Swedish Hospital affiliated headache specialist and West Seattle resident Dr. Sheena Aurora recently received the prestigious Harold G. Wolff Lecture Award at the American Headache Society's 49th-annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago.
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Money raised to benefit victims of Katrina
Tue, 08/21/07
Members of the Total Experience Gospel Choir and other local performers raised a joyful noise to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina on a recent Sunday.
The choir, led by Pastor Pat Wright, raised $5,900 to buy a roof for a homeless…MORE
Westwood celebrates retreat of crime
Tue, 08/21/07
Residents of Westwood Heights, diverse in age, race, and income level, celebrated 24th annual National Night Out recently with a barbeque, steel drum one-man-band, and children's bicycle parade. Community leaders, and a resident, gave speeches…MORE
California Ave. Petco design questioned
Tue, 08/21/07
Design disagreements between a developer who wants to demolish a popular restaurant and the West Seattle Design Review Board over a planned California Avenue project struck a familiar theme of urban versus suburban.
Developer Tom Lee wants…MORE
Superintendent wants to get district to the top
Tue, 08/21/07
Seattle Public Schools' principals were the students last week as the new superintendent, who pulled out names on Popsicle sticks, quizzed them on best practices at the Summer Leadership Institute, a two week professional development session.…MORE
Mayor has new housing help plan
Tue, 08/21/07
In an attempt to encourage developers to build more affordable housing for middle-income workers, Mayor Greg Nickels has released a revamped version of Seattle's tax exemption program, which builders say has never "penciled out."
The…MORE
Apartment building torched
Tue, 08/21/07
Seattle Police are investigating the purposeful burning of a three-story apartment building under construction north of the Junction.
Firefighters were called to California Avenue near Genesee Street at 12:42 a.m. Aug. 17 and found the…MORE
Correction
Tue, 08/21/07
During public comment at the Seattle Port Commission's Aug. 9 meeting on the Lora Lake Apartments, former Burien City Councilman Stephen Lamphear did not identify himself as a gardener. That reference was erroneously made by Ralph Nichols in his…MORE
Federal Way Historical Society raffle winner
Tue, 08/21/07
Douglas McGregor of Federal Way, center, shown with his daughter, was the winner of the Red White & Blues Festival Basket, presented to him by Historical Society Board President Lou Olmstead. Entries for the drawing were placed in a can and…MORE
Citizens are sought for police classes
Tue, 08/21/07
The fall session of the King County Sheriff's Office Citizen's Police Academy will begin Wednesday, Sept. 5, with weekly classes running through graduation on Dec.
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