The city of Kent now owns the unfinished parking garage downtown at Fourth Avenue North and West Smith Street.
City officials hope that means they might be able to finally find a developer to take over the stalled project.
The lunch special Friday at the Kent Senior Activity Center is three-cheese lasagna with meat sauce, garlic bread and broccoli. Diners also can opt for a fresh deli sandwich with soup or salad.
All meals are $6, and the lunches are available to all in the community.
Peter Rettinger, 65, Kent, WA, died Monday, September 27, 2010 while walking on the Soos Creek Trail in Kent. He suffered cardiac arrest. Several caring… Continue reading
A year ago, the Kent-Meridian High volleyball team was on the outside looking in.
The Royals finished the regular season in a three-way tie for the fourth-and-fifth postseason berths from the South Puget Sound League North Division, then were eliminated in mini-playoff that also involved Kentridge and Tahoma.
Talk about a lonely feeling.
Marcel Noebels scored the shootout winner Friday night at ShoWare Center to lead the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 3-2 shootout victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes.
The game was tied 2-2 after 60 minutes to send the game to a shootout.
Burke Gallimore shot first for the T-Birds in the shootout. He broke into the zone on the right side and fired a snap shot from the slot that hit Anderson's glove and trickled into the back of the net.
Help celebrate 120 years of Kent history and support the Kent Historical Society by attending its annual fundraising dinner 6-9 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.
The theme for the evening is “A Night of a Thousand Stars.” Tickets are $45.
Her body needed a break, but her mind wouldn’t listen.
Mind over matter?
For years, it had worked out exactly that way for former Kent-Meridian High multi-sport star Melanie Vertrees. From gymnastics to swimming, volleyball to basketball, cross country to track, Vertrees did it all growing up, and while attending the East Hill school.
The ball hasn’t bounced the way of the Kent-Meridian High football team for the last several years.
On Saturday, Oct. 2, however, the Royals finally had one go their way.
Defensive end Luke Barzie made the fourth-quarter strip of a Thomas Jefferson running back, and Brandon Harris swooped in for the recovery, helping the Royals secure a 38-34 victory over Thomas Jefferson in a South Puget Sound League North Division game.
Allegro Performing Arts Academy has been named the Best Dance Studio in the Northwest by the Federation of Dance Competitions. Out of 11 Northwest states, Allegro claimed the top spot by the accumulation of its competition scores this year.
With the November general election just two months away, the Kent Chamber of Commerce has scheduled a forum for the region's top political races this year.
MIKELL EVERETTE, Kentwood
Grade: Senior.
Sport: Football.
Accomplishment: Everette rushed for 211 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries, leading the Conquerors past Puyallup 35-21 in a nonleague game.
Favorite class: English.
If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: Wiz Khalifa (lobster and shrimp tails), Lauren London (funfetti cake), Michael Vick (ribs), (coach) Melvin Wells (seafood).
Arts and cultural organizations, community service groups and individual artists can apply for funding to support their 2011 projects through the city of Kent Arts Commission.
NEOS, an interactive electronic playground game station where players move from one area to another to hit flashing lights on monitors before the lights disappear, debuted Oct. 2 at the Wilson Playfields, 13028 S.E. 251st St., on Kent's East Hill. The game station is expected to appeal to adults as well, which could mean showdowns between parents and their kids.
Kent Reporter photographer Charles Cortes led the Kent newsroom staff this year in awards at the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association's 2010 Better Newspaper Contest.
Cortes, who has been with the Kent Reporter for three years, took first place in Best Color Feature photo with his shot, "The screaming is music to his ears," showing a veteran carnival worker flashing a big grin as an amusement-park ride terrifies its riders.
One of the biggest names on the local soccer scene will be appearing at French Field Wednesday night.
Roger Levesque, a starting forward for the Seattle Sounders FC, will be on hand from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at French Field Oct. 6 for the Kent Youth Soccer Association Community Night.
Enjoy some beer, wine and food at the second annual Oktoberfest at Pat's Bar and Grill in downtown Kent.
The festival will run from 1-6 p.m. Oct. 9 at 206 Railroad Ave. N., the parking lot next to the bar.
A woman was found dead at a house fire Monday in the 16600 block of Southeast 279th Place in Covington.
Kent-Meridian HIgh School and Bowen Scarff Ford are partnering today with the Ford Motor Company to provide a major fundraiser for K-M's clubs and sports programs.
Called "Drive One 4 UR School," the event will have 10 new vehicles available for test drives at the school, with $20 going to the school for each test drive and short survey that participants complete.
Ronnie Flowers had been waiting for this opportunity.
Friday night at a packed French Field, the moment finally came for the second-year Kentwood High senior.
Travis Toomey is the Seattle Thunderbird Player of the Week for Oct. 1: See the video
