Every year Michelle and Jaclyn Rolen of Ballard get a group of their friends together to have an annual pumpkin carving contest at Golden Gardens. There are categories like largest pumpkin (everyone brings their own), Freestyle or Stencil, and…MORE
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Local trio produces new lemon-flavored liqueur
Tue, 10/28/08
"Finamore Limoncello."
Say it out loud and it rolls off the tongue, fitting for this digestif rooted in lemon rinds from Italy's Amalfi Coast and an Italian-born Burien mother's secret family recipe.
MORE20,000-sq. ft. furniture mega-store opening in Federal Way
Mon, 10/27/08
Federal Way's newest and now largest furniture store celebrated its grand opening, October 17.
Proprietor Moe Samieian and his family extended an invitation to the community to come check out the new Moe's Home Collection store located in…MORE
Feds give $63 million for state road repairs
Mon, 10/27/08
Washington state will receive over $63 million from the Federal Highway Administration to reimburse money the state spent to repair roads after several incidents of flooding over the past three years, including the December 2007 floods.
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Jail coming to Des Moines?
Mon, 10/27/08
The South Correctional Entity (SCORE), a group of King County cities, is working on plans to build a new $80 million jail, possibly in Des Moines, to house misdemeanor offenders.
Plans for a new jail come in response to an announcement by…MORE
Gertrude Finney was much loved White Center librarian
Mon, 10/27/08
The Second World War had recently ended when Gertrude Finney and her husband, Roy, came to White Center to live in a house her mother had found for them. The house was on the streetcar line to Seattle, so getting to and from work would be…MORE
Some crimes shifted to city courts
Mon, 10/27/08
In response to an impending $90 million budget shortfall, the King County Prosecutor announced that he has raised the limits on property and drug crimes that will be tried in superior court, passing the burden of court and jail costs to the…MORE
Matador will have to change menu items
Mon, 10/27/08
The popular Tex-Mex restaurant chain Matador will be required to change some of its d
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Pete von Reichbauer helps honor Federal Way United Soccer Association
Mon, 10/27/08
On Monday, October 20, Metropolitan King County Councilmember Pete von Reichbauer led the Council in a formal recognition ceremony for Federal Way United Soccer Association Teams Reign '94 and '93 who captured their first and second national…MORE
Survey: Viaduct still not sinking
Mon, 10/27/08
Repairs to four column foundations for the Alaskan Way Viaduct seem to have stopped their sinking.
Bridge engineers for the Washington State Department of Transportation found no more settling during their inspection of the structure Oct…MORE
