A reader, Rick Hughes, writes to ask, "Why does this city have so many businesses close down. I just learned we are losing the Roadhouse Grill next Sunday.
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New associate dean is named
Mon, 07/21/08
Dr. Chad Hickox is the new associate dean of academic programs at South Seattle Community College.
Hickox joins South from Michigan's Macomb Community College where he was interim associate dean for Humanities and a tenured philosophy…MORE
Federal Way Farmers Market in full swing
Mon, 07/21/08
Like snow angels in winter, Olivia Barbera and Sophia Larson made pavement angels with chalk at the Federal Way Farmer's Market. Olivia, 5, and Sophia 4-1/2 are the daughters of Terry Barbera and Fernanda Larson of Federal Way.
They're…MORE
Pike Place levy to be on November ballot
Mon, 07/21/08
The Seattle City Council has unanimously voted to place a six-year, $73 million levy for improvements to the Pike Place Market on November's ballot.
The last major renovations to the market were made in the early 1980s with $50 million in…MORE
King County jail locations questioned
Mon, 07/21/08
Officials from cities in north and east King County are recommending to their councils building a single 640 bed municipal jail facility to serve their collective needs
Two potential jail sites in the areas around South Park and White…MORE
Tractor Tavern: Let me play
Mon, 07/21/08
"Hello, everyone. I want to play a show at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard, and I've done everything I could think of in the past two and a half years, but they still will not reply. So I'm offering $50 to anyone who will let me open for them."…MORE
West Seattle Garden Tour de Force
Sun, 07/20/08
The Fourteenth Annual West Seattle Garden Tour took place from 9am to 5pm on Sunday July 20th. It was a beautiful sunny day, yet not too warm to visit all nine gardens on the tour. Each garden was designed to spend time in, showing a a high level…MORE
American Legion Grand Parade Proves to be Perennial Fun
Sun, 07/20/08
The American Legion Grand Parade was a big hit in West Seattle on Saturday July 19th as usual. Throngs of parade watchers lined California Avenue to see more than 70 entries pass by. 1st Place float went to Port Orchard who put over 3000 hours…MORE
Worker Trapped then freed in trench collapse on Avalon Way
Wed, 07/16/08
A construction worker was trapped in a trench at a construction site on July 16th . The trench was approximately 15 feet deep. A vacuum truck from City Light helped remove the dirt as workers shored up the trench around him. The trapped man was…MORE
Many prefer smaller school on Vashon
Mon, 07/14/08
If one were to get on the 6:45 a.m. ferry to Vashon from Fauntleroy, they may notice an abnormal excess of adolescents present for such an early hour of the day.
What many don't know is that most of these unexpected adolescents are…MORE
