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Des Moines City Council members have deferred several improvements planned for major city streets to reduce a projected $1.675 million deficit in the capital budget this year.
Council members also directed…MORE
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Composting coming to a condo or apartment in your neighborhood
Tue, 09/02/08
Seattle Public Utilities has reported that food scraps take up about one-third or 45,000 tons of residential trash each year and solving this problem has been made easier for single family homes by giving them the solution to create their own…MORE
Arts glow during Burien art walk
Tue, 09/02/08
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Interact with artists living in a storefront, watch trapeze dancers perform astoundng feats in a parking lot, hear musicians play original songs while an artist creates paintings of birds for purchase, and catch a…MORE
Councilman pushes electronic portal
Tue, 09/02/08
During the six months that Bruce Harrell has been a Seattle City Council member he has grown frustrated with the limited feedback he hears from the community.
While he found that the council often heard from certain activists, he said he…MORE
Photo by Keith Daigle
Tue, 09/02/08
Construction crews working at night to repave Burien's First Avenue South as part of finishing the improvement project on that thoroughfare from Southwest 160th Street to Southwest 146 Street.
MORELiberty statue, plaza to be rededicated
Tue, 09/02/08
The recast Statue of Liberty, atop a new pedestal and surrounded by a plaza of inscribed bricks, will be rededicated during a daylong celebration Saturday.
The Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band will start the celebration at 11 a.m. Arts and crafts…MORE
Port Commission strengthens oversight
Tue, 09/02/08
The Port of Seattle Commission voted Aug. 26 to approve Resolution 3605 which makes sweeping changes to how the commission delegates its authority throughout the organization.
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Food bank reports visits up 21 percent
Tue, 09/02/08
Seattle has begun to see a change in the type of people who are coming in for food bank services - people with their pressed slacks and white button down shirts are no longer a rare sight amongst the usual consumers.
As gas and food prices…MORE
Tukwila evaluates possible Village developers
Tue, 09/02/08
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The selection of a developer for the Tukwila Village project is one step closer after discussion by the Tukwila City Council on Aug. 25 of the proposals set forth by Tarragon and Legacy Partners.
Tukwila…MORE
Federal Way is "going to the dogs"
Tue, 09/02/08
It's time for the annual K-9 Karnival at Steel Lake Park- that wacky annual event where pets and their people can show off, win contests and have fun.
It all starts at noon on Sept.
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