A series of community meetings to discuss the second phase of Seattle Public Schools closures was cancelled last week because the school board thought too many families would be still be on vacation, said district spokesman Peter Daniels.
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How do you kill a government agency?
Tue, 08/22/06
Monorail officials are feeling their way in the dark as they try to find how to kill the government agency that once planned a monorail line through West Seattle.
Apparently there are no instruction books explaining the procedure for…MORE
Mayor goes clubbing
Tue, 08/22/06
Several bar and club owners in the area have joined a city-wide lobbying group to fight a proposed Seattle ordinance that would force nightclubs to get a special license and follow stricter noise and safety requirements.
Pete Hanning, a…MORE
Proposed nightlife law opposed
Tue, 08/22/06
Some West Seattle bar and restaurant owners say they are opposed to a draft proposal from Mayor Greg Nickels that would force establishments to get a special nightclub license and meet stricter noise and safety requirements.
Some also say…MORE
Crosses and crosswalks to bear
Tue, 08/22/06
About 30 other protesters picketed the Crown Hill Safeway store on 15th Avenue NW and NW 83rd street last Friday, August 18. The protest took the form of a mock funeral for the neighborhood's "Pedestrian designation," a reference to a…MORE
Deep friendship spans the Sound
Tue, 08/22/06
Justin Moser is one student at Mt. Rainer High School who already has shown he is ready to take on anything.
At the young age of 17, Moser has lived a life an absent mother, and has recently lost a dear friend. Yet he continues to overcome…MORE
Maritime heats up
Wed, 08/16/06
Boat building in Ballard is on an upswing thanks to a $600 million contract awarded in part to Kvichak Marine, for constructing the Coast Guard's next generation of patrol boats.
Kvichak will partner with Wisconsin-based Marinette Marine…MORE
Kayakers congregate
Wed, 08/16/06
It's been more than a year since the Army Corps of Engineers dismantled the rock baskets that armored the Seahurst Park shoreline.
Sea life is returning to the restored beach.
Now the public has the chance to see the changes and get…MORE
Sending smiles abroad
Wed, 08/16/06
On a recent steamy day in Izabal, Guatemala, dentists loaded a compressor, generator, boxes of supplies and folding dental chairs in a Mitsubishi double cab four-wheel drive truck and headed out for their day's work.
Setting up a mobile…MORE
Drunk driving to be targeted by police patrols
Wed, 08/16/06
If you drive hammered, you will get nailed.
This message highlighted last week's announcement by local and state law enforcement agencies that extra DUI patrols will take place throughout King County from Friday, Aug. 18. through Labor Day…MORE
