Summitview News

I've written a lot about how the recession is affecting the expansion plans of many national retailers and restaurants.

If you're in the market for a home, the Barge-Chestnut area may be a good buy, according to This Old House magazine, which recently ranked the neighborhood among the best old house neighborhoods nationally.

Wow, I am overwhelmed by the number of comments on the blog and on Shop Talk's Facebook page expressing disappointment about the likelihood of Subway opening at the corner of Second Street and Yakima Avenue.

The Rev. Brandon Reynolds is coming to Yakima from a pastorate at Mountain View Baptist Church in Idaho.

Two years ago, painter Rob Blackaby began a grass-roots effort to showcase local artists in an outdoor festival setting.

Sisters Izzy, center, and Chloe Hartsfield, both 7, pick out books during the free book giveaway at the downtown library branch of Yakima Valley Libraries.

I think Kristie Burrill is Yakima's version of Where's Waldo. I tracked Burrill, a clothing designer and Yakima native, to Coralie's, a long-time alteration business at Track 29, 1 W. Yakima Ave.

After 22 years at the Scarborough Fair shopping center at Ninth and Summitview avenues, Boehm's Candy is heading west.

Well it's tax day. Since I am not rushing to get my taxes done - I got mine done last month - I can point you toward some discounts in honor of the big day.

We've been on the list for years and cops just can't seem to turn the trend around.

Summit Crest Construction of Yakima is planning to build a mixed-use office complex at 4600 Summitview Ave.

Sunnyside High School students sit in the hallways during their lunch break do to an overcrowded lunch area Tuesday, March 10, 2009.

Residents of the West Valley, Sunnyside and Toppenish school districts have until Tuesday to vote in a special election.

A woman whose purse was snatched in the Wal-Mart parking lot wasn't without it for long, it turns out.

Yakima Police officers are searching for two suspects who stole a woman's purse and pushed her into a shopping cart.

Antojitos Mexican Restaurant is moving in the next few months. Co-owner Jaime Rincom said he and his wife have purchased the former Dairy Queen building at 3512 Summitview Ave.

I hope everyone had a nice weekend. I know I did. I should have these four-day weekends more often.

Or, maybe even in your mailbox. Ballots for the March 10 special election have started appearing at residences in the West Valley, Sunnyside and Toppenish school districts.

The apple-cinnamon oatmeal I made a half-hour ago is getting cold. I didn't have a craving for it -- it was the only thing in my desk drawer when I wanted lunch.

It's been a nice break for your wallet but it looks like the days of cheap gas are coming to an end.