Born in 1825 (or 1824, records differ) Sarah Jane McCoy married her first husband John Green in 1843. Lured by tales of gold in California, the Greens left Illinois in 1862 and went west in a covered wagon. Their eighth and last child, a son named Frank, was born six weeks after his father died in 1864. Sometime after arriving in California, Sarah remarried a Mr. Daniel P. Whitney.
Due to the closure of Group Health Cooperative’s Eastside Hospital and Emergency Department on April 30, the Emergency & Trauma Center at Overlake Hospital Medical Center is poised to handle the additional emergency patient volume that’s expected from both Group Health membership and residents in the surrounding community.
Some farmers markets are open, others are getting close. Here’s where to find them:
Award-winning Bellevue author of modern lit, Jane Porter has added another layer of inner strength to readers who will read her newest novel, “Mrs. Perfect.”
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Experts on more than 40 city and regional projects in Bellevue will offer presentations at City Hall on Thursday, May 15, for the city’s first-ever “Spring Forward Expo: Projects Affecting Your Future.” Residents can learn about dozens of major projects and express their opinions.
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Tickled pink, Jane Song stretched her neck out and smelled a cluster of yellow blooms from an overhanging kerria shrub.
Erik Lyn Frandsen, a sophomore from Bellevue, has been named to the president’s list at Gonzaga University for fall semester 2007. Students must earn a 3.7 or better grade point average to be listed.
Here we see two views of the same intersection, one in 1959 and one in 2007. The maples seen in the earlier image were planted in the early 1900s. When the street was widened in the 1960s city planners had to remove them, but new trees were planted in their stead.
Eleven Bellevue-area students have been named to the dean’s list at Eastern Washington University for winter term.
Youth Eastside Services (YES) has partnered with the Robert Vasen Foundation to provide services and support for youth who have been affected by the drug and/or alcohol addiction of a family member.
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The Bellevue Fire Department will host a “fire muster” on Saturday, April 26, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Sam and Stella Stamos opened their eatery in Lake Hills more than 26 years ago. Over the years it became a community favorite, known for down-home food and a warm atmosphere.
