Every year the Renton School Board selects 12 “outstanding seniors” from each of Renton’s high schools.
The board members honor seniors at school board meetings in the spring.
Longtime restaurateur Vince Mottola of Vince’s Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria has launched a successful tour company that’s now in its tenth year.
But, don’t call him the Rick Steves of Italy, Mottola’s approach to travel is slightly different than the Edmonds-based guru.
With growing popularity and a bustling collection of businesses, Creative Workspace has become a concentrated version of the Renton Highlands community itself.
Creative Workspace at 401 Olympia Ave. N.E., provides flexible business and recreation space.
“We’ve got a very unique little community here and we’d like everyone to know about it,” said property manager Eleanor Mitchell.
Boeing executives and more than 500 employees, suppliers, union representatives and government officials joined China Southern Airlines to celebrate the 4,000th Next-Generation 737 at a special event last week at Seattle’s Boeing Field.
The 4,000th Next-Generation 737 jetliner off the 737 production line in Renton was to be delivered this week to China Southern Airlines, headquartered in Guangzhou, China.
Where once there were painting places for kids to paint pottery, now there are painting and sipping refuges for adults to indulge their creative impulses.
One such shop has recently opened in downtown Renton on Third Street.
Arts-n-Carafes is a painting and wine-drinking experience created by owner Bev Horn.
One of Renton’s newest restaurants, Smoking Monkey Pizza, aspires to have the best pizza in the state.
Judging by the customer line that sometimes wraps outside the door, the pizzeria may be on to something.
Smoking Monkey Pizza has been open for about two months and is gaining attention.