By Shara Wallace
Deadline for receiving items for Community Calendar is 5 p.m. Wednesday for the following week’s Times/News. Events are published based on timeliness and space availability. Email submissions to: hteditor@robinsonnews.com…MORE
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White Center business owners look back on 2012 and forward to the future
Fri, 12/21/12
Congregating at the Salvadorean Bakery on Dec. 18, White Center business owners took an evening to reflect on their collective accomplishments in 2012 and ponder strategies to bring more business to the economic core in 2013.
The event, a…MORE
SLIDESHOW: Marty Riemer celebrated his goodbye at the Feedback Lounge
Thu, 12/20/12
With the words, "I'm sure our paths will cross again," and a spin of David Gray's "The one I love" Marty Riemer closed his career at KMTT 103.7 FM on Thursday, Dec. 20. He had recorded his last show earlier in the day and was already at a party…MORE
UPDATE: Local businesses rally, donate: Fundraiser at Bison Creek Pizza for community organizer with leukemia, Joshua Watler, 31
Thu, 12/20/12
UPDATE JAN. 3:
Businesses, and individuals, in Burien, White Center, West Seattle, and beyond have been generously donating items for the raffle and silent auction at a fundraiser to be held at the Bison Creek Pizza Extravaganza fundraiser…MORE
Lafayette Elementary's Shauna Heath gets a new job; Executive Director for Curriculum and Instruction for SPS
Thu, 12/20/12
Seattle Public Schools Superintendent José Banda announced the promotion of Lafayette Elementary School Principal Shauna Heath to a new role for the school district. She will take on the job of Executive Director for Curriculum and Instruction…MORE
New Futures students get scientific thanks to the after-school ESC program
Thu, 12/20/12
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Derby Races with a Science Twist
December 19th- A block of wood, four wheels, weights, and an hour of scientific enjoyment. Students from the social service organization, New Futures, worked with their science…MORE
Corbray, local medical marijuana entrepreneur, given federal sentence
Thu, 12/20/12
Brionne Corbray - West Seattle resident, family man and medical marijuana dispensary owner on California Ave S.W. and in White Center – was sentenced to five years probation and a $25,000 fine for federal drug trafficking charges on Dec. 19,…MORE
"Extraordinary Women of Highline" exhibit features 15 accomplished residents who made history
Wed, 12/19/12
According to the "Extrarordinary Women of Highline" display now at the Burien Community Center through Jan. 31, "The Highline area has been home to many incredible women since the settlement if the Washington Territory in the 1800's. Dentists and…MORE
Ruth Durham, 92, passes; She left Norway for Normandy Park, but Norway remained with her
Wed, 12/19/12
In 1920 a future Normandy Park resident was born among the scenic fjords of Halsa, Norway. Ruth Durham, a professional dietician, would arrive here in 1957 to continue her practice at Virginia Mason, Firland Sanatorium and the Norse Home, where…MORE
Port Commissioner Gael Tarleton resigns to begin as 36th Leg. Dist. Rep; Successor sought
Wed, 12/19/12
Port of Seattle Press Release:
The Port of Seattle Commission announced at their last meeting the outlines of the process and the timing for identifying and appointing a successor to fill the vacancy on the Port Commission created when…MORE
