West Seattle High School recently hosted 16 students from the city's French sister city, Nantes, for a two-week exchange student program.
In turn, twenty students from West Seattle plan to attend Talensac High School in Nantes during…MORE
News
Second Anthony's may be set for Des Moines Marina
Tue, 12/18/07
If one's good is two better? Maybe, if you're playing poker-or building the second Anthony's restaurant located in the Des Moines Marina, a proposal now in preliminary negotiations.
Yes, that's two Anthony's in one not-so-big marina. The…MORE
Highline annexation tussle draws SeaTac
Tue, 12/18/07
The possible annexation of White Center and Boulevard Park to either Burien or Seattle continues to gurgle through the innards of each city's respective governments, but now SeaTac wants a bite.
The SeaTac City Council voted Nov. 26 to…MORE
Marine tech. center shown in art show
Tue, 12/18/07
Highline Community College's Library Art Gallery show features the work of entrants in the school's MaST contest for art students throughout December.
Works on display are in a variety of media, focusing on marine life and landscapes.…MORE
City sets time limit to raise Liberty funds
Tue, 12/18/07
Two local architects have donated the design for a new pedestal and plaza for the Statue of Liberty at Alki. Mayor Greg Nickels has pledged $50,000. An engraving company in Tacoma is ready to personalize a thousand bricks. The city will hire a…MORE
Developers will get a break if they provide "affordable housing"
Tue, 12/18/07
Seattle City Councilman Tom Rasmussen has released a revised version of Mayor Greg Nickels plan to expand an existing program that gives developers a break on property taxes in exchange for providing some "affordable" housing.
Rasmussen's…MORE
Crown Hill residents seek to buy building
Mon, 12/17/07
About 60 area residents attended the Crown Hill Project community meeting to hear three speakers spell out the preliminary financial realities of the purchase and maintenance of that 3.4-acre lot, proposed playground, and school buildings.
…MORE
Slip into spring at Shilshole
Mon, 12/17/07
An $80 million renovation of the Shilshole Bay Marina, one of the region's largest recreational-boating marinas is nearly finished and the slips are 85 percent full with slips ranging in size from 40 to 50 feet are still available. Boaters who…MORE
HOUSING: Critic says plan is a 'giveaway'
Mon, 12/17/07
Seattle City Councilman Tom Rasmussen has released a revised version of Mayor Greg Nickels plan to expand an existing program that gives developers a break on property taxes in exchange for providing some "affordable" housing.
Rasmussen's…MORE
Julie Burr Spani elected president as a new majority seated on Highline School Board
Mon, 12/17/07
Julie Burr Spani was selected president of the Highline School Board on Dec. 12 as three new members joined the board.
Spani, first elected to the board in November 2005, previously served as vice president.
King County District…MORE
