The Seattle Public Library Board authorized the sale of two library properties in Ballard last week to private developers. The site of the former Ballard library was authorized for sale to Pryde Johnson Urban Development for $3.1 million.…MORE
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What locks beneath canal?
Tue, 11/29/05
In here it smells like Ivar's restaurant a few days after the power went out. The walls feel like wet broken glass. Your feet splash in cold, ankle deep water and they crunch and squish on a carpet of muscles, barnacles and anemones. When it's…MORE
SeaTac budget stalled over fire station debate
Tue, 11/29/05
Amid controversy over constructing a new headquarters fire station, SeaTac lawmakers postponed on Nov. 22 passage of the city's budget until their final scheduled meeting of the year.
The council's last regular 2005 meeting is set for Dec…MORE
Deep N. Highline divisions between Burien, Seattle
Tue, 11/29/05
If the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council was hoping for guidance from the public, it didn't get much at a Nov. 21 "listening session" at Evergreen High School.
Public testimony indicated that deep divisions remain among community…MORE
Burien budget approved
Tue, 11/29/05
Burien lawmakers approved Nov. 21 a 2006 city budget that will maintain and improve the current level of services and fund projects such as Town Square.
MOREPlayhouses are unique gift
Tue, 11/29/05
Students from two classes at the Sea-Tac Occupational Skills Center are working on a unique project for the young victims of the Gulf Coast hurricanes.
Construction Technology students are designing and building playhouses as gifts for…MORE
Plane crash is recalled, 50 years later
Wed, 11/23/05
Last week marked the 50th anniversary of a fiery military plane crash in the Boulevard Park neighborhood of North Highline. Twenty-seven people died in the crash.
Five years ago, kids playing in an abandoned lot found metal scraps. They…MORE
Without the monorail tax, Seattle as cheap as Burien
Wed, 11/23/05
Seattle voters' defeat of the monorail is affecting the public debate over how the North Highline area should govern itself in the future.
Without the monorail tax, the cost of being a resident of Seattle is comparable to the tax expense…MORE
Leary Avenue Developer adds parking
Wed, 11/23/05
Concerned business and property owners around Leary and Ballard Avenues Northwest may have won their battle with Teutsch Partners, a development firm who plans to build a 150-unit assisted living and retail development, the Ballard Landmark Inn,…MORE