Anthony's HomePort at Shilshole Bay restaurant has announced the cancellation of its 19th annual Oyster Games, which had been scheduled for March 25. The popular event raises money for the Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, an environmental organization…MORE
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Tim St. Clair, 1950-2008
Mon, 03/03/08
Tim St. Clair, 57, a legend in West Seattle journalism and 20-year West Seattle Herald reporter died Monday night, Feb. 25, a victim of pancreatic cancer.
The outpouring of grief, comment and concern for his family and friends was…MORE
Mayor frees condo aid
Mon, 03/03/08
Mayor Greg Nickels has released $25,000 from a $350,000 fund he'd frozen that the City Council had set aside to aid renters being displaced by condominium conversions, but housing advocates and city council members say they will push for more if…MORE
Tips on riding Metro buses
Mon, 03/03/08
(Editor's Note: This was Tim St. Clair's last story for the West Seattle Herald. Tim was a regular bus rider to downtown and about anywhere else. He did this story just a short time ago.)
With gas prices topping $3 per gallon, there are a…MORE
Landmark status may help Phinney group buy old school
Mon, 03/03/08
The recent designation of the old John B. Allen School as a city landmark could make it fiscally easier for the Phinney Neighborhood Association to purchase it from the Seattle School District.
The Phinney Association has leased the school…MORE
South Park Bridge said a top priority
Mon, 03/03/08
Replacement of the crumbling South Park Bridge is a top concern for the King County Council as well as urging for salmon recovery, transportation infrastructure, buses and passenger ferries, and health care.
"Replacing the South Park…MORE
Chairwoman Patterson to lead lobbying effort
Sun, 03/02/08
King County Council Chairwoman Julia Patterson plans to organize Highline community leaders across city boundaries to lobby for more services for the area.
"The time to talk about it is over-it is time to do something," Patterson declared…MORE
Transfer delayed for Lora Lake
Sun, 03/02/08
The Port of Seattle and the King County Housing Authority agreed last week to delay the transfer of the Lora Lake Apartments pending the outcome of environmental testing at the affordable housing complex.
The sale of the property from the…MORE
Des Moines mansion is the scene for wine festival
Sun, 03/02/08
Des Moines' elegant Landmark on the Sound, an early 20th Century mansion with sweeping views of Puget Sound and Maury Island, hosted this year's Poverty Bay Wine Festival events Feb. 29 to March 2.
All proceeds benefit community service…MORE
SeaTac Starbucks plan approved
Sun, 03/02/08
Starbucks is coming to SeaTac.
A drive-through Starbucks will be part of a mixed-use development across International Boulevard from the South 154th Street light rail station.
SeaTac City Council members approved on Feb. 26 approved…MORE
