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A large crowd of friends, neighbors and well-wishers gathered together on a sunny Sunday afternoon to witness the official ribbon cutting of the Crown Hill Center.

The old Crown Hill Elementary building was purchased by Small Faces Child…MORE

At a special Aug. 12 meeting of the Seattle City Council Transportation Committee, Metro Director of Operations Kevin Desmond laid out the budgetary nightmare facing Metro and King County Executive Kurt Triplett's plan to deal with it.

As…MORE

The Seattle Parks and Recreation Department will offer a variety of programming for children and adults at the Alki Community Center and Alki Bathhouse this fall.  CHILDREN’S PUPPET THEATER 
 The area’s best puppet entertainers are coming to Alki…MORE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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