Peace activists met at Ballard's Trinity United Methodist Church on Monday, March 20, to read aloud grim, often-contradictory descriptions of the war with Iraq. The meeting was one of 42 held in cities around the world to coincide with the third…MORE
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School crime discussed
Tue, 03/28/06
The recent spate of teen-on-teen robberies was a major topic at last week's meeting of the West Seattle Community Safety Partnership at the Southwest Police Precinct.
A group of approximately 20 parents and community members expressed…MORE
School group eyes time limits
Tue, 03/28/06
The 15-member Community Advisory Committee began the complex task of recommending which K-8, alternative and elementary schools to close, consolidate or relocate at their first meeting last week.
Some members feared their May 26 deadline…MORE
Liberty may get new base, casting
Tue, 03/28/06
Alki's miniature Statue of Liberty - weather-worn, cracked and vandalized - might soon be recast and re-enshrined with commemorative pavers and a new plaza at Alki Beach.
Northwest Programs for the Arts, which stages the Seattle Music…MORE
A. Brian Davenport brings us world-class symphony music
Tue, 03/21/06
A. Brian Davenport, musical director and conductor of the Federal Way Symphony, has a day job. And what he produces there is as refined, delightful and richly textured as the sounds he extracts from his company of musicians.
When he's not…MORE
Nickels clings firmly to tunnel
Tue, 03/21/06
Mayor Greg Nickels thinks a tunnel could be built faster than a viaduct along the downtown waterfront because legal entanglements would trip-up plans for a new elevated structure.
The mayor thinks there ought to be a public vote on the…MORE
Pacific Ballroom Dance captures fifth place in national competition
Tue, 03/21/06
Pacific Ballroom Dance is now ranked among the top youth formation teams in the nation after placing fifth at the United States National Youth Standard Formation Dance Championship March 10 and 11.
The 2006 National Amateur Dancesport…MORE
Vicious attack after hit-and-run leaves man injured
Tue, 03/21/06
After the events of March 7th, Sean Kiteley, 28, of Federal Way, will probably think twice before he attempts to catch a criminal again, at least until he succeeds in his dream of become a King County Sheriff Deputy.
At around 9 A.M. that…MORE
Memorial Flagpole Installed for Adamson
Tue, 03/21/06
On June 7, 2005, Charlie H. Adamson Jr. died of cancer despite all the efforts, and medical expertise available. Virginia Mason Clinic provided loving care for him and his wife, Jane. Both Korea veterans, they married in Japan and had nearly 50…MORE