When Fred Satterstrom attended his 40-year reunion for the Kent-Meridian class of 1967 last September, classmates gave him plenty of positive feedback about the City of Kent.
Lorri Ericsonhas been named assistant city manager of Des Moines. She is currently the planning and research/administrative services manager for the Puyallup Police Department. She starts her new job with Des Moines on July 21.
If high water flows and cold water haven’t proved deadly enough this year, another hazard is threatening users of the Green River.
A Kent Police sting to catch customers of prostitutes resulted in the arrest of a woman for investigation of prostitution at 10:30 p.m. June 17 in the 25200 block of Pacific Highway South.
With so many trees, bushes and flowers to care for, Richard and Stella Land spend a lot of time in the backyard of their home on Scenic Hill, just east of downtown Kent.
Would you like to be buried or cremated? A fancy casket or a biodegradable coffin? Ashes sprinkled over the Puget Sound or launched into space? A somber church service or a party with live music?
These are all questions you now can answer - long before you kick the bucket - on one Kent couple’s new Web site, www.thefuneralsite.com.
The Kent School District is sponsoring the Simplified Food Program for Children this summer, providing free lunches to low-income children.
The Kent Historical Museum will remain open as it gets a new coat of paint this month.
• When: Friday, July 4, noon to 11 p.m.
Many children at Kent’s Fourth of July Splash at Lake Meridian Park ask the same question.
A 22-year-old Renton man was struck and killed at about 11:30 p.m. June 27 while walking in the roadway of Des Moines Memorial Drive South.
A roadblock has gone up for bicyclists, joggers and pedestrians along the Green River Trail in Kent.
A stay-at-home mom, an attorney and a middle school teacher are among the seven finalists for the vacant Kent City Council position.
• When: Friday, July 4, noon to 11 p.m.
Two Kent men remained in critical condition Friday from gunshot wounds received in an apparent robbery Thursday at a Kent apartment complex.The double shootings followed… Continue reading
It’s easy for the city of Kent to find a good mechanic.
Robert Stone works as one of four vehicle-repair staffers at the city maintenance shop on West James Street just east of Russell Road. He helps keep nearly 565 city cars and trucks running smoothly as part of the fleet division of the Public Works Department.
Stone helps make sure residents as well as city officials benefit from his work.
Enumclaw Regional Hospital and King County Health Department will provide a free childhood immunization clinic from 10:30-5 p.m. Sept. 4 at the hospital, located at 1450 Batterby Ave. in Enumclaw.
Highline Community College on June 16 dedicated its Marine Science and Technology Center, a new public-education facility on Redondo Beach in Des Moines.
