Mary Helen Nuxoll Kopczynski, an Eastside Catholic school alumna, asked the school’s board of directors to resign at the Feb. 6 board meeting.
Gardeners are getting excited about the Northwest Flower and Garden Show coming up soon at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. People come from all over the Pacific Northwest and beyond to learn about the latest trends in gardening.
Charlie Baker is pretty down-trodden at the start of “The Foreigner” now playing at Village Theatre. His buddy, Froggy LeSueur decides that a few days at a fishing lodge in Georgia is just what Charlie needs to get some peace and quiet. The stage is set for a hilarious misadventure that transforms Charlie from shy and retiring to the center of attention.
At 35-years-old, Larissa Long has already had a full life. She married young and remained in the marriage for seven years, with two children born from the union; Ethan Tucey, 12, and Nadia Tucey, 10. It didn’t work out, but she is on good terms with her ex-husband. It wasn’t always easy though.
Artists came from as close as Seattle to as far away as the United Kingdom to take part in the BAM (Bellevue Arts Museum) Arts Fair July 26-28 at Bellevue Square.
If you are a regular reader of mine, you may be getting sick of me talking about breast cancer, but humor me one more time.
According to the American Cancer Society, the chance of a woman having invasive breast cancer some time during her life is about one in eight. The chance of dying from breast cancer is about one in 36. I have found that it has become a big part of who I am now. It’s not something to be ashamed of. At first I blamed myself — what did I do to bring this on? What didn’t I do that I should have? There is no good answer, other than that cancer has its own agenda.
Area movie fans attend Academy Award screening event at Lincoln Square Cinemas to raise money for the Seattle Children’s Hospital.
The 85th Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are the grand finale of the awards season. This year I’ll be there vicariously at a local Red Carpet event at Lincoln Square Cinemas in Bellevue, watching with great interest.
Patrick Dempsey, who plays Dr. Derek Shepherd, aka Dr. McDreamy, on the hit television show Grey’s Anatomy, was the winning bidder for the ailing Tully’s coffee chain, paying $9.15 million for the chain in Thursday’s 13-hour auction.
Long gone are the days of locking up the mentally ill and giving them pills. But there is still a stigma attached to those who suffer from mental illness. At Hero House in Bellevue, a clubhouse for the mentally ill, things are very different. The space – almost 5,000 square feet – does not feel clinical. Executive director Erica Horn knows all her members and what each is dealing with. With a staff of five, Horn included, and a limited budget, the staff and members work side-by-side on every aspect of operation at the clubhouse.
Every day I read a different article on the ongoing saga of negotiations regarding the forthcoming fiscal cliff, the possibility of increased taxes occurring at the same time as massive spending cuts by the federal government. I’m really worried about it.
Despite cold, steady rainfall, people waited in long lines outside the Bellevue Fred Meyer to participate in Puget Sound Energy’s “Rock the Bulb” event Saturday, Oct. 27. Not only could they exchange their incandescent light bulbs for more energy efficient bulbs, but also they could learn about various ways to reduce energy consumption.
As the eastern seaboard recovers from its battering by Hurricane Sandy, which combined with a winter storm from the west to be dubbed “Frankenstorm,” we in the Puget Sound area should remember that we are not immune to natural disasters.
Median sales prices for single family homes on the west side of I-405 in Bellevue jumped 40 percent last month over January of 2011.
Home sales in Bellevue and across the Eastside seem to have stabilized in 2011 with, a trend, realtors say, that may become the look of the future as buyers and sellers move into 2012.
Closings were up, but sales prices were down on both sides of Interstate 405 in Bellevue compared to a year ago according to the latest statistics from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.
Dematologists recommend suncreeen to help combat cancer
