Honoring Our Past | Shaping Our Future

In September 2019, the City of Newcastle will celebrate its 25th anniversary. To commemorate this milestone, on the 25th of each month, we release a special anniversary edition of the Newsletter from Newcastle City Hall, featuring special projects, events and photos. The goal is to celebrate Newcastle, while showcasing and offering unique community activities each month.

Woof! Newcastle Hosts Dog Resource Fair

This month's newsletter theme is pawsitively furtastic! We're dedicating May to the dogs of Newcastle and the main event is a special dog resource fair! aDOGtion: A Dog Resource Fair Saturday, May 11 10 a.m. to noon Lake Boren Park Bring the family to a fun and educational fair all about local dog services and how to adopt a dog! Enjoy face painting and a photo booth. Bring your dog to make a paw print keepsake and participate in a dog parade! Dog outfits welcome. Presented by Newcastle Youth Community Engagement (NYCE), the City of Newcastle and the Newcastle Library.

Dogs of Newcastle

Do your best "puparazzi" impression and send us photos of your Newcastle dogs! We'll showcase your adorable pups on our City Instagram page and create a slideshow featuring all the "Dogs of Newcastle." Bonus if your dog is pictured enjoying one of the City's parks or trails! HOW TO SUBMIT — Tag your photos on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter with the hashtag #dogsofnewcastlewa — You can also email your photos to christinac@newcastlewa.gov — Be sure to include your pup's name in the caption! Bea (pictured above) so graciously agreed to demonstrate what we're looking for. Nice job, Bea! 12/10 would reward with long walks at Lake Boren Park.

Dog Training 101

Head to the Newcastle Library for a Dog and Puppy Training 101 class on Saturday, May 4 at 2 p.m. Ages 12 and older, ages 6 to 11 with adult. Humans only, no dogs. Discover how dogs learn and how to teach them using positive reinforcement based training and the clicker method. You will also learn how dogs communicate and how to address common behavior problems.  Presented by Seattle Humane Sponsored by the Friends of the Newcastle Library

Trail of the Month

This May, make your dog's day by taking them for a walk along the Waterline Trail! This waterline corridor passes the historic Newcastle Cemetery, skirts behind Lake Boren and then continues along a gentle and tree-flanked path that ends at May Creek Park. There are several connecting trails, which can extend your adventure. Check it out today – it’s fun for the whole family! And post your photos using the hashtags #NewcastleWA, #HikeNewcastle, #NewcastleWA25 #dogsofnewcastlewa Trail maps and additional information can be found on the Newcastle Trails website  👉 newcastletrails.org .

#ThrowbackThursday

In honor of the city's anniversary, each  #ThrowbackThursday  we're posting photos from the past 25 years on our social media channels! If you have photos you'd like to contribute, email them to christinac@newcastlewa.gov ! Follow us on our social media accounts: ‌ ‌ ‌

A dog licks its lips while sitting in the driver's seat of a modified 1967 Chevrolet pickup shown at the Custom & Classic Car Show Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006, during Newcastle Days at Lake Boren Park.

King County bomb-sniffing dog Havoc gets a lot of love while visiting The Trails community during National Night Out on Aug. 8, 2018.

A group of Saint Bernards march in the 2017 Newcastle Days parade.

A group of Newcastle dogs dressed up in their best costumes and met at Lake Boren Park for an event called Dogoween in 2006. (If you have additional information about Dogoween, email us at christinac@newcastlewa.gov. We're interested in the event's background!)

Photos Courtesy of the Newcastle News Archives and City of Newcastle

April 25, 2019 City of Newcastle |  newcastlewa.gov   The anniversary editions of the Newcastle email newsletter are produced in partnership with the city's volunteer Community Activities Commission. The main Newcastle email newsletter is still published the Friday before every regular City Council meeting. Learn more about the newsletter, see an archive of past newsletters and sign up to receive it at newcastlewa.gov/newsletters .