Dakota Place Park, which for the past six years, has been an idea to transform a former power substation into a community gathering place and park was finally realized Oct. 20. The building and grounds at 4304 SW Dakota Street have been…MORE
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Pan Am flew Alki's Brian Baum over North & South Poles; He will speak at Museum of Flight
Sat, 10/20/12
Pan American World Airways, or "Pan Am" as most recall it, dominated the skies until 1991. Its first commercial flight carried passengers and mail from Key West to Havana, about 90 miles, Oct. 28, 1927. Lucky passengers has a close-up and…MORE
Water taxi winter schedule starts Oct. 29
Sat, 10/20/12
The King County Water Taxi will start its winter service on the West Seattle route Monday, October 29. The earliest sailing from West Seattle's Seacrest Park is at 6:15 am.
The complete schedule is here.
Departures continue until 8:…MORE
North Highliners get their last bit of annexation info before the vote
Fri, 10/19/12
On the same day ballots started arriving in mailboxes with the option for North Highline residents to approve or reject annexation to Burien, the city hoping to take them on hosted their final information meeting on Oct. 18 at Cascade Middle…MORE
Accessible voting center open in Renton
Fri, 10/19/12
Press release: A new, expanded accessible voting center (AVC) opens in Renton today to help ensure that voters with disabilities are able to cast a private and independent ballot. The AVC is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays and Saturdays…MORE
North Highliners get their last bit of annexation info before the vote
Fri, 10/19/12
On the same day ballots started arriving in mailboxes with the option for North Highline residents to approve or reject annexation to Burien, the city hoping to take them on hosted their final information meeting on Oct. 18 at Cascade Middle…MORE
UPDATE: Lafayette Elementary Walk-A-Thon beats fundraising goal (Slideshow)
Fri, 10/19/12
Update for Dec. 4 Just in from Stacy Sayles, organizer for the 2012 Lafayette Elementary Walk-A-Thon:
Lafayette Elementary's Walk-A-Thon this year raised $84,293 - a number that far surpassed our goal and could not have been reached…MORE
Now open: South Spokane Street, between Sixth and Fourth avenues
Fri, 10/19/12
SDOT Press release: After being closed for the last three years due to the Spokane Street Viaduct Widening Project, the Seattle Department of Transportation has reopened the westbound travel lanes of surface S Spokane Street between Sixth and…MORE
West Seattleites vent transportation woes at forum
Fri, 10/19/12
The who's-who of transportation in King County and Seattle were invited to a Sustainable West Seattle Transportation Forum on Oct. 15, and were met with a sea of frustration from over 50 West Seattle residents over loss of service and unfulfilled…MORE
North Beach Park first recipient of Groundswell NW's microgrant program
Fri, 10/19/12
The first lucky winner of Groundswell NW's new microgrant program is Friends of North Beach Park, who have been working to restore North Beach Park and Nature, according to a press release.
The microgrant program awards $500 to support…MORE
