Newcastle Historical Society website goes live
March 28, 2013
NEW — 2:10 p.m. March 28, 2013
In an effort to increase its presence, the Newcastle Historical Society has launched a website, complete with information about the city’s rich history and photographs of mementos from Milt Swanson’s personal museum.
The website, www.newcastlewahistory.org, also has membership information and a space to sign up to volunteer with the organization.
The Newcastle Historical Society meets the first Thursday every month at 4 p.m. at City Hall. The group’s April 4 meeting will be a birthday celebration for Swanson, who turns 95 on March 29.
Renton School District to hold local meeting about new middle school
March 25, 2013
NEW — 10:45 a.m. March 25, 2013
The Renton School District will present information about the anticipated new middle school at a community meeting in Newcastle on April 3.
The meeting is designed to be a dialogue between the community and the district’s design team, along with the architects for the project, NAC Architecture, to provide opportunities for input that will lead the process through the design and construction phases.
It will focus on reviewing the project schedule and existing site conditions and presenting the vision statement, guiding principles and education specifications established by the project steering committee. Read more
