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The Seattle City Council’s Parks and Seattle Center Committee voted 3 - 0 today, April 14, to authorize $24.2 million to begin construction on 29 projects designated for funding from the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy.

The $24.2…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels is looking for applicants to fill a position on the Ballard Avenue Landmark District Board. The opening is for a Ballard historian or person having a demonstrated interest in the Ballard community.

The seven-member…MORE

A street clean-up for 14th Avenue Northwest is planned for Saturday April 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The meeting place for the event, planned by the East Ballard Community Association, will be Blowing Sands Glass art studio at 5801 14th…MORE

The Kenney, a nursing facility here in West Seattle, was recently given a five-star rating in U.S. News and World Report magazine in its national review of similar facilities, according to the local retirement home.

Rated in the top tier…MORE

On April 19, at 7 p.m. the Trinity United Methodist Church will host a "homeless forum" at 6512 23rd Ave. N.W.

Questions that will be explored include:

- Why is homelessness growing in Ballard?  

- Who are the homeless? Are…MORE

King County Water Taxi boat and shuttle schedules will be extended on Tuesday, April 14 to serve Mariners fans after the home opening day game.

“This will give baseball fans another commuting option for getting home from opening day,” said…MORE

In the month since Mayor Greg Nickels announced changes to the city’s low-income utility rate assistance program, nearly 3,500 people have applied. New income eligibility requirements allow more people to participate in the program that cuts…MORE

The Senior Center of West Seattle was burglarized at 10:45 p.m. Sunday following an accordion club that rented out the space. An investigation is ongoing.

The center, located at 4217 S.W. Oregon St., had a heavy 1950's-era safe in a…MORE

Local nursing home Ballard Care and Rehabilitation will hold a press conference tomorrow, April 14 at 10 a.m., about proposed budget cuts in Olympia, that, if enacted, they say will create a crisis for thousands of nursing home patients across…MORE

The field for prospective appointment as King County Executive was narrowed to four as members of the Metropolitan King County Council April 13 submitted four names for evaluation by a Blue-Ribbon Committee.

“We’ve generated a strong field…MORE