Think globally, act locally at Newcastle Earth Day
April 2, 2015
Newcastle Earth Day Chairwoman Grace Stiller has one simple request for this year’s event — rain, please stay away.
A year after the wet stuff put a damper on the 2014 event, Stiller said she is hoping for sunshine when the festival returns to Lake Boren Park on April 18.
“All we need is a really nice day, no rain,” she said. “Last year, it dumped buckets. It was terrible.”
The city of Newcastle and the Newcastle Weed Warriors, with funding from the King Conservation District, will provide speakers, seminars and activities for Earth Day 2015 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 18. Read more
Newcastle celebrates Earth Day, Easter this weekend
April 17, 2014
NEW — 9 a.m. April 17, 2014
Josephine Yen, 12, of Bellevue, looks and listens as a male Pacific tree frog fills its vocalizing sack at the 2013 Newcastle Earth Day event.
By Greg Farrar
Earth Day is officially April 22, but Newcastle will celebrate the green holiday April 19 with its sixth annual community festival. Read more
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
April 3, 2014
Hop to Lake Boren Park for April 19 egg hunt
After a brief hiatus, the Lake Boren Park Easter egg hunt returns April 19.
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A Newcastle family poses with the Easter bunny at the 2011 egg hunt. The popular Easter egg hunt returns to the Earth Day lineup this year.
In the past, the hunt was a pre-Newcastle Earth Day festivity. Volunteers from the Olympus Homeowners Association hid about 500 eggs at the 2011 event.
