Anticipation is building in the Waterland community as volunteers continue to plan a year of festivities that will celebrate Des Moines' 50th anniversary as an incorporated city in 2009.
A full calendar of activities promises to involve…MORE
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Little used from fund to aid renters
Mon, 09/15/08
Money the city set aside in March to help renters displaced by apartment-to-condominium conversions has sparsely been used, but the program has been extended two months to aid those not eligible for assistance from a new state law.
The…MORE
Little used from fund to aid renters
Mon, 09/15/08
Money the city set aside in March to help renters displaced by apartment-to-condominium conversions has sparsely been used, but the program has been extended two months to aid those not eligible for assistance from a new state law.
The…MORE
Des Moines paying for leaky gas
Mon, 09/15/08
Fourteen years later, the city of Des Moines is still paying the cost for leaky gasoline tanks.
Gasoline contamination was discovered in the soil and groundwater near the two city gas tanks at the Des Moines City Public Works Building in…MORE
Committee uncertain on suicide barrier
Mon, 09/15/08
The decision to make the Aurora Bridge more dissuasive to potential suicides has brought up mixed feelings to potential designs for a planned suicide-prevention barrier on each side of the overpass.
Because the bridge is listed on the…MORE
State to pay county to curb congestion
Fri, 09/12/08
During construction of the new south end of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, the state will pay the county to get people out of their cars and into buses to help curb congestion.
The Washington State Department of Transportation will give $32…MORE
Volunteers to Clean West Seattle Gateway Area Saturday Lane Closure on West Seattle Bridge
Thu, 09/11/08
One westbound, curb lane of the West Seattle Bridge, just east of 35th Avenue SW, will be closed Saturday, September 13, from approximately 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
MOREState promises more buses
Wed, 09/10/08
During construction of the new south end of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, the state will pay the county to get people out of their cars and into buses to help curb congestion.
The Washington State Department of Transportation will give $32…MORE
City reviews residential parking zone policy
Wed, 09/10/08
The Seattle Department of Transportation is conducting a review of the Residential Parking Zone (RPZ) program in Seattle. The RPZ program is designed to help residents who live in congested areas by discouraging long-term parking of non-…MORE
WASL: Sealth improves most
Wed, 09/10/08
At Chief Sealth High School students have returned with a new sense of pride after learning that the previous sophomore class showed the most growth, statewide, in all subjects on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL).
Tenth…MORE
