In somewhat of a surprise 4-3 vote, the Bonney Lake City Council Tuesday night voted down a utility latecomers agreement that would have put sewers in the Eastown section of Bonney Lake.
The distant past comes alive this weekend as the Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire opens its gates at the Kelley Farm in Bonney Lake for the first of three weekends of medieval fun.
After a very successful first-time hosting last August, National Night Out is returning to Lake Debra Jane Park this week as well as branching out to another new location.
The Chief For a Day program is sponsored by the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission and celebrates the lives of children with chronic or life-threatening conditions.
The 5,500-pound dock was removed as part of a series of safety enhancements under way at the park in response to the drowning death of Quentin Boggan June 21.
Opponents of the measure said there was too much risk and worried the city would not make its money back on the investment and did not think the 5 percent buy-in by the landowners was enough.
The council members voting against the measure were Mark Hamilton, Radny McKibbin, Katrina Minton-Davis and Tom Watson. Deputy Mayor Dan Swatman and council men Jim Rackley and Donn Lewis voted in favor of the agreement.
Bonney Lake mayor Neil Johnson has spent the past year living with chronic myelogenous leukemia. Now he’s solidly in remission and looking forward to continuing a full life; even mowing the lawn.
With alligators, skinks and multitude of various snakes, The Reptile Man kept the crowd enthralled, teaching all about his various scaly friends, their diets and their dangers.
This year, the city will be chip sealing about five center-line miles of roads in both directions, covering approximately 60,500 square yards of asphalt.
A new list of items for a proposed metropolitan park bond includes money for trails, sports fields, a pavilion for the downtown core and even a BMX facility at a total cost of $15.8 million.
The mayor is also proposing a series of new signs, including a pair of digital water temperature signs to make sure swimmers know what they are getting into.
Workers are building a three-story, 45,000-square-foot medical office building for physicians’ offices, an urgent-care medical clinic and other outpatient health-related services.
