Mary Hurley spent four hours poring over the manual given to each member on the Alaskan Way Viaduct Stakeholders Advisory Committee. She printed out the 68 pages of minutes from the first meeting Dec. 13 and the comments submitted with them.…MORE
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Burien seeks smaller annexation
Tue, 01/22/08
The Burien City Council has directed its city manager to come up with a recommendation for a smaller potential annexation of North Highline that could pave the way for a compromise with the cities of Seattle, Tukwila and SeaTac.
Both…MORE
Modifying property tax exemption provisions for veterans of the armed forces
Tue, 01/22/08
In 2007 HB 1102 passed with full support of the House of Representatives, but did not make it out of the Senate. At the start of the 2008 session the House quickly passed HB 1102, again, to amend tax exemptions for military veterans. A veteran…MORE
Viaduct group meets
Tue, 01/22/08
The second meeting of the Alaskan Way Viaduct Stakeholders Advisory Committee is 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 24 in the Bertha Landes Room in City Hall, 600 Fourth Avenue.
MOREJapanese garden featured in film
Mon, 01/21/08
The Highline Botanical Garden Foundation and Highline Historical Society will co-host the premier of award-winning filmmaker Ken Slusher's latest documentary, The Seike Garden: An American Story, on Saturday, Feb. 2.
This 30-minute movie,…MORE
Greenbay experience, 10; Game, 0
Mon, 01/21/08
Burien residents Mick Purdy, an owner of Mick Kelly's Irish Pub, and Sean O'Rawe both grew up as soccer fans in Ireland.
But living in this Seattle suburb, they have become avid Seahawk fans - and season ticket holders.
So much so…MORE
Burien to study smaller annexation area
Mon, 01/21/08
and Ralph Nichols
The Burien City Council is not ready to sit back and wait for Seattle to enter into mediation over competing claims for annexing the North Highline unincorporated area.
Both Burien and Seattle have designated all…MORE
Port issues study of air emissions from the airport
Mon, 01/21/08
In an attempt to reduce future greenhouse gas emissions, Sea-Tac International Airport released on Jan.18 a landmark study of environmental strategies.
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory identifies air emission sources associated with…MORE
MLK Day of Service at West Seattle Elementary
Mon, 01/21/08
More than 200 volunteers from around the city and across the nation turned out for the "Day of Service" to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday. West Seattle Elementary was one of two sites in Seattle where painting, gardening, and general…MORE
New Burien Bartell Drugs to open
Mon, 01/21/08
Bartell Drugs will open its entirely new location in downtown Burien on Monday, Jan. 28.
Located in the Redwood Plaza complex at 14901 Fourth Ave. S.W., the new store is across the parking lot from Bartell's current "temporary" location.…MORE
