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Water district fears well contamination from Issaquah
Sammamish Review - New: May 20, 2:59 p.m. A dispute flared into the public eye May 6 as Issaquah officials and the Sammamish Plateau Water & Sewer District sparred over storm water pollution and Issaquah's intentions to take over principal wells owned by the district. Though the state Department of Ecology is unconvinced of health risks, the district, [...] Read more...
Water district fears well contamination from Issaquah
Sammamish Review - New: May 20, 2:59 p.m. A dispute flared into the public eye May 6 as Issaquah officials and the Sammamish Plateau Water & Sewer District sparred over storm water pollution and Issaquah's intentions to take over principal wells owned by the district. Though the state Department of Ecology is unconvinced of health risks, the district, [...] Read more...
Sunday, May 19, 2013 -- 3:16 pm
Project to widen Sahalee Way moves up a couple years
Sammamish Review - New: May 19, 3:16 p.m. A plan to widen a portion of Sahalee Way could get started sooner than expected. Traffic volumes on the stretch of road from the area near the east gate entrance to Sahalee and the city limits have been increasing faster than expected, said City Engineer Jeff Brauns at the May [...] Read more...
Project to widen Sahalee Way moves up a couple years
Sammamish Review - New: May 19, 3:16 p.m. A plan to widen a portion of Sahalee Way could get started sooner than expected. Traffic volumes on the stretch of road from the area near the east gate entrance to Sahalee and the city limits have been increasing faster than expected, said City Engineer Jeff Brauns at the May [...] Read more...
Sunday, May 19, 2013 -- 6:03 am
2012 SPJ NW Excellence in Journalism winners
Associated Press - SEATTLE (AP) _ Winners of the 2012 Society of Professional Journalists Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest were announced Saturday night. The annual contest is held by Region 10 of SPJ to honor journalism in Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. Read more...
2012 SPJ NW Excellence in Journalism winners
Associated Press - SEATTLE (AP) _ Winners of the 2012 Society of Professional Journalists Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest were announced Saturday night. The annual contest is held by Region 10 of SPJ to honor journalism in Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. Read more...
Saturday, May 18, 2013 -- 1:13 pm
Lake Washington District students settle in to new STEM school
Sammamish Review - New: May 18, 1:13 p.m. For a physics teacher, even a popcorn movie can be a chance to cement a lesson. And so it happened that students in Pete Saxby's class, at the Lake Washington School District's STEM school were watching the Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock movie "Speed." As the bus approached a highway [...] Read more...
Lake Washington District students settle in to new STEM school
Sammamish Review - New: May 18, 1:13 p.m. For a physics teacher, even a popcorn movie can be a chance to cement a lesson. And so it happened that students in Pete Saxby's class, at the Lake Washington School District's STEM school were watching the Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock movie "Speed." As the bus approached a highway [...] Read more...
Friday, May 17, 2013 -- 2:20 pm
City Council hears specifics on demographics, economic challenges
Sammamish Review - New: May 17, 2:19 p.m. Sammamish leaders already knew that the city was unusually youth and family oriented. Now they have the numbers to back it up. Chris Mefford of consulting firm Community Attributes, made the latest in a series of presentations to the City Council's Economic Development Committee May 14 on an economic study [...] Read more...
City Council hears specifics on demographics, economic challenges
Sammamish Review - New: May 17, 2:19 p.m. Sammamish leaders already knew that the city was unusually youth and family oriented. Now they have the numbers to back it up. Chris Mefford of consulting firm Community Attributes, made the latest in a series of presentations to the City Council's Economic Development Committee May 14 on an economic study [...] Read more...
Thursday, May 16, 2013 -- 12:40 pm
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 -- 12:07 pm
Shopping locally is always important
Sammamish Review - Sammamish's budget update contained a lot of good news, including an increase in sales tax revenue. People in the city are starting to loosen the grip on their wallets and spend a bit more, but that doesn't mean local businesses don't still need support. Sales taxes can come from lots of places, including some revenue [...] Read more...
Shopping locally is always important
Sammamish Review - Sammamish's budget update contained a lot of good news, including an increase in sales tax revenue. People in the city are starting to loosen the grip on their wallets and spend a bit more, but that doesn't mean local businesses don't still need support. Sales taxes can come from lots of places, including some revenue [...] Read more...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 -- 12:07 pm
Sammamish Forum May 15
Sammamish Review - Candidates needed You can keep taxes low and city government in its place all for about 45 minutes a day. That's about how much time it would take for you to serve on the Sammamish City Council. Let's see if you have what it takes. Here is a little test for you; this is from [...] Read more...
