The Kent Reporter asked, and readers responded.
More than 2,000 participated in our 2010 Best of Kent contest in March, naming their favorites in the Kent community, ranking everyone from their favorite firefighters to their most well-regarded businesses.
"This was our best reader response yet," said Kent Reporter Publisher Polly Shepherd. "The community definitely embraced Best of Kent 2010, more so than in previous years."
The contest ran both in our print and online editions, from March 19 to April 16.
Read below to see your top community members, businesses and services in 46 categories.
The King County Sheriff's Office issued a media release May 14 to remind everyone that water safety at area rivers and lakes should be of paramount importance this weekend.
Students from four Kent high schools will be participating in Kentlake High School's third-annual "ASL Music Project" May 14 and 15. The performances, conveyed in American Sign Language as well as verbally, take place 7-9 p.m. both nights at the Kentlake Performing Arts Center, 21401 S.E. Falcon Way, Kent. The event includes students from Kentlake, as well as Kentridge, Kentwood and Kent-Meridian high schools.
Volunteers are wanted by the Kent City officials to help reconstruct a trail entrance into the northwest corner of Clark Lake Park, at the intersection of Southeast 240th Street and 120th Avenue Southeast.
The work party will run from 9 a.m. to noon June 5 to help celebrate National Trails Day.
On Thursday, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she has secured $44 million in emergency funding for critical repairs to the Howard Hanson Dam. Murray included the funds, which will go to the Army Corps of Engineers, in the Fiscal Year 2010 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill.
Numerous high school and college graduates will march in June through the ShoWare Center in Kent, come June.
Reservoir outflows along the Green River from the Howard Hanson Dam will increase significantly beginning late evening on May 12 and are expected to remain high through May 15.
The Friends of the Kent Library will be having an important meeting May 13.
The grassroots group is meeting noon at the Kent Regional Library to elect new officers.
The Kent City Council approved an ordinance May 4 to allow a proposed East Hill commercial development on the southern edge of town.
Kent Police blocked off the first floor of the parking garage next to city hall Tuesday so fire officials could determine what type of chemicals were being carried in the back of a pickup parked on the first level.
The Kent Police are trying to identify a woman caught on video as she reportedly broke into a vending machine used to purchase car washes at the Brown Bear Car Wash downtown.
In honor of their outstanding performance at the 2010 Dance/Drill competition, the members of the Kentridge High School Chatelaines Dance Team were recognized May 10 by the Metropolitan King County Council.
A Kent man is facing charges of having sex with child prostitutes in Cambodia.
The rapid response of two Kent Police officers and their use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) helped save the life of a 52-year-old Kent man Sunday afternoon.
Everything was against the Kentwood Astronomical Society's efforts to launch a rocket on April 2.
The club's advisor, math teacher Summer Cambridge, said they had planned to launch at Pacific Raceways in order to qualify for Team Americas Rocketry Challenge May 15 in Virginia.
Kent vehicle owners might be charged an annual $10 to $20 vehicle license registration fee as the City Council tries to come up with new ways to fund city street projects.
The Kent School District flexible enrollment process allows Kent School District students the opportunity to attend a school other than their neighborhood boundary school, if space is available.
After key meetings Thursday in Washington, D.C., state and King County leaders came away optimistic that federal officials understand the urgency of securing funding for interim and permanent repairs at the damaged Howard Hanson Dam.
The drama club at Kentwood High School in Covington presents “The Wizard of Oz” from May 5-8 and May 12-15.
Check out the show to find out if the Wicked Witch is really wicked or if she has a reason to seek the demise of Dorothy Gale and her little dog.
Kent city officials have decided to keep Safe Havens, the Kent-based domestic-violence visitation and exchange center, open for at least the rest of year and will continue to pursue a long-term operator for the facility.
