Thirty-seven students in Bellevue schools have been named semifinalists in the 54th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The students are among 16,000 high school seniors nationally who will compete for some 8,200 National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $35 million, that will be offered next spring.
Fruit Picker Pole. This tool, a metal basket with prongs on one side affixed to an eight-foot wooden pole, is used to pick apples and other fruits from the tops of trees. Standing on the ground, the farmer puts the basket around the apple and uses the prongs to pull it from the tree. This basket can hold four or five apples. Fruit picker poles still are used today.
Michael Monroe, Executive Director and Chief Curator of Bellevue Arts Museum, will move into a new role as Director, Curatorial Affairs as the museum’s board launches a search for an interim director to oversee the financial and other administrative aspects of the organization.
The Washington State Department of Transportation will hold an open house in Bellevue to highlight the completion of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) of the Snoqualmie Pass East project.
Bellevue Police have arrested a 36-year-old Seattle man suspected of exposing himself in two different locations in South Bellevue on Thursday. Detectives are investigating the possibility of links between this case and previous exposing incidents near Robinswood Park.
A Bellevue Safe Child town hall will be held on Sept. 18 at Highland Middle School.
Karon Boothe, 29, moved to Bellevue from Alabama four years ago, and it’s a good thing she did – without that move, she wouldn’t have won $230,000 in Washington’s Lottery.
Puget Sound Energy’s work to install a new natural gas pipeline beneath 110th Avenue Northeast is pushing further south, with more lane closures and traffic disruption anticipated.
By Lindsay Larin Bellevue Reporter Bellevue teachers have been on strike since Sept. 2. Wednesday night, more than 800 people…
By Lindsay Larin Bellevue Reporter The Bellevue School District won’t go to court to force teachers back to work. The…
Puget Sound Energy’s work to install a new natural gas pipeline beneath 110th Avenue Northeast pushes further south this week,…
The City of Bellevue is recruiting members for the Bellevue Network on Aging. The advisory group’s mission is to “support healthy aging in our community by promoting awareness of needs and resources that support older adults through life’s transitions.”
The Bellevue-based Foundation For the Future has selected genome research pioneer Dr. J. Craig Venter as the 2008 winner of…
By Lindsay Larin Bellevue Reporter Students from high schools across Bellevue came out to show their support for Bellevue teachers…
A Bellevue School Board meeting, scheduled for tonight, has been moved back a day to allow for public comments. The…
Crews will close the SR 520 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge to traffic Tuesday evening for a marine opening tonight. The…
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Life Scout Tony Brooks lead a group of 27 volunteers on Saturday, Aug. 30 in carrying out his Eagle project for Kelsey Creek Farm in Bellevue. Local businesses donated supplies for the project as well as refreshments for the volunteers.