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Wed, 02/08/06

A soft but steady rain bathed the landscaped gardens around the Dumas Bay Center and lent a somber tone to the proceedings within Banquet Room #3.

Inside, local government was taking its job seriously.

On Saturday, January 28, the…MORE

Tue, 02/07/06

A Seattle Parks Department study of beach fires at Golden Gardens and Alki Beach recommends continuing to allow such fires, at least through 2006.

Just two years ago, parks department staff had recommended closing both locations to…MORE

Tue, 02/07/06

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Changing the Primary Election Date

By a vote of 37 to 11 on Feb. 1, the Senate approved SB 6236. The bill would change the primary date to the 3rd Tuesday in August (currently the…MORE

Tue, 02/07/06

The Seattle Parks Commission board listened to testimony about a proposed skate area in Lower Woodland Park last Thursday night. Most of that testimony contained two themes; that neighbors were unaware of the proposal, and that the proposal was…MORE

Tue, 02/07/06

Streetcars are more feasible for West Seattle than light rail, said Grace Crunican, director of the Seattle Department of Transportation.

Crunican, who lives in the Admiral District, made her comment at a King County Council roundtable…MORE

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Tue, 02/07/06

A Highline garden with a colorful history will reopen in a new spot this summer.

Plans are moving ahead to move the Seike Japanese Garden from its original site along Des Moines Memorial Drive to the Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden.

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Tue, 02/07/06

A new survey of homelessness found that Ballard had a 26 percent increase in the number of people living on the streets, compared to the last such street count, in 2004.

The survey, done in the early morning hours of January 27, found 364…MORE

Tue, 02/07/06

Otto Lang, a West Seattle legend of skiing, movie and TV production, books and photography, died at his Admiral District home Jan. 30 at age 98.

Lang was born in 1908 in Bosnia and grew up near Sarajevo. His mother was Croatian but his…MORE

Tue, 02/07/06

A brief filed recently with the state Supreme Court challenges a 2005 appellate court ruling that former Des Moines City Councilman Gary Petersen was embroiled in a conflict of interest.

The “friend-of-the-court” brief by the state Auditor…MORE

Tue, 02/07/06

The keys to Evergreen Pool in White Center could soon be turned from King County to Northwest Center.

The nonprofit Northwest Center is a 41-year-old organization that claims to be the largest, most comprehensive private organization in…MORE

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