Well over 100 friends, customers, and family attended a memorial for Phoenecia Restaurant owner Hussein Khazaal Friday night, Aug. 14. Khazaal passed away in his sleep one week prior. (See previous coverage here.)
The tribute took place on…MORE
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Ballard-area shipyards receive stimulus money
Fri, 08/14/09
Three Ballard-area shipyards received federal stimulus funds set apart for shipyards by the Obama administration.
Lake Union Drydock Co., Foss Maritime Company and Kvichak Marine Industries Inc., all members of the North Seattle Industrial…MORE
Program encourages students to think outside 'girl box'
Fri, 08/14/09
Since 2002, Girls on the Run of Puget Sound has operated an after-school prevention program for third through fifth grade girls throughout the region and this year it finally comes to West Seattle with two new programs; one at Pathfinder…MORE
WASL: Seattle students score at, above state averages in most subjects
Fri, 08/14/09
According to the Seattle School District, this year marks the first time that Seattle students’ scores were at or above the state averages in 19 out of 20 tested subjects and grades for the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) exam…MORE
Penguin dies at zoo
Fri, 08/14/09
One of the Humboldt penguins in Woodland Park Zoo’s new exhibit has died after a brief illness related to the ingestion of a sealant material used in a concealed pipe in the exhibit’s pool.
Dr. Darin Collins, the zoo’s director of animal…MORE
City: Fears over backyard cottages unfounded
Fri, 08/14/09
Based on a survey done by the Seattle Department of Planning and Development, the public's concerns about the impacts of backyard cottages don't seem to be playing out in southeast Seattle where they are currently allowed.
The Seattle…MORE
Fandango training hits Youngstown Center
Fri, 08/14/09
The Youngstown Cultural Arts Center has been selected as one of three locations to host traditional Fandango training. Fandango goes beyond a typical fiesta with music, dance, singing and even cooking. And boy will this party cook. It lasts…MORE
New businesses find home on Ballard's strip
Thu, 08/13/09
Fifteenth Avenue Northwest, the seven-lane main drag that connects downtown to north Seattle via Ballard and Crown Hill, is known to be one of the neighborhood's less scenic areas.
Parts of the street are lined by shuttered businesses and…MORE
UPDATE: First Avenue South southbound closure changes
Thu, 08/13/09
The schedule for closing the southbound lanes on First Avenue South between South King Street and Railroad Way has changed. The lanes will now be closed on Monday through Wednesday, Aug. 17 through 19, and possibly also Thursday, Aug. 20, if…MORE
Water Taxi dock improvements OK'd
Thu, 08/13/09
The Seattle Department of Planning and Development today approved dock improvements permits for the King County Water Taxi.
The permits granted allow the replacement of a timber floating dock (2,686 square feet), with a concrete dock (2,…MORE
