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Since Ballard's Webster Park in the Sunset Hill neighborhood was classified last summer as "surplus" by property owners Seattle Public Schools, it's being marketed to the city's Park's Department, which has maintained it for several years.

The West Seattle Chamber of Commerce honored three of its members for high achievement and leadership that helped shape the West Seattle community.

The event took place at their April 9 breakfast at Salty's. Sun and sentiment poured…MORE

A lawsuit aimed at derailing the plan to build a new Denny Middle School next to a refurbished Chief Sealth High School is "without merit" and should be quashed, says a spokesman for Seattle Public Schools.

A group of parents and a union…MORE

Alaska Junction residents and members of the West Seattle Design Review Board said last week a proposed eight-story apartment building with ground level retail space was too huge to fit into the area at Alaska Street and California Avenue.

The current 32,000 square foot Safeway in the Admiral district will be replaced, but planning is in a very early stage, said a representative of the company last week.

In addition, city council member Tom Rasmussen, who lives in Alki,…MORE

The city's Department of Planning and Development is putting the final touches on a proposal that would increase height limits and change development standards in areas zoned multifamily, which make up much of residential West Seattle.

The…MORE

People living around the Morgan Junction met again recently and mused over various real and perceived problems.

The former monorail property, a ProParks Levy site, incorporated popular aspects of three designs for its 'final approved…MORE

The Port of Seattle Commission has adopted the Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy, a joint effort to reduce seaport-related air emissions with the Port of Tacoma and the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.

The pact, initially released last…MORE

This fall, the Department of Neighborhoods will be providing free trees for planting on residential streets in Seattle neighborhoods.

Applications are accepted from groups of neighbors and are due on Friday, August 15, 2008.

This is…MORE

Des Moines Mayor Bob Sheckler publicly announced on April 10 that he will not run for a vacant legislative seat in the 33rd District.

Sheckler said last month he was exploring the possibility of running for the seat in the House of…MORE