KeyBank to move into former Blockbuster building
March 4, 2010
The Blockbuster located across the parking lot from the Coal Creek Parkway Safeway went out of business in early February, and KeyBank is now moving into the building. Read more
Community development director to helm Public Works
March 4, 2010
Interim City Manager Rob Wyman appointed Community Development Director Steve Roberge to take over as interim Public Works director after Public Works Director Maiya Andrews resigned Feb. 10.
Local personal trainer co-founds women’s fitness boot camp
March 4, 2010
Brian Wehner has helped form a fitness boot camp exclusively for women that began March 1. Classes are one hour long and begin at 5:30 and 9:30 a.m. at Lewis Creek Park in Bellevue and Carol Edwards Park in Woodinville. Read more
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Chocolate for charity
March 4, 2010
Many Lights Foundation, a nonprofit organization in Newcastle, hosts an intergenerational chocolate making event from 6-7:30 p.m. March 20 at Sweet Decadence. Many Lights will cover the fees for the event for children, and is asking seniors and parents to make a donation if possible. Chocolate-making participants must make a reservation due to limited space. The purpose is to bring together seniors, foster or adoptive parents, and children between the ages of 9 and 13 who are in kinship and foster care, for a fun activity that promotes communication and positive relationships and to introduce them to people they might not otherwise meet. R.S.V.P. to Helen Lakeru at 246-2647 or helen@manylights.org.
Laughing all the way: There’s no business like snow business
February 5, 2010
By this time last year, we had been battered by multiple snowstorms. That was when The Sainted One and I discovered that we were in decent enough shape to slide to downtown Newcastle from our perch in Olympus, buy a 12-pack of beer, stow it in our backpacks and trudge back up the hill to our house. Read more
Postal service denies city’s ZIP code appeal
February 4, 2010
Newcastle has been denied a ZIP code once again, this time through an appeal at the federal level. Read more
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
February 4, 2010
Help fight arthritis at Night of Indulgence
Salon Masoero owner Gina Masoero and Sandra Wixon, who owns chocolate shop Sweet Decadence, teamed up with resident Mauricia Spring to produce a Night of Indulgence, a benefit for the Arthritis Foundation. Read more
Select baseball team seeks more members
January 22, 2010
NEW — 10:10 a.m. Jan. 22, 2010
The Bellevue Warriors — a select baseball team formerly known as Warriors 12U — still have two openings on their roster, team co-founder and Newcastle resident Michael Stein said.
The team has 12 players on its roster, and Stein’s son, Jake, is a member of the team.
The team’s schedule in January and February includes three training sessions per week, plus one-on-one coaching for any interested players. The Warriors’ coaching staff is also working with other select teams in Western Washington to schedule scrimmages as weather permits, Stein said.
February ‘Night of Indulgence’ will benefit Arthritis Foundation
January 19, 2010
NEW — 2:48 p.m. Jan. 19, 2009
Salon Masoero owner Gina Masoero and Sandra Wixon, who owns chocolate shop Sweet Decadence, teamed up with resident Mauricia Spring to produce a Night of Indulgence, a benefit for the Arthritis Foundation.
The open house will take place from 4-8 p.m. Feb. 6 at the Newcastle Professional Building, located at 12835 Newcastle Way, and will be themed toward Valentine’s Day gifts.
Night of Indulgence is an event produced six to seven times per year by Masoero and Wixon. The event is typically held at Sweet Decadence, with local vendors as well as chocolate and wine pairings.
However, this special Night of Indulgence will feature more than a dozen vendors and a raffle through which many prizes will be given away, including two-night vacations, a stay at five-star hotel, The Bellevue Athletic Club, a dinner at the Space Needle and lift tickets to Stevens Pass.
Laughing all the way Poor white tile trash in a travertine world
December 31, 2009
When my mother was alive and we’d visit her in her Bellevue home of more than 30 years, we would marvel at how little changed in it. The curtains, the paint, the furniture — all clean, practical and serviceable — remained the same for decades, and she was perfectly content with that. Read more