Sammamish Forum May 15
Sammamish Review - Candidates needed You can keep taxes low and city government in its place all for about 45 minutes a day. That's about how much time it would take for you to serve on the Sammamish City Council. Let's see if you have what it takes. Here is a little test for you; this is from [...] Read more...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 -- 12:05 pm
Sammamish likely to monitor Ebright Creek
Sammamish Review - Sammamish seems poised to begin monitoring water quality in Ebright Creek. At the May 7 City Council meeting, Councilwoman Nancy Whitten suggested the city take up monitoring duties that the Friends of Pine Lake plan to stop doing. She said the city could spend $10,000 to do the monitoring. Whitten had suggested specific factors to [...] Read more...
Sammamish likely to monitor Ebright Creek
Sammamish Review - Sammamish seems poised to begin monitoring water quality in Ebright Creek. At the May 7 City Council meeting, Councilwoman Nancy Whitten suggested the city take up monitoring duties that the Friends of Pine Lake plan to stop doing. She said the city could spend $10,000 to do the monitoring. Whitten had suggested specific factors to [...] Read more...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 -- 12:04 pm
Sammamish Police Officers will have discretion on impounding cars
Sammamish Review - Following a pair of court rulings about impounding vehicles, Sammamish is poised to make changes to its regulations surrounding the issue. The old laws required that officers would impound the vehicles of people pulled over for offenses such as driving with a suspended license or driving under the influence. Recent court rulings stated that such [...] Read more...
Sammamish Police Officers will have discretion on impounding cars
Sammamish Review - Following a pair of court rulings about impounding vehicles, Sammamish is poised to make changes to its regulations surrounding the issue. The old laws required that officers would impound the vehicles of people pulled over for offenses such as driving with a suspended license or driving under the influence. Recent court rulings stated that such [...] Read more...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 -- 12:03 pm
Public weighs in on Sammamish environmental regulations
Sammamish Review - This time, it was the people's turn. The City Council spent the past few weeks getting briefings on the Environmentally Critical Areas Ordinance from members of the city's planning department. On May 7, it opened the formal public hearing on the proposed changes to the law, and heard from both environmental activists and property owners. [...] Read more...
Public weighs in on Sammamish environmental regulations
Sammamish Review - This time, it was the people's turn. The City Council spent the past few weeks getting briefings on the Environmentally Critical Areas Ordinance from members of the city's planning department. On May 7, it opened the formal public hearing on the proposed changes to the law, and heard from both environmental activists and property owners. [...] Read more...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 -- 12:01 pm
Sammamish Reserve Police Officers sworn in
Sammamish Review - Sammamish saw its police department expand by two May 7 when Chief Nate Elledge swore in a pair of reserve police officers. Officers Kyle Rip and David Kretschmer* are volunteers who might eventually put in up to 20 hours a month for the department. Each has completed 300 hours of training at the police academy [...] Read more...
Sammamish Reserve Police Officers sworn in
Sammamish Review - Sammamish saw its police department expand by two May 7 when Chief Nate Elledge swore in a pair of reserve police officers. Officers Kyle Rip and David Kretschmer* are volunteers who might eventually put in up to 20 hours a month for the department. Each has completed 300 hours of training at the police academy [...] Read more...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 -- 11:53 am
Police blotter May 15
Sammamish Review - Burglary Police responded to a home on the 1500 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Northeast when the woman who lives there reported missing items. The woman, who said she is married under Islamic law, but not under U.S. law, has split up from her husband. She was out of town from April 8 to [...] Read more...
Police blotter May 15
Sammamish Review - Burglary Police responded to a home on the 1500 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Northeast when the woman who lives there reported missing items. The woman, who said she is married under Islamic law, but not under U.S. law, has split up from her husband. She was out of town from April 8 to [...] Read more...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 -- 11:41 am
Issaquah School Board member Marnie Maraldo seeks re-election
Sammamish Review - Issaquah School Board member Marnie Maraldo has announced that she will file for re-election this spring. Maraldo, of Newcastle, occupies the District 2 seat, representing Newcastle and the southwest portion of the Issaquah school district. She was elected to the board at the end of 2009, taking over for longtime member Connie Fletcher. Although Sammamish [...] Read more...
Issaquah School Board member Marnie Maraldo seeks re-election
Sammamish Review - Issaquah School Board member Marnie Maraldo has announced that she will file for re-election this spring. Maraldo, of Newcastle, occupies the District 2 seat, representing Newcastle and the southwest portion of the Issaquah school district. She was elected to the board at the end of 2009, taking over for longtime member Connie Fletcher. Although Sammamish [...] Read more...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 -- 11:30 am
Plateau Pink Day rallies local teens to fight cancer
Sammamish Review - A trail of pink helium balloons curved up into an arch from Eastside Catholic campus May 8 as Sammamish's three high schools gathered for the fourth annual Plateau Pink Day. Outside the school's gymnasium, students from Eastlake and Skyline high schools mingled with those from Eastside Catholic in the 70-degree weather. Dressed in varying shades [...] Read more...
