The Reporter recently ran a two-part series on the future of Lake Sammamish State Park – once a popular regional destination for families, boaters and picnickers.
Beware of open season
The tragic death of 12-year-old Drew Hanson rips at the heart. For those of us who are parents, the thought of a child that young dying is tough to handle.
Maybe it’s time to legalize marijuana
I have never, in 23 years of living on Finn Hill, seen so many police officers patrolling my neighborhood since annexation took place.
The Wednesday Farmer’s Market was wonderful last year at the Marina. Not so much this year.
After the annexation of the Finn Hill, North Juanita and Kingsgate neighborhoods on June 1, Kirkland now has 80,000 people now, up from 50,000.
Q: How do we find out if the City of Kirkland has restrictions of inflatable characters, arches, the waving man tube, etc.?
Bummer of summer
Anyone who has been in the Kingsgate, Juanita or Finn Hill neighborhoods of Kirkland at night recently knows that the new fireworks ban is not being observed by all of its residents.
Gov. Chris Gregoire is overcooked
Last week, the City of Kirkland marked a major milestone with the annexation of more than 31,000 new residents and 200 businesses from the Finn Hill, North Juanita and Kingsgate neighborhoods.
Kirkland is the 12th largest city in the state. That’s a fact. Now, how do we handle our new situation?
With the current national focus on environment and high fuel prices, it makes me proud to live and work in the Puget Sound area, which leads other regions in our country when it comes to supporting alternative forms of transportation.
When tragedy strikes, we all take a deep breath and do what we can. For some, this means organizing large-scale relief efforts. Others get their hands dirty by trying to rebuild what once was.
It was a historic moment as the Sound Transit Board recently seized a spectacular opportunity by securing right-of-way that will one day allow a high capacity rail connection between six Eastside cities, including Kirkland.
The City of Kirkland does not have a code of ethics. The council has been working toward adopting a code of ethics since 2009.
In recent weeks, the focus of proposed state cuts in education has been at the higher education level.
