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(Editor's Note: This is a reprint of an article that first appeared in the Times/News on May 10.

Merchants were pleased with the 2006 edition of the Junction summer festival, which brought an estimated record-breaking 50,000 people to the business district during the three-day event.

The crowd size was estimated by examining bank…MORE

Repaving 1.5 miles of California Avenue and a few blocks of Admiral Way is scheduled to begin in mid-August and will bring changes to crosswalks and intersections from Admiral Way to Edmunds Street in the Junction.

Road construction will…MORE

Work crews are reforming the 59-year-old underground Myrtle Street Reservoir to place a concrete cover over the drinking water to discourage terrorists and keep the water cleaner.

The new lid will be covered with soil and grass and the…MORE

Abraham Diekhans-Mears, a junior at West Seattle High School, won second place in the annual Civil War Preservation Trust national essay contest for his essay on saving Civil War battlefields.

Diekhans-Mears received a $100 cash prize, and…MORE

Lori Nguyen has been recognized as a leader and achiever with a $1,000 grant from The Comcast Foundation for outstanding commitment to community service and academic accomplishments.

Nguyen graduated from West Seattle High School with a 3.…MORE

Education takes center stage in this year's Summer Musical Theater Conservatory at ArtsWest as West Seattle students Mandy Barnet, James Grixoni-Lewis, Riana Hidalgo, Emily Meyer, Micah Packard, Cecelia Rehm, and Kelly Thoma help bring Kander and…MORE

A recently opened restaurant in White Center offers drip coffee for five cents a cup to customers ordering breakfast. Since breakfast is available anytime at Chef Simon's, the nickel coffee flows all day.

Tina Nguyen and Simon Nguyen, the…MORE

Gov. Christine Gregoire praised 34th Legislative District Democrats last week for electing state Sen. Eric Poulsen and Reps.

Travelers will not see any relief in their wallet this year with overall vacation costs increasing by 5.4 percent from last year, according to AAA's nationwide Annual Vacation Costs survey.

"Rate increases for lodgings are mostly a result…MORE