“This will be my fifth budget since I’ve been on the council, and every one of them we have had to cut and lower the budget. I’ve never been there when we were adding … so I look forward, someday, to having the luxury of that,” Seattle City…MORE
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Des Moines looking for volunteers to write pro, con statements on utility tax increase
Fri, 07/20/12
Press release:
The Des Moines City Council passed Resolution 1197 to place a proposition on the November 6, 2012 ballot to increase the City Utility Occupation Tax for Des Moines Streets paving improvements.
If approved this…MORE
Monitor the urban forests in West Seattle and get trained Aug. 11
Fri, 07/20/12
press release The Green Seattle Partnership Forest Monitoring Team is a collaborative effort between Seattle Parks and Recreation, EarthCorps and volunteers like you. Join a growing community of volunteers in the Forest Monitoring Teams third…MORE
No promises for businesses in new development
Fri, 07/20/12
New apartments being proposed for the block between 64th and 65th on 24th Ave could change the look and feel of the neighborhood in the near future.
Property owner Bill Parks and architects from Johnston Architects PLLC held a meeting at…MORE
Lora Lake cleanup won't start until 2014
Thu, 07/19/12
The cleanup of the contaminated Lora Lake Apartments site won’t begin until the spring of 2014, the state Department of Ecology’s site manager told Burien City Council members on July 16.
The site near South 152nd Street and Des Moines…MORE
SLIDESHOW: Governor tours Burien rain garden, Seahurst Park and Environmental Science Center on Wednesday
Thu, 07/19/12
Gov. Chris Gregoire visited a rain garden in Burien and toured Seahurst Park and the park’s Environmental Science Center Wednesday afternoon as part of a daylong event to highlight a series of projects underway to restore and improve the health…MORE
City Fruit, picking surplus fruit from neighborhood trees for the hungry, comes to West Seattle
Thu, 07/19/12
If you happen to have an apple, pear, plum, fig, cherry or peach tree in your yard that produces more fruit that you can consume, non-profit City Fruit has a deal for you: They’ll come to your house, pick whatever you don’t need and transport it…MORE
SPD: Man arrested for smashing window at Muslim Community Center in West Seattle
Thu, 07/19/12
Information from Jonah Spangenthal-Lee, Seattle Police Blotter
"Two city maintenance workers helped officers track down a man who caused thousands of dollars in damage at a Muslim community center Tuesday in West Seattle.
The…MORE
Report: Deputy shoots robbery suspect in Seatac
Thu, 07/19/12
Q13fox.com is reporting a robbery suspect was shot by a King County Sheriff's Deputy on Thursday morning (July 19) near the intersection at S. 150th St. and 30th Ave S.
Sgt. Cindi West told Q13 the suspect allegedly robbed and stole a…MORE
White Center Chamber to draw back “Rat City” references on website
Thu, 07/19/12
Last month, the debate over whether White Center should embrace the term “Rat City” in marketing the area to potential visitors came to a boil as business owners packed the Salvadorian Bakery to speak their minds on both sides of the issue.
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