power they give to developers.
Regarding the proposed enhancements to the Big Finn Hill Park trail system, I’d like to reference a quote from a recent news brief:
The 11th annual Kirkland Classic Car Show was a great success.
Just visited Cody, Wyo. where, during the summers, they have a nightly gun fight on Main Street.
We live in a nice quiet area surrounded by well maintained woods and parks with miles of litter-free trails.
Goodnight Lake Washington, Juanita and Wave swim teams. Goodnight water polo and Seattle Synchro.
Welcome to downtown Kirkland; welcome to Kirkland Uncorked. I am steaming.
Kirkland’s 4th of July celebration was another grand success and was broadly touted as the most successful in the 14-year history of Celebrate Kirkland.
On behalf of all us veterans, I want to thank Maureen Baskin, chair of the veterans’ event, and the city of Kirkland for the hospitality they showed to the veterans on the 4th of July.
