Angela Griffin enjoys a challenge.
The Norman Center YMCA's newest director speaks with the confidence of a woman eager to give the center a facelift and restore one of the Federal Way's treasures into the public asset the community…MORE
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City seeks citizens for advisory boards
Mon, 09/10/07
Mayor Greg Nickels is seeking candidates for the Citizens' Telecommunications and Technology Advisory Board for terms starting in January 2008.
MORECounty calls on state to increase election audits
Mon, 09/10/07
To ensure the accuracy of King County elections from start to finish, the Metropolitan King County Council has called on the Washington State Legislature to revise state law and allow counties to adopt customized procedures for conducting post-…MORE
Passports processed at Neighborhood Centers
Mon, 09/10/07
The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods is adding more hours and more places for passport applications, offered Tuesday through Saturday.
Ballard Neighborhood Service Center, 5604 22nd Ave. N.W. Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and…MORE
Paint-Out to remove graffiti here
Mon, 09/10/07
As the crime of graffiti vandalism continues in the city, nonprofit group Seattle Paint-Out has targeted a variety of neighborhoods, including Ballard, for graffiti-cleaning in the near future.
The group recently held its annual Seattle…MORE
More family business leaves area
Mon, 09/10/07
"Will the last small business in Ballard please turn out the light?" reads a sign painted across the front window of the now closed Nick's Boats and Motors at the corner of 7th Avenue and Northwest 65th Street.
As well as signifying the…MORE
More than half of Burien budget going to public safety
Tue, 09/04/07
Burien City Council members got their first look on Aug.
MOREUpdate: Bow Lake opening delayed as new Mt. Rainier High in Des Moines welcomes students
Tue, 09/04/07
Summer vacation has been extended three days for students at the new Bow Lake Elementary in SeaTac as construction delays has forced the opening day back to Monday, Sept. 10.
Assistant Highline Superintendent Geri Fain blames the…MORE
Lora Lake lawsuit labeled 'unfortunate' by Burien mayor
Tue, 09/04/07
A lawsuit to prevent the Port of Seattle from demolishing the Lora Lake Apartments was roundly criticized last week by Burien City Council members.
Calling the action "unfortunate," Mayor Joan McGilton said the King County Housing…MORE
Is Denny's building a landmark?
Tue, 09/04/07
Rhapsody Partners, the development firm that wants to tear down a Ballard Denny's Restaurant to build a six-to-eight story condominium, plans to nominate the 1960's building for landmark status.
"We want to make sure that things are going…MORE
