“I have learned to say it’s OK to be a bit eccentric or a bit odd. The more we can accept and embrace the differences, then we actually fit inside our skin.”

Jane Porter admits she is an odd mom - and embraces every bit of it. If she’s too grouchy in the morning to talk to the other moms waiting at the bus stop with their kids, she shrugs, sends her two boys on … via The Bellevue Reporter

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Suzanne Knauss will present a slide show on “Culinary History of a Pacific Northwest Town” at 7 p.m. today at Bellevue City Hall, 450 110th Ave. via The Seattle Times

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Firefighters are responding to a major boat fire at Yarrow Point on Lake Washington. via KIRO-TV Seattle

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The King County this afternoon is causing a variety of travel headaches as commuters head home.

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“A municipality cannot ‘create’ a municipal court by fiat”

Cities that don’t want their own municipal courts can arrange for another city’s judges to handle the cases, a divided state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. via TheNewsTribune.com

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After he was injured in a 2001 car accident, doctors told Allan Northrup he would never walk again. via The Seattle Times

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Moving Sale in Yarrow Point - Bellevue $1,899 Save listing This is like almost new. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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