Plateau Pink Day rallies local teens to fight cancer
Sammamish Review - A trail of pink helium balloons curved up into an arch from Eastside Catholic campus May 8 as Sammamish's three high schools gathered for the fourth annual Plateau Pink Day. Outside the school's gymnasium, students from Eastlake and Skyline high schools mingled with those from Eastside Catholic in the 70-degree weather. Dressed in varying shades [...] Read more...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 -- 11:28 am
Doretha (Dottie) Wanderer
Sammamish Review - Doretha (Dottie) Wanderer, aged 98, passed away May 3, 2013, in Sammamish. She is survived by her two youngest children, Sandra (Wanderer) Livingston, and Norman Wanderer; granddaughters Michelle Livingston and Martha (Livingston) Daman; and great-granddaughters Molly Jean and Addison Rose Daman. Dottie moved to Sammamish with her family in 1993, and enjoyed working at Safeway [...] Read more...
Doretha (Dottie) Wanderer
Sammamish Review - Doretha (Dottie) Wanderer, aged 98, passed away May 3, 2013, in Sammamish. She is survived by her two youngest children, Sandra (Wanderer) Livingston, and Norman Wanderer; granddaughters Michelle Livingston and Martha (Livingston) Daman; and great-granddaughters Molly Jean and Addison Rose Daman. Dottie moved to Sammamish with her family in 1993, and enjoyed working at Safeway [...] Read more...
Monday, May 13, 2013 -- 1:55 pm
Troopers to team with truckers to look for aggressive drivers next week
Sammamish Review - New: May 13, 1:54 p.m. Washington State Patrol troopers will be back out May 20-24 conducting an aggressive driving emphasis in King County. This time, troopers will have help from truckers to look for motorists who are driving unsafely around big trucks. During the emphasis, troopers will team up with truck drivers and ride with [...] Read more...
Troopers to team with truckers to look for aggressive drivers next week
Sammamish Review - New: May 13, 1:54 p.m. Washington State Patrol troopers will be back out May 20-24 conducting an aggressive driving emphasis in King County. This time, troopers will have help from truckers to look for motorists who are driving unsafely around big trucks. During the emphasis, troopers will team up with truck drivers and ride with [...] Read more...
Sunday, May 12, 2013 -- 11:16 am
Sammamish likely to monitor Ebright Creek
Sammamish Review - New: May 12, 11:16 a.m. Sammamish seems poised to begin monitoring water quality in Ebright Creek. At the May 7 City Council meeting, Councilwoman Nancy Whitten suggested the city take up monitoring duties that the Friends of Pine Lake plan to stop doing. She said the city could spend $10,000 to do the monitoring. Whitten [...] Read more...
Sammamish likely to monitor Ebright Creek
Sammamish Review - New: May 12, 11:16 a.m. Sammamish seems poised to begin monitoring water quality in Ebright Creek. At the May 7 City Council meeting, Councilwoman Nancy Whitten suggested the city take up monitoring duties that the Friends of Pine Lake plan to stop doing. She said the city could spend $10,000 to do the monitoring. Whitten [...] Read more...
Saturday, May 11, 2013 -- 1:19 pm
Mental illness in family spurs local woman to action
Sammamish Review - New: May 11, 1:19 p.m. As the wife of a doctor, Sherrill Bohart has been an eyewitness to the suffering created by mental illness. The Sammamish resident saw patients of her husband shuffled through the public health system without any long-term resolution for the person afflicted with the crippling condition. And even less support for [...] Read more...
Mental illness in family spurs local woman to action
Sammamish Review - New: May 11, 1:19 p.m. As the wife of a doctor, Sherrill Bohart has been an eyewitness to the suffering created by mental illness. The Sammamish resident saw patients of her husband shuffled through the public health system without any long-term resolution for the person afflicted with the crippling condition. And even less support for [...] Read more...
Friday, May 10, 2013 -- 5:00 pm
Transportation Level of Service Public Hearing May 16th
City of Sammamish News - The City of Sammamish Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on May 16, 2013 on the Proposed Changes to Sammamish Comprehensive Plan regarding Transportation Level of Service Standards. The Public Hearing will be part of the regular Planning Commission meeting, which will start at 6:30 PM at the City of Sammamish City Hall, located at 801 - 228th Ave. SE, Sammamish. Read more...
Transportation Level of Service Public Hearing May 16th
City of Sammamish News - The City of Sammamish Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on May 16, 2013 on the Proposed Changes to Sammamish Comprehensive Plan regarding Transportation Level of Service Standards. The Public Hearing will be part of the regular Planning Commission meeting, which will start at 6:30 PM at the City of Sammamish City Hall, located at 801 - 228th Ave. SE, Sammamish. Read more...
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