The Burien City Council decided to postpone further consideration of annexing North Highline until early January, after its newly elected members are sworn into office.
The council has been considering declaring North Highline a "potential…MORE
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Through cancer and heartache, Baldwins wait to be reunited
Wed, 12/28/05
In 1998, Shawna Timmons, then 22, was on a flight home from Georgia where she had attended her grandfather's funeral.
MORECracks in tunnel support? City Council not unanimous on viaduct replacement
Wed, 12/28/05
After a resolution was adopted last year in support of Mayor Greg Nickels' preferred tunnel option to replace the damaged Alaskan Way Viaduct, some Seattle City Council members are now leaning towards the alternative rebuild option.
"In…MORE
Holiday needles for charity
Wed, 12/21/05
A group of women devoted to embroidery and art forms using the knitting needle have been meeting as the Northwest Needle Arts Guild since 1972. Each December, members make caps, scarves, blankets and other gifts to donate to Seattle Cancer Care…MORE
Merchants Merry - Ballard shops busy, parking an issue
Wed, 12/21/05
Dashing from store to store along N.W. Market street are the pitter patter of shopping feet, the most reassuring sound to merchants along this busy corridor besides the "dinging" sound the cash register makes as it records another sale.
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How green is your Condo? Builders seek environmental certification
Wed, 12/21/05
The latest addition to the Ballard building boom is Hjarta condominiums.
MOREParks to be scaled back
Tue, 12/20/05
The rising cost of construction materials forced Seattle Parks and Recreation to scale back the design of Puget Boulevard Commons, a tiny public park next to Delridge Way.
An outdoor basketball court, skateboard features and hundreds of…MORE
Parents charge schools lack rigor
Tue, 12/20/05
A parade of frustrated parents and students charged Highline schools lack academic rigor during the Dec. 14 school board meeting.
The speakers, many from Mt.
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Gatewood wanted park to connect
Tue, 12/20/05
Some Gatewood Hill residents were hoping development of a park in their neighborhood would bring a new pedestrian pathway with it but city planners say the Orchard Street Ravine is too steep to support transverse trails.
Planners from…MORE
Long resigns as Burien City Manager
Tue, 12/20/05
Burien Deputy Mayor Joan McGilton told the Times/News last week she assumes a national search will be conducted to find a replacement for City Manager Gary Long.
Long, who has served as Burien’s city manager since October 1998, announced…MORE
