Patty Luzzi is coming home.
Volunteers from 10 churches, mosques and synagogues hammered away at a construction site at Snoqualmie Ridge recently to help six families get a new home.
The event, Together We Build, is an Interfaith Coalition of Christians, Jews, and Muslims working together to build houses for low-income families in East King County. The activity is now in its seventh year.
The thunderous rumble that blasted through the Northwest at 2:45 p.m. and lasted six minutes Sunday was not another rainstorm.
It was a sea of more than 3,000 drummers banging their drum sets in sync – setting a world record – and creating a new one for the first time.
Costco has abandoned the idea of opening a store at Bellevue’s Kelsey Creek Center, leaving the majority of the property undeveloped following the closing of a Kmart story several years ago.
Breast Cancer Awareness month ended with the dawn of November, and the coaches at Bellevue’s Action Athletics are feeling relief – at least in their arms and tummies.
For many older adults, independent living is an important factor in the quality of their lives. To help seniors find resources to help them stay at home as they age, there will be a “Home Sweet Home Fair” from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 at Bellevue City Hall, 450 110th N.E.
Bellevue developer Kemper Freeman Jr. will be the subject of a “toast” Sunday, Nov. 9 at The Westin in Bellevue.
More than 150 residents of all ages turned out for the area’s first Walk from Obesity on Sunday, Sept. 28 at Bellevue High School, hosted by Overlake Hospital Medical Center. As a result of their efforts — both walking and fundraising — more than $15,000 was raised to help fund obesity prevention, education and research.
A group of local grade-school students has used its annual costume party to show that Halloween can be more than…
Highway construction crews will continue work on several projects in Bellevue next week.
Work is expected on the new southbound I-405 bridge over I-90, the bridge over Southeast Eighth Street, freeway widening from 112th Avenue Southeast to Southeast Eighth Street and several retaining walls.
The Bellevue Reporter publishes a pet for adoption each Wednesday and Saturday. Wednesday features pets from the King County facility in Crossroads. Saturday features pets from the Seattle Humane Society, located at the junction of I-405 and I-90. ”
A noon-hour Commemorative Candle Lighting Ceremony, an annual National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month event, will be presented at Bellevue First United Methodist Church by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13.
Factoria Mall will present Santa’s Musical Arrival with Tim Noah at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 28.
AARP is seeking volunteer tax counselors to provide free personal income tax preparation and counseling, with special attention to those age 60 and older and to low and middle-income taxpayers.
Green Elephant Plant Swap: 10 a.m.-noon Nov. 1. Rain or shine. Come exchange and share plants, seeds, ideas and enthusiasm with others. No sales; just trades or freebies. Abundant plants available for new gardeners. Church of the Holy Cross, 11526 162nd Ave. N.E., Redmond. 425-223-7249.
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Parker, baby girl (Grace Patricia Loree). Born to Mariah Parker on Oct. 19, 2008 at 1:21 p.m, at Overlake Hospital. 8 lbs. 4 oz.