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Start the holiday season in style with a horse-and-carriage ride during Burien's Winterfest, a one-day event on Saturday, Dec. 2, packed with free activities and in-store specials.

During the festivities from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., stroll…MORE

The McMicken Heights Community Club in SeaTac will disband and the club's building will be sold to make way for neighborhood development.

Members of the club's board, who announced the end of the 60-year-old organization in a recent news…MORE

As the rain beat down hard on the big leaf maple canopy covering the small creek, Hillary Kleeb, Stream Team Coordinator for the Friends of the Hylebos Wetlands, called to volunteer Bob Roper to share in her discovery.

Next to the bank…MORE

Bekka Simmons, a 19-year-old Highline Community College student, was crowned Miss Burien 2007 on Nov. 18.

The new Miss Burien is a singer-the fourth in a row.

Bekka performed "Lose Control," a pops vocal by Maria Mena, impressing…MORE

Michael H. Martin, who served as Chief Administrative Officer for the city of Kent from 2000 to 2005, is Burien's new city manager.

The Burien City Council approved on Nov. 20 a contract with Martin for the position. He was scheduled to…MORE

Individuals and businesses seeking a way to give back to their community this holiday have several opportunities through the Holiday Express program at Ruth Dykeman Children's Center in Burien.

Here's how a business or family can help:…MORE

West Seattle Rotarian Marti Anderson was in for quite a surprise when she showed up at Salty's for her club's regular Tuesday meeting. The members had baked over 100 dozen cookies for her son Lance Corporal Ian Anderson, a Marine deployed in…MORE

Des Moines council members got their first look at the city's proposed 2007 budget on Nov. 16.

The budget of almost $50 million calls for operating expenses of $29 million and capital spending of $21 million.

The Seattle School Board voted unanimously last week to co-house the Viewlands Elementary Autism All-Inclusion program at Broadview-Thomson next fall.

Broadview-Thomson will become a K-8 grade program.

The proposal had drawn little…MORE

Seattle City Councilwoman Sally J. Clark is looking for a candidate to fill position on the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission.

The Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission is a seven-member citizen body that interprets, administers…MORE