The Seattle Department of Transportation will go ahead with plans to "skinny" up a portion of 24th Avenue Northwest in the name of pedestrian safety, reducing four lanes of traffic to three with a center turn lane.
The city proposed this "…MORE
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Bergen Place to get new flagpoles
Wed, 06/13/07
A series of new flagpoles and a stone marker will be installed at Ballard's Bergen Place park later this summer paid for by a $4,375 grant from the city's Neighborhood Matching Fund.
The six poles will be 25-feet tall with the flags of…MORE
Evergreen parents ask why vice principal was not promoted
Tue, 06/12/07
Some parents of Evergreen High School students wonder why vice principal Jackie Lewis was not hired to be a small learning community principal at the school.
Lewis applied to be principal of the Technology, Engineering and Communications…MORE
Burien council, Highline school board discuss partnership
Tue, 06/12/07
Burien City Manager Mike Martin emphasized to Highline School Board members at a recent meeting with the council the importance of a partnership between the district and the city.
"Our residents are your students and that's why we think…MORE
Possession of child porn leveled at local teacher
Tue, 06/12/07
The King County Prosecuting Attorney has filed a possession of child pornography charge against Whitman Middle School teacher Timothy Daniel Sheehan.
In a letter to parents and guardians, dated June 1, Whitman Middle School Principal…MORE
Teklezgy Sequar called an 'inspirational' South grad
Tue, 06/12/07
South Seattle Community College graduates the class of 2007 tomorrow, June 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jerry Brockey Student Center.
For those who know about community colleges - institutions that are truly open to all - graduation takes on a…MORE
Roads, transit measure includes study of Burien light-rail link
Tue, 06/12/07
A proposed $6.9 billion Roads and Transit ballot measure will include a comprehensive study on linking the Burien, SeaTac, Tukwila and Renton by light rail.
An amendment by King County Councilwoman Julia Patterson, D-SeaTac, which recently…MORE
Bar owners want to kill license idea
Tue, 06/12/07
Ballard bar owners have encouraged city leaders to nix the idea of a nightlife license and instead hire more police and enforce existing noise, litter and public intoxication laws.
Dozens spoke out at a public hearing last week against a…MORE
New nightlife law not needed say club owners
Tue, 06/12/07
West Seattle bar owners encouraged city leaders to nix the idea of a nightlife license and instead hire more police and enforce existing noise, litter and public intoxication laws.
Dozens spoke out at a pubic hearing last week against a…MORE
Burien council rejects Town Square sculpture
Tue, 06/12/07
After several weeks of contentious community debate over public art, the Burien City Council rejected a "screw" for the centerpiece of Town Square on a 4-3 vote June 4.
"I'm very sorry," Mayor Joan McGilton told artist Dan Corson following…MORE
