Letters to the Editor
Humbling words are spoken at Memorial Day service
Om Memorial Day, I attended the Memorial Day veterans ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park in downtown Renton. First…
Opinion
JULIA PATTERSON: Here are some tips to help keep summer safe
Summer is almost here! The kids are out of school, adults are on vacation and it’s time for…
Opinion
LAURA PIERCE: The hope for the future is graduating next week
This weekend and beyond, a new crop of high school students will be mounting the stage, mortarboards on…
Letters to the Editor
Trail use means being personally responsible
With all that is being said about this tragedy, I have yet to hear anything about personal responsibility?…
Letters to the Editor
Cedar River Trail should be open to pedestrians only
The Cedar River Trail should not be open to bicycles. It is to narrow with a varied mix…
Opinion
CALVIN GOINGS: Small businesses lead us out of the recession
The name “small business” is invoked regularly to support causes that range from taxes to health care, but…
Opinion
SUSAN BRESSLER: Renton’s best teachers honored
The Renton Chamber of Commerce held its ninth annual Ahead of the Class Excellence in Education Awards recently.…
Opinion
JULIA PATTERSON: Labeling changes make it easier to eat healthy
Back in 1990, the Food and Drug Administration required major food producers to label their packages with calorie,…
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Renton adults should volunteer time to help put youth on the right path
I remain saddened by the horrible loss of life of a 12-year old boy in Skyway as does…
Letters to the Editor
Cedar River Trail: Slowing down, not banning bikes is answer
Along with previous writers, I am deeply saddened by the death of Velda Mapelli on the Cedar River…
Opinion
EDITOR’S NOTE: Come forward, for Alajawan and for Skyway community
Let’s not tip-toe around what happened to Alajawan Brown. He was murdered. And someone out there knows who…
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Velda Mapelli was vibrant and a downhill skier
(EDITOR’S NOTE: A long-time friend of Velda K. Mapelli, who died after she was hit by a bicyclist…
Letters to the Editor
Surprise is that this was first death on Cedar River Trail
In a Letter to the Editor in the Renton Reporter for May 7, Mr. Pomata said “ring your…
Letters to the Editor
3 safety tips for people using the Cedar River Trail
Several years ago we got into modern bicycling, buying cruiser-type bikes with trail-bike features to handle our local…
Letters to the Editor
Bicyclists aren’t the only ones who ride too fast on Cedar River Trail
The aftershock of Velda Mapelli’s death has not lessened for those of us who frequent the Cedar River…
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Cyclists ride too fast on Cedar River Trail and should be banned
The majority of cyclists don’t give any indication that they are there or are about to pass you…
Letters to the Editor
Save Lindbergh’s swimming pool
People who live by the Lindbergh swimming pool and many who either have themselves or know someone who…
Opinion
EDITOR’S NOTE: An innocent walk home turns deadly for a 12-year-old boy
Alajawan Brown liked to play football. A couple Thursday’s ago, he took the bus to Walmart to buy…
Opinion
EDITOR’S NOTE: A close encounter on the Cedar River Trail and a City of Renton review
I can't imagine the terror and pain Velda K. Mapelli must have felt, if only for an instant,…