Editorial — Council does the right thing on speed hump decision
August 6, 2015
NEW — 2:30 p.m. Aug. 6, 2015
Haochen Xu was just 4 years old.
He loved to read, had no trouble making friends and possessed a penchant for learning.
Haochen died June 27 at Harborview Medical Center, the day after a driver struck him as he and his mother tried to cross Newport Way Northwest in Issaquah.
Investigators say the driver was not speeding, but that is little consolation for a community that says the posted 40 mph speed limit along the road is way too high.
Changes are likely coming to the road, with Issaquah Mayor Fred Butler recommending a speed limit decrease. But this is after the worst case scenario became reality. Read more
Notes from Newcastle: Video killed the radio star
November 7, 2014
Since Newcastle News comes out only once a month, I split my duties between this paper and The Issaquah Press, a weekly.
I work on community features and Liberty High School sports for The Press, but I usually stay away from the more newsy Issaquah items, saving those for the main Issaquah Press reporter.
Well, we bid a sad farewell last month to Peter Clark, our Issaquah city reporter who moved on to greener pastures. In his absence, and while we searched for his replacement, I picked up the slack a bit.
That meant, for much of October, I shuttled back and forth between Issaquah and Newcastle city council meetings. It’s the first time I’ve ever really attended a council meeting other than Newcastle’s, so it was interesting to compare and contrast the two. Read more
