Seattle Public Schools wants to improve their market share and increase enrollment at their schools and part of the West Seattle effort was a yellow school bus tour of four schools which focused on each school's special academic goals and…MORE
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Burienites voice concerns on potential annexation
Tue, 12/20/05
Almost 50 concerned citizens addressed the Burien City Council during an emotionally-charged public hearing Dec. 12, with most of them speaking against designating North Highline as a Potential Annexation Area.
This was the final…MORE
Roberts gets 30 years for Maher killing
Fri, 12/16/05
Jason Scott Roberts, the confessed killer of Federal Way police officer Patrick M. Maher, has been sentenced to thirty years in prison as penalty for his crime.
Although closer to the high-end of possible sentences, it was not the maximum…MORE
Singhs open Royal India Grill
Tue, 12/13/05
West Seattle's second Indian restaurant has opened, this one in the Admiral District.
The Royal India Grill specializes in cuisine from India's northern region, where the food isn't as spicy as the southern regions, said owner Jaspal Singh…MORE
State Ferries list holiday schedules
Tue, 12/13/05
Washington State Ferries customers traveling for the holidays need only know that since both Christmas Day and New Years' Day fall on Sundays, ferries will be observing the holiday on Dec. 26 and Jan. 2.
The Fauntleroy/Vashon/ Southworth…MORE
Monorail staff to 4
Tue, 12/13/05
Soon all that will remain of The Seattle Monorail Project will be a downtown conference room, four employees and a collection of properties around the city.
The monorail agency owes approximately $110 million to creditors and until the…MORE
Evergreen Pool gets new owner
Tue, 12/13/05
King County will turn Evergreen Pool in White Center over to Northwest Center next summer.
Steve Chavey, King County Parks aquatic supervisor, said the transfer will come around July l.
The move is being made as the county attempts…MORE
Deficits could grow if Burien takes in Highline
Tue, 12/13/05
The financial picture for potential tax growth in the North Highline area is bleak for Burien, new figures given the city show.
An operating deficit could increase over the next six years.
Collected and compiled by Berk &…MORE
Burien City Manager Stepping Down
Tue, 12/13/05
On Monday, December 12, Burien City Manager Gary Long announced his departure from the City effective January 1, 2006. Long said he has worked out a transition agreement with the Burien City Council. Long said: "I have consulted with the…MORE
Volunteers versus killer plants
Tue, 12/13/05
On any average Saturday, squadrons of West Seattleites armed with pruning shears and loppers quietly slip into the community's public parks to defeat invasive killer plants and liberate the native flora.
There are numerous horticultural…MORE