September 2020

West Seattle & Vashon Water Taxis not in service Monday, Sept. 7

information from King County

The King County Water Taxi's West Seattle and Vashon Island routes will not be in service tomorrow, Monday, September 7, in observance of Labor Day. Both routes will return to full commuter service on Tuesday, September 8. For the water taxi's schedule, please visit the Water Taxi homepage.

In order to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, social distancing passenger limits remain in effect aboard the water taxi, limiting capacity on the Sally Fox and Doc Maynard to 86 passengers, and aboard the Spirt of Kingston to 33. Current ridership has been below these thresholds.

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Stabilization work continues on West Seattle Bridge; Epoxy injections will continue

Kraemer North America, our contractor for the stabilization work, is working Monday through Saturday from 6 AM to 4:30 PM to stabilize the bridge. The stabilization work, which includes carbon fiber wrapping weakened areas of the bridge, adding post-tensioning inside the girders, and epoxy injecting cracks wider than 0.3mm is expected to continue for the next several months.

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Enrollment still available for Seattle Public Schools
Available online, by phone or in-person

information from Seattle Public Schools

Enrollment in Seattle Public Schools is still available for the 2020-21 school year.

Enrollment is open to:

  • • New Seattle residents;
  • • Children who have turned five-years-old by Aug. 31, 2020, for kindergarten enrollment.

Enrollment can be completed online, by phone or in-person.

For online enrollment, visit the SPS website at www.seattleschools.org/admissions.

For phone enrollment, please call the number matching language preference:

  • • Amharic/Oromo: 206-445-3848
  • • Chinese: 206-475-1860
  • • English: 205-252-0760
  • • Somali: 206-471-2414
  • • Spanish: 206-471-2414
  • • Vietnamese: 206-427-9386

For in-person enrollment, please note:

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Open letter to Gov. Inslee points out the flaws in pandemic restaurant regulations

Dan Austin, owner of Peel and Press in the Morgan Junction and The Flight Path in Boulevard Park wrote an open letter to Governor Jay Inslee regarding what he sees as serious flaws in the regulations now in place due the COVID-19 pandemic. If you are a restaurant owner you can sign on to the letter by providing the owner and business name to Dan@peelandpressws.com

 

Dear Governor Inslee,

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Seawolf class nuclear attack submarine comes home to Bremerton

By Kevin Henry

A Seawolf class nuclear attack sub made its way through Puget Sound to its Bremerton base on Wednesday and could be seen from many spots on the west side.

Originally developed during the Cold War as a successor to the Los Angeles attack class, initially 29 Seawolfs were ordered at a cost of $3 billion each. Only one boat launched before the collapse of the USSR, and with the Soviet navy seemingly evaporating overnight, all but three of the submarines were cancelled.

The US Navy chose instead to build 66 Virginia-class multirole submarines at a cost of $2.8 billion each.

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