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July 13 edition

As of July 10, the bacteria levels at Gene Coulon Memorial Park, Madison Park Beach and Matthews Beach have been found to be too high and unsafe to swim in. Image courtesy of King County

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3 Lake Washington swimming beaches closed due to high levels of bacteria

Gene Coulon Memorial Park, Madison Park Beach and Matthews Beach are closed indefinitely due to dangerous levels of…

Bailey Jo Josie / Renton Reporter Brian Shive shares a photo he had taken of Sam with his cellphone.

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Sam’s story: Park-goers remember Sam the Gene Coulon man

Sam Velick, 67, had been living at Gene Coulon Park for 30 years before his death on May…

Photos courtesy of Salt & Star and Boon Boona. Boon Boona coffee was used for Salt & Straw’s special All-Star Game ice cream at T-Mobile Park.

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Boon Boona coffee is the special ingredient for All-Star Week ice cream at T-Mobile Park

Salt & Straw’s Pale Stout & Cracker Jack Ice Cream was in collaboration with Métier Brewing Company and…

Photos by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.

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Sustainable Renton hosts inaugural 5K run

Photos from the July 8 event.

The curated menu includes 20 new menu items for attendees to enjoy at T-Mobile Park July 7-11. Olivia Sullivan / The Mirror

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T-Mobile Park’s All-Star Week menu offers Pacific Northwest flavors

The All-Star Week menu is offered July 7-11 at T-Mobile Park.

The Soul Fusion food truck is now officially open for business. The “down home soul food” experience is now available wherever in Renton the truck may be parked. For the truck’s ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, June 23, the top-selling item on the menu was the Catfish Sandwich Combo, which Renton Reporter’s advertising representative Sianna Foster reports was “soul’d out” before she even arrived to the ceremony. Foster had the Fusion Burger, which she says was “so good I couldn’t stop eating it even though my body begged me to stop.” Visit soulfusionfood.com to learn where the truck will be next. (Photo by Sianna Foster/Renton Reporter)

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‘Uniting cultures to feed the soul’: Soul Fusion opens in Renton

The grand opening took place Friday, June 23.

Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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Happy Independence Day | Cartoon by Frank Shiers

Cartoon by Frank Shiers.

The Henry Moses Aquatic Center has open swim and scheduled swim sessions during the summer break. Photo courtesy of the City of Renton.

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What’s going on around Renton? | July edition

Thursday, July 6

Mayor Armondo Pavone and Councilmember Ed Prince. Photos courtesy of the City of Renton.

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Mayor, council member earn certificates in municipal leadership

Mayor Armondo Pavone and Renton City Councilmember Ed Prince were presented with a certificates of Municipal Leadership.

Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing. A woman who loved making everything herself, Leona Williams sits in her home wearing an outfit she sewed herself.

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Into a century of Leona: Beloved Renton woman celebrates 100th birthday

Renton Highlands resident moved to Washington from Texas in the 1940s. “There was no running water and so…

Bailey Jo Josie / Renton Reporter The Pride Flag flies above Renton City Hall in June.

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What’s going on around Renton? | Events calendar

June 29 edition.

After taking the glass from the furnace, Bob Mays adds dimension and colors before putting the molten glass into the glory hole. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.

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Molten art: How one artist cooperative keeps glass art alive in Renton

Renton Art and Glass Studio has been around for 10 years and its bevy of glass blowers and…

Narda Elizabeth Farrell | Obituary

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Narda Elizabeth Farrell | Obituary

Narda Elizabeth Farrell (Mammy), 76, passed away in her sleep, in the early morning of May 8th.

Photo by Visual Wink and MK Photography. Mina Kalyan, in her own costume she made herself, says she won the title of Mrs. International America Curvy 2023 with the help of Nandini Gupta, Manjari Gupta, Janak Bedi, Rashmi Bedi, her coach Meenal Drockz and Jessica Kelting, who did her hair and makeup.

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‘I believe in giving back’: Local beauty pageant winner supports nonprofit helping infants in south King County

Mina Kalyan was crowned Mrs. International America Curvy 2023 earlier this year and she puts her sash to…

Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.

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What’s going on around Renton? | Events calendar

June 22 edition.

Westbound vehicles were able to move past the damaged semi-truck but traffic was backed up for almost five hours. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.

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Collision caused nearly-5 hour back-up on westbound SR-18

The driver of a white box truck has been charged after causing a collision with a semi-truck near…

Lila Mae Campen | Obituary

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Lila Mae Campen | Obituary

February 16, 1930 - May 30, 2023

Maggie Nation shows her favorite aerial pose on the lyra - the Jade Split. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.

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Ascendance Pole Aerial Arts brings grace, strength to downtown Renton

A nonprofit dance studio that focuses on pole dancing and aerial arts, Ascendance offers gravity-defying dance and a…

Photos courtesy of the City of Renton.

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Family First Community Center opens its doors in Renton

The ribbon-cutting ceremony brought out a huge crowd, one week before the community center officially opens to the…