Media mention West Seattle
3 hours ago
STARTING FRIDAY NIGHT: Northbound I-5 ramp, lane closures
STARTING FRIDAY NIGHT: Northbound I-5 ramp, l...
STARTING FRIDAY NIGHT: Northbound I-5 ramp, lane closures
(Click here for full-size PDF version) WSDOT wants to make sure you know about the big I-5 work this weekend, shown on the map above. This alert is specifically for people in our area: Our "Revive I-5" project begins at 8 p.m.
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Media mention West Seattle
3 hours ago
7 MORE DAYS: Final week of registration for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day
STARTING FRIDAY NIGHT: Northbound I-5 ramp, l...
7 MORE DAYS: Final week of registration for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day
Just a friendly fast reminder that West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day is Saturday, May 12th, and after two weeks of registration, we have one more week for you to sign up - the deadline is next Thursday night (April 26th).
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Media mention West Seattle
3 hours ago
EARTH DAY: Potluck celebration at Dragonfly Park on Sunday
STARTING FRIDAY NIGHT: Northbound I-5 ramp, l...
EARTH DAY: Potluck celebration at Dragonfly Park on Sunday
(May 2013 aerial of Dragonfly Garden/Pavilion, by Long Bach Nguyen) We've been spotlighting some Earth Day-related events (with more to come!) and here's a heads-up for Sunday: You're invited to join Friends of Dragonfly Park and Gardens for a potluck brunch in the park on Sunday, 11 am-2 pm.
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Crime report 3900 block of S.W. Alaska St.
4 hours ago
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Vehicle theft: Automobile
3900 block of S.W. Alaska St. Comment
Fire department 911 dispatch 4550 Fauntleroy Way Sw
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Unknown odor
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Ladder 11 dispatched
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Media mention West Seattle
5 hours ago
SEEN OFF WEST SEATTLE: 1st cruise ship of the year
SEEN OFF WEST SEATTLE: 1st cruise ship of the...
SEEN OFF WEST SEATTLE: 1st cruise ship of the year
8:17 PM: Thanks to Carolyn Newman for the photo of the Norwegian Sun, maneuvering before sailing away tonight for a two-and-a-half week cruise to Florida (after a stop in Victoria), first cruise ship to visit Seattle this year. We previewed the upcoming season on Wednesday.
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Media mention West Seattle
10 hours ago
‘Why are we taxing jobs?’ West Seattle business owners challenge Councilmembers González and Herbold on ‘head tax’ plan
‘Why are we taxing jobs?’ West Se...
'Why are we taxing jobs?' West Seattle business owners challenge Councilmembers González and Herbold on 'head tax' plan
By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor Though the details of a city "head tax" proposal haven't been finalized yet, city councilmembers are trying to make the case for it, and that's why two of them talked with West Seattle Chamber of Commerce members this morning.
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Media mention West Seattle
13 hours ago
WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH & MORE: Stolen red F-250 with trailer; car prowls; arrest followup
WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH & MORE: Stolen ...
WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH & MORE: Stolen red F-250 with trailer; car prowls; arrest followup
Six notes this afternoon: POLICE IN JEFFERSON SQUARE AREA: This isn't a crime situation but we're mentioning it since some are asking - they're dealing with a person in crisis in an apartment. STOLEN PICKUP: From Kalene: Our '97 red Ford F-250 with black axle dump trailer attached (filled with pavers) was stolen at 5:35 am (driving away ...
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Media mention West Seattle
14 hours ago
READER REPORT: Herbicide application at Alki
UPDATE: About that police motorcade in West S...
READER REPORT: Herbicide application at Alki
Judy thought you might want to know, if you are heading to Alki any time soon, that the sign above was up for a while this morning after Seattle Parks sprayed herbicides in the 2800 block: This morning the parks department sprayed roundup and another chemical on the new landscaping by the obelisk.
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Media mention West Seattle
14 hours ago
About that police motorcade in West Seattle
UPDATE: About that police motorcade in West S...
UPDATE: About that police motorcade in West Seattle - Japan's prime minister stops at Salty's
12:00 PM: Thanks for the tips about the Seattle Police motorcade that headed westbound over the West Seattle Bridge a little while ago. They're now at Salty's on Alki (WSB sponsor) and we are told that they're escorting Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who just yesterday was on the East Coast meeting with President Trump.
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Media mention West Seattle
15 hours ago
BIZNOTE: Thunder Road Guitars closed this Saturday
BIZNOTE: Thunder Road Guitars closed this Sat...
BIZNOTE: Thunder Road Guitars closed this Saturday
A post shared by Thunder Road Guitars (@thunderroadguitars) on Apr 18, 2018 at 4:55pm PDT Though physically headquartered in The Junction, Thunder Road Guitars (4736 California SW; WSB sponsor) has a lively online presence, including Instagram photos like the one above that guitar lovers go wild for.
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Media mention West Seattle
15 hours ago
West Seattle Thursday: EC Hughes playground overhaul; WS Neighborhood Greenway; Design Review x 2; Alki CC; more!
READER REPORT: Herbicide application at Alki...
West Seattle Thursday: EC Hughes playground overhaul; WS Neighborhood Greenway; Design Review x 2; Alki CC; more!
(Thinking summer yet? Photo by Jim Edwards @ Colman Pool, where pump work is under way to prepare for May 26th season start) Highlights of what's happening for the rest of your Thursday: ART FOR PRESCHOOLERS: 11:30 am at Delridge Library, for 2- to 5-year-olds and their parents/caregivers.
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Media mention West Seattle
17 hours ago
Why students from Edmonds visited West Seattle’s Schmitz Preserve Park
Why students from Edmonds visited West Seattl...
Why students from Edmonds visited West Seattle's Schmitz Preserve Park
(WSB photos by Leda Costa) It's a special spot in West Seattle, unlike any place in the entire city ... Schmitz Preserve Park, a 53-acre forested oasis with old-growth trees, streams, and more. So special that it draws visitors from many miles around ...
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Media mention West Seattle
20 hours ago
TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Thursday watch
TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Thursday watch...
TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Thursday watch
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the 'low bridge' closed? LOOK HERE) 7:01 AM: Good morning! No incidents or transit advisories for West Seattle and vicinity so far. 7:07 AM: Crash on the eastbound bridge at the Admiral entrance, blocking the bus lane according to a texter.
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Media mention West Seattle
25 hours ago
Crime trends & more @ West Seattle Crime Prevention Council
Families, Education, Preschool, Promise Levy:...
Crime trends & more @ West Seattle Crime Prevention Council
Toplines from Tuesday night's West Seattle Crime Prevention Council meeting at the Southwest Precinct: CRIME TRENDS: Precinct commander Capt. Pierre Davis presented the report. As always, property crimes are the main problem in our area. Car prowls are ticking upward but a bigger spike is in burglaries; as noted in a recent precinct bulletin, ...
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Media mention West Seattle
27 hours ago
Since you asked about the helicopter …
Since you asked about the helicopter …...
Since you asked about the helicopter ...
We don't know what exactly Guardian One was doing flying