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Honoring Nicholas Aaron Madrazo with 5K run/walk| Editor’s Notebook
Jenny and Joel Madrazo cherished the moments whenever they heard their son’s voice over the phone. During those…
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Keeping up with progress in Bothell and Kenmore| Editor’s Notebook
As I poked around downtown Bothell last week, I peered through a fence over by the old Bothell…
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Did I miss something, or is talking on your cell while driving still illegal?| Teen Scene
I was stopped at a stop sign in Bothell recently when I noticed the person across from me…
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Teachers score good grades with their students | Editor’s Notebook
Many of us can point to one of our school teachers who helped lead the way to our…
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Jeanne Edwards: the ‘ultimate civic volunteer’ | Northshore Citizen
When asked to highlight the life of the late Jeanne Edwards, the description of “ultimate civic volunteer” was…
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It was a banner year for Northshore spring sports teams | Editor’s Notebook
As a sports writer for a local community newspaper, the busiest and most exciting time of the year…
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Worst-case scenario: Inglemoor High students simulate a crash/ Teen Scene
On May 6, at Inglemoor High, a dramatic and frightful scene was reenacted as part of the annual…
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Giving thanks and embracing the arts/ Editor’s Notebook
Kelly Clark’s appreciation for those who help others is never-ending. Three years ago yesterday, the Bothell resident was…
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Stellar students, principal ‘Make a Difference’/Northshore Citizen
The Northshore Scholarship Foundation will award 79 scholarships this month with two of them at the record-breaking value…
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After 86 years in Bothell, Hopkins Nursery is closing its doors/ Editor’s Notebook
Before Monday afternoon, the last time I visited Phyllis Hopkins at her nursery on 100th Avenue Northeast in…
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Beauty in the eye of the media/ Teen Scene
We see it on the streets, on television commercials and sticking out from the magazine rack in the…
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Change under way: reforming our teacher/principal evaluation system/ My Turn
The current 30-year-old teacher and principal evaluation system is antiquated and must be rebuilt. Our educators need a…
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Students define dictionaries as ‘awesome’/ Northshore Citizen
“Awesome,” “marvelous,” “spectacular,” “wonderful,” “super duper” and “cool” are favorite expressions third-graders at Canyon Creek Elementary used in…
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Changes coming, but paper will remain a strong news source in print and online/ Editorial
Some major changes are under way at the Bothell-Kenmore Reporter, but we’ll continue reporting on the local news…
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Help us shape our product by taking the Pulse survey/ Editorial
We’re asking you, our readers, to tell us what you want from your hometown newspaper. And more. The…
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People like their community newspaper/Editor’s Notebook
Community newspapers are a big deal to residents, according to the National Newspaper Association’s fifth readership survey. Seventy-eight…
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It’s not enough to post legal notices online only/Editorial
There aren’t a lot of legal provisions enacted in 1789 still on the books today. But the ones…
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Kenmore city manager takes a stand at council meeting/ Editor’s Notebook
It must have been an interesting evening, to say the least. At the Kenmore City Council meeting on…
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Peaceful event displays Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi’s beliefs/ Editor’s Notebook
As I walked through the doors of the Ananda Meditation Temple in Bothell on Monday night, I was…
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‘Little Brother’ is an eye-opening book on terrorism/ My Turn
A couple of disparate things sort of collided to provide the fodder for this column. The collision of…