A six-story apartment complex along with a Whole Foods Market and a new Hancock Fabrics store are planned for construction at the key intersection of Alaska Street and Fauntleroy Way.
It's a "mixed-use" development of retail and…MORE
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District debt drives school-closure study
Wed, 02/15/06
Key findings from the Community Advisory Committee for Investing in Educational Excellence
Committee goals
After working together for eight months, a community advisory committee - comprising 14 civic and business leaders - released…MORE
Burien plants cherry tree
Wed, 02/15/06
On St. Valentine’s Day, Burien lawmakers and community residents planted a cherry tree at city hall.
The local ceremony one of many cherry tree-planting events conducted simultaneously on Feb. 14 in cities throughout Washington.
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School closures studied
Wed, 02/15/06
Seattle Public Schools will close and consolidate some schools by fall of next year to create a smaller, stronger district and plug a projected $25 million budget deficit, according to district officials.
Last year's outraged community…MORE
Transportation backlog 'overwhelming'
Wed, 02/15/06
King County Council members Julia Patterson, D-SeaTac, and Dow Constantine, D-West Seattle, said recently the county's list of transportation projects awaiting funding is "truly overwhelming."
Patterson and Constantine were among the…MORE
Lincoln Park sewer line fails
Wed, 02/15/06
A second sewer leak in three weeks at Lincoln Park convinced King County engineers to replace the sewer line along the popular park's shoreline and to lay a temporary above-ground bypass sewer pipe.
Work on the four-month project began…MORE
Eric Aasness is selected to head foundation for Highline schools
Wed, 02/15/06
Local businessman Eric Aasness has been elected to serve as the President of the Board for Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence.
Aasness, a senior loan officer for Washington Mutual Home Loans, heads a group of 14 volunteers…MORE
A life lived for making songbirds sing
Wed, 02/15/06
Bird lovers are mourning the death of Kevin Dean Li, a Ballard man who played a key role in the return of the Purple Martin to the Northwest.
Li passed away on January 30 after a scuba diving accident in the waters around Whidbey Island.…MORE
Oustimovitch nominated for Seattle Monorail Board
Wed, 02/15/06
The Seattle Monorail Board nominated a West Seattle man and a Ballard man to fill board vacancies.
Gatewood Hill resident Vlad Oustimovitch is a former member of the Seattle Monorail Review Panel, former president of the Southwest District…MORE
Burien gynecologist is sentenced for rapes
Wed, 02/15/06
Charles Momah is truly a man with two faces.
At first encounter, his patients saw a seemingly kind and caring obstetrician-gynecologist who later morphed into an abusive monster.
Momah operated clinics in Burien and Federal Way…MORE
