Some Crown Hill residents are trying to convince the city to expand a proposed pedestrian zone to stop potential construction of auto-oriented businesses, which they said could destroy the community's chance of becoming a pedestrian friendly zone…MORE
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The search for viaduct funds extended to 2006
Wed, 03/08/06
During a pro-waterfront tunnel campaign event last week, Mayor Greg Nickels announced an amendment had been submitted to the Washington Legislature to extend the deadline for finding money to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a tunnel along…MORE
Tunnel money hole
Wed, 03/08/06
On Tuesday, March 2, the City of Seattle and State of Washington hosted an open house so visitors might come to understand the worth of replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a tunnel. In the Seattle aquarium, across from the viaduct, people…MORE
California to be repaved
Wed, 03/08/06
About a mile and a half of California Avenue is scheduled for repaving this summer, from the Admiral District to the Junction and major changes to lanes and crosswalks.
Before they start work, representatives of the Seattle Department of…MORE
Voters to decide school bond Tuesday
Wed, 03/08/06
Parents in the Highline School District could track their child's grades, homework assignments and attendance over the Internet if voters approve a proposed $148 million bond on Tuesday.
The bond needs a 60 percent supermajority yes vote…MORE
Store, apartments designed to fit neighborhood
Wed, 03/01/06
With the proposed Fauntleroy Place project planned for one of West Seattle's most prominent intersections, a member of the West Seattle Design Review Board wondered how come architects didn't design an attention-getting architectural feature that…MORE
Oboist and others badly needed
Wed, 03/01/06
The Highline Community Orchestra has scheduled its inaugural concert for March 28.
Music from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein, the “Russian Sailors Dance” by Gliere, the “Grand March”, from Verdi’s Aida, and well known popular songs…MORE
No stairway for Orchard Street Ravine
Wed, 03/01/06
The Seattle Board of Parks Commissioners voted to build two loop trails in Orchard Street Ravine but not a public stairway as some neighbors had requested.
The board told Seattle Parks and Recreation to work with other city departments to…MORE
Highline enrollment soars in English learner classes
Wed, 03/01/06
Highline Public Schools’ English Language Learners (ELL) enrollment soared from 602 students in 1991 to 2,789 in 2005, according to the district’s demographic consultant.
More than 200 new students have joined Highline’s program each year…MORE
