The Rev. Rich Lang was handcuffed and arrested on June 9 as he protested against the city's policy of cleaning up homeless camps in local parks and greenbelts.
Lang, pastor at Trinity United Methodist Church, was one of 15 people taken briefly into custody when they blocked the intersection of Cherry Street and Fourth Avenue during the protest at city hall.
Many older Americans, especially those of the Baby Boom generation, desire to remain in their own homes rather than moving to one of the many retirement facilities in Seattle.
There are over 80 million baby boomers between the ages of 41 and 59 years old, but retirement homes may not be their only option.
Angie Creal, a for-profit retirement home executive, says the average rent for a room in their for-profit facilities, including two meals a day and weekly housekeeping, is about $3,000 a month.
One penny at a time, students at Adams Elementary School raised $1,200 for charities of their choice during a spring fundraising drive.
The children collected coins, filling up 30 bags for the Penny Harvest campaign.
The state has extended the Enhanced Driver License and Identification Card services to the Downtown Seattle Licensing Service Office.
The Department of Licensing began scheduling appointments last month.
It's been two months since the enhanced license program was introduced and over 9,500 enhanced license cards have been issued, and there are close to 22,000 appointments scheduled.
"We've been working hard to increase capacity in our existing offices and also expand services to licensing offices in regions where we're seeing the highest demand," said Liz Luce,
The Ballard Avenue Landmark District Board election is on Thursday, June 19, 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. The polling place is at Lagerquist & Morris, 5135 Ballard Ave. N.W. Absentee voting is currently open through June 19 at noon at the Ballard Neighborhood Service Center, 5604 22nd Ave. N.W.
Two seats on the seven-member board are currently up for election. Both open positions are two-year terms ending June 30, 2010.
There are three candidates for Position No.
Visiting Ugandan students inspired local schools with their recent 2008 Suubi tour of the Seattle area.
The tour consists of song and dance that is a reflection of the African culture.
Interest rates are not the only thing growing at one local bank, vegetables are too.
Maggie McKelvy, the branch manager at HomeStreet Bank, came up with the idea of turning landscaping into a garden when she found a link to a New York Time's article on the Sustainable Ballard website.
The article discussed "eating local" and what people can do to reduce the carbon footprint.
"The idea popped into my head to grow vegetables at work. I asked everyone because I needed a team effort.
Metro already has put six new articulated hybrids buses into service and the remaining new hybrid coaches are in the process of being serviced and will be deployed within the next few weeks.
Other hybrid buses already in the fleet will be reassigned so that the larger coaches are spread across Metro's system to help ease overcrowding on some of the busiest routes.
At least 40 weekday trips that are currently overcrowded and operating with standard 40-foot buses will be assigned larger coaches.
Errors were noted in the "Five file for state legislative posts" story in the June 11 issue.
Leslie Bloss is a female and not a male as the story says; a typographical error was in Rep.
The Coast Guard has become aware that some fishermen engage in the practice of working all day and, then in the evening, allowing their vessels to drift while the entire crew sleeps.
This practice is dangerous and is a violation of basic seamanship rules.
