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The Delridge community has received adequate volunteer commitments to build the new playground on July 17. However they still need help on a few more minor issues, announced project leader, Betsy Hoffmeister at the North Delridge Neighborhood…MORE

The Old Pequliar Public House on 17th Avenue Northwest and Northwest Market Street will host its second annual “Pig and Pipes” Pig Roast Fundraiser on Saturday, August 22 to benefit the Seattle Fire Department’s Seattle’s Bravest Charity.

The Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board ruled July 1 that a 1921 annex to Fire Station 9 in Fremont is not a landmark.

The board voted 5-4 in favor of designating the building a landmark but needed six votes for the designation to pass.…MORE

Following an extensive national search that included interviews by teams comprised of staff, community and labor association representatives, Superintendent Maria L. Goodloe-Johnson, announced the selection of Dr. Susan Enfield as the new Chief…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels announced today that Seattle set a new city record for recycling in 2008, with 50 percent of the city’s residential, commercial and self-haul waste being recycled instead of going to the landfill.

This is up 1.8…MORE

Tuesdays in Ballard, a new weekly campaign to encourage spending in the neighborhood, made its debut June 30 with more than 70 businesses participating.

Many stores were offering special Tuesday discounts, but some some were going the…MORE

The Landmarks Preservation Board will hear anomination to make the 80-year-old Sanctuary at Admiral, located at 2656 42nd Ave. S.W., a historical landmark at 3:30 p.m. today.

Seattle’s landmarks are protected by city ordinance, so that…MORE

City council member Sally Clark is not alone in her concern over Seattle's newest townhomes. West Seattle is home to many lowrise, multifamily structures with less desirable features like high fences, large building overhangs, impractical garages…MORE

Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division (WSF) will purchase five new vessels over the next five years as part of a long-range plan that will guide its services and investments through 2030.

View the long-range plan…MORE

More than 70 Ballard businesses are participating Tuesdays in Ballard, a shopping campaign aimed at increasing sales in the neighborhood to help offset the impact from the recession.

The Tuesdays In Ballard campaign will hit full-swing…MORE