Beginning Nov. 1, Des Moines residents and businesses will see bright green trucks collecting their garbage, recycling, and food/yard waste as CleanScapes, a Seattle-based solid waste and recycling company, assumes solid waste/recycling hauling…MORE
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Blues and brews festival on Sept. 10, musical instrument collection on Sept. 17 highlight music4life efforts
Wed, 09/07/11
Two major events for the Highline Music4Life program are being held in Des Moines in September. The Poverty Bay "Blues & Brews" event will be on Saturday, Sept. 10th at the Des Moines Beach Park beginning at noon and will feature several…MORE
Seattle Public Schools celebrates new academic year with focus on student success
Wed, 09/07/11
Today is the first day of the new academic school year for 47,000-plus Seattle students and 2,753 teachers in 94 schools.
Seattle Public School celebrates this new year with a districtwide focus on raising expectations – through strong…MORE
Sustainable Burien will hear about solar power, electric cars at Sunday meeting
Wed, 09/07/11
Press release:
Sustainable Burien Gathering Sunday, September 11, 2011 Burien KCLS Library 2:00pm - 4:00pm doors open at 1:30 come join us for learning, exploring and more....www.sustainableburien.org _ SOLAR? ELECTRIC CAR? FOR YOU?
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Group Health launches free iPhone App for patients
Wed, 09/07/11
Press release Group Health members can now email their doctors while on the bus, make an appointment with a doctor while waiting in line for a latte, and even check on the wait time at the closest Group Health Lab and Pharmacy. With the new…MORE
Babies visit seniors at Park West Care Center for post Labor Day party
Wed, 09/07/11
Senior residents of Park West Care Center hosted a day-after-Labor-Day party Tuesday for babies from All About Kids, a nearby daycare center, both on North Admiral. Although their ages differed vastly, they found common ground, as is apparent…MORE
UPDATE: "Amanda Knox will be freed" says Italian prosecutor; Judge won't allow new DNA tests by prosecution
Wed, 09/07/11
UPDATE, SEPT. 11
A questionable article is circulating in many major Seattle media outlets, and beyond, picked up by European sources with the headline "Amanda Knox hopes to be home for Thanksgiving". The article claims Knox spoke to an…MORE
SLIDESHOW: Epic opening for Lafayette Elementary playground
Tue, 09/06/11
Little West Seattleites and their parents showed up en masse for the official unveiling of the Admiral District’s Lafayette Elementary playground on Sept. 6 – just in time for school to start the next day.
As soon as construction tape…MORE
City Council unanimously approves Interlocal Agreement between King County and the City of Seattle for jail services
Tue, 09/06/11
press release:
Today the Seattle City Council unanimously approved an Interlocal Agreement between Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and King County Executive Dow Constantine to use the King County Jail as the primary provider of bed space for the…MORE
Saturday, the 10th, may be busiest day of the year for Highline fun activities
Tue, 09/06/11
Summer feels like it's over. No more music/movies/plays in parks. Nothing left to do but stay home and watch football on TV this Saturday?
Wrong!
Saturday, Sept. 10 is overflowing with fun fall activities around Highline:
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