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Parks to host meeting on potential lease of seminary building BY SARAH KEHOE skehoe@bothell-reporter.com
Washington State Parks is beginning a planning process to evaluate a potential longterm lease of the seminary building located at Saint
Edward State Park in Kenmore on the boundary with Kirkland. The public is invited to a workshop Jan. 14 to give their input on the building’s future. The meeting is from
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Northshore Utility District Meeting Room, located at 6830 NE 185th St. in Kenmore. “I just really hope that this meeting tells us all what we
want to know; and that is, what will happen to the park surrounding this building,” said Tom Fitzpatrick, member of the Friends of Saint Edward State Park. “There’s been so many issues
surrounding this building over the years and so many rumors. Basically, the most important thing to me is that we keep the integrity of the park.” The Saint Edward Semi-
nary, situated within Saint Edward State Park, is a historic property listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The seminary is in poor condition and contin[ more SEMINARY page 9 ]
Top 10 most read stories of 2013 BY SARAH KEHOE skehoe@bothell-reporter.com
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tories about a Bothell man charged with murdering his estranged wife were the most-read headlines this year, as the murder, investigation and eventual arrest occurred throughout the year. Bothell/ Kenmore Reporter readers also paid close attention to a scandal involving Bothell Mayor Mark Lamb and chipped in to help a Bothell family whose mother battled a brain tumor. Here are the top 10 mostread stories in order, according to Google Analytics: 1. “Bothell residents ask Mayor Lamb to step down over affair,” Dec. 14, 2012. Several Bothell residents asked Mark Lamb to resign from his position as Bothell Mayor, claiming his admitted affair has drawn embar-
rassment to the city and distracted the council from important issues, during a council meeting. A former employee of the North Creek Law Firm, Micaela Mae, 23, sued the business, Lamb and his wife for wrongful termination and invasion of privacy over the two-year affair between the employee and mayor. Mae filed the civil suit in Snohomish County Superior Court on Oct. 29, 2012 seeking unspecified damages for lost wages, future wages and emotional distress. Lamb admitted to a sexual relationship with the woman in court filings on Nov. 8, but denied most other claims in her suit. City Manager Robert Stowe said the city would not take any measures to remove Lamb from his position or investigate the issue. “It’s not [ more 2013 page 3 ]
Kenmore Camera prepares for grand opening Bob Donovan stands inside the new Kenmore Camera store. The business has been in his family for more than four decades and is a Northshore icon. For the full story see page 8. SARAH KEHOE, Bothell Reporter
New social media group brings Bothell together, help for neighbors Bothell resident Heather Heyer started a movement in her community to bring her neighbors together and help each other.
The Buy Nothing Project began as an experimental hyper-local gift economy on Bainbridge Island and in just two months, it has become a social movement, growing to more than 4,000
members in 16 groups from San Jose, Calif. to Seattle. The idea is for local groups to form gift economies that are complementary and parallel to local cash economies. Heyer uses a
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for free. Heyer started the group in Bothell a few months ago and it has around 400 members. “Our Bothell group is one of the largest and most
active groups in the project and we are growing every day,” Heyer said. People can post on the group page if they have a need for something or post [ more NEIGHBORS page 3 ]
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