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
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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.
MORETyee student health clinic to get city funds
Tue, 12/20/05
SeaTac will help fund a student health clinic at Tyee High School.
City council members agreed in a 4-3 vote Dec.
MOREMonorail dumped here, too
Tue, 12/20/05
A strong majority of West Seattle voters agreed with their fellow Seattleites to derail the monorail in last month's general election but West Seattle was only slightly more restrained in its opposition than people in the rest of the city.
…MOREBurienites voice concerns on potential annexation
Tue, 12/20/05
Almost 50 concerned citizens addressed the Burien City Council during an emotionally-charged public hearing Dec. 12, with most of them speaking against designating North Highline as a Potential Annexation Area.
This was the final…MORE
Schools show and tell
Tue, 12/20/05
Seattle Public Schools wants to improve their market share and increase enrollment at their schools and part of the West Seattle effort was a yellow school bus tour of four schools which focused on each school's special academic goals and…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.
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
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
