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.
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Playhouses 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
Burien gynecologist guilty on four charges
Wed, 11/23/05
An obstetrician and gynecologist who practiced at clinics in Burien and Federal Way until 2003 now faces up to 23 years in prison for sexually abusing four of his patients.
Dr. Charles Momah, 49, was convicted Nov. 16 by a jury in King…MORE
City scampering to fill the gap of the monorail
Wed, 11/23/05
With monorail off Seattle's list of potential modes of mass transit, the remaining contenders to serve the western side of the city are streetcars, buses, and light rail.
Sponsored by the Sierra Club at the REI store downtown, the transit…MORE
Weddings in White Center
Wed, 11/23/05
Atop a hill on a scenic stretch of road in White Center sits a very purple and very different kind of wedding chapel.
For more than 40 years, locals and people from all over the world have come to AA Vagabond’s Enchanted Chapel to get…MORE
Admiral totem to be replaced
Wed, 11/23/05
Instead of repairing the weather-worn totem pole at the Admiral Viewpoint, it will be replaced next spring with a new "story pole" featuring a localized design.
The existing totem pole is a 39-year-old replica of a totem pole from Canada.…MORE
City to study transit here
Tue, 11/15/05
Following last week's demise of the monorail, Mayor Greg Nickels ordered the Seattle Department of Transportation to conduct a transit study for West Seattle, Ballard and the rest of the western half of the city.
The study will compare…MORE