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West Seattle residents want more businesses, better transit and less townhouses, or maybe more. They aren't quite sure about that one.

Last summer, the city conducted a survey – via neighborhood meetings and online and mailed…MORE

Ballard and Crown Hill residents took the crown for most involved community members in the city – at least as far as input for Seattle's Neighbor Plans is concerned.

Over the summer, a total of 901 people responded – in person, online or…MORE

Seattle Parks and Recreation will provide information about the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy and discuss the opportunity for a new neighborhood park in the Greenwood urban village at a community forum on Monday, Nov. 2 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the…MORE

The Oct. 15 candidate forum at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center opened with a disappointing announcement: Both mayoral candidates had cancelled their scheduled appearances.

Six out of the 10 scheduled candidates managed to make it to the…MORE

Angle Lake waterfront resident will face more restrictions when they rebuild their homes or docks if SeaTac's draft shoreline management plan is adopted.

Mayor Ralph Shape pointed out that if a home that is less than 75 feet from the lake'…MORE

Three years after the first cycle of neighborhood improvements, Ballard residents have another chance to compete for city funds for needed pedestrian improvements.

The Neighborhood Street Fund Large Projects started in 2007 and is funded…MORE

This Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 17 and 18, The Seattle Department of Transportation will be removing and replacing markings in the bus lane eastbound on the West Seattle Bridge from the Avalon Way on-ramp, adjacent to the old steel mill, to the…MORE

As we reported here, some local Samoans belonging to the Samoan American Pacific Organization lost loved ones in the Sept. 29 tsunami that hit the South Pacific islands of Samoa and American Samoa. The group meets twice a week at the South Park…MORE

The rezone of three industrial areas in Ballard could lead to more jobs and housing in the neighborhood. But, some fear it will also lead to an increase in noise complaints and conflict between residents and industries.

Andrea Petzel,…MORE

(Editor’s note: This article comes from our sister publication the Ballard News-Tribune.)

The last quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009 were the worst ever for sales tax returns in Seattle, which is having a dire affect on the…MORE