More than 100,000 tons of plastic were tossed in the landfill in 2006, according to the King County Solid Waste Division web site, yet Seattle residents are unable to recycle several kinds of plastics that are in fact recyclable.
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Protest at church over spanking
Mon, 09/22/08
Last Friday local protestors gathered at both West Seattle and Ballard campuses of Mars Hill Church to protest author Ted Tripp who spoke at a Biblical Parenting Conference over the weekend.
The conference was designed to give practical…MORE
Mayor extends fight to end hunger in city
Mon, 09/22/08
The City of Federal Way has a long history of taking a single day in September to help with a citywide food drive that benefits the Multi-Service Center's Federal Way Food Bank.
This year Federal Way Mayor Jack Dovey wanted to go a step…MORE
Plan updates move to full council
Thu, 09/18/08
A Seattle City Council committee has approved legislation to update the city's 38 neighborhood plans created a decade ago, and neighborhood's gaining more mass transit service will likely go first.
In 1999, the Seattle City Council…MORE
New Admiral Safeway plan revealed
Thu, 09/18/08
The proposed design for the new Admiral Safeway store was presented Thursday night at the Hiawatha Community Center. Nearly 30 attended. Representatives from Fuller Sears Architects, the firm retained for the project, Steve Johnson and Bill…MORE
Correction
Wed, 09/17/08
In the Sept. 10 issue of the Ballard News-Tribune ("Pay parking coming to Fremont"), Seattle Department of Transportation spokesman Richard Sheridan was misquoted. The correct quotation is, "It's an obstacle for community members to collect…MORE
Bridge art to be reinstalled, expect lane closures
Tue, 09/16/08
Public art that was removed in 2006 will be restored to the Ballard Bridge Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
Seattle Department of Transportation crews will reinstall eight sculptures on the 15th Avenue Northwest approach to the Bridge.…MORE
Missing Link to be built on Ballard Avenue
Tue, 09/16/08
Earlier this month Mayor Greg Nickels announced the city will begin construction on the missing Ballard link of the Burke-Gilman Trail in 2009.
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Burien's Andy Kleitsch launches mobile billing service
Mon, 09/15/08
Billing Revolution, a recently stealth-mode mobile commerce company, just launched its "single-click," a mobile billing and payments service designed to make it easy once and for all for retailers to sell products to on-the-go consumers without…MORE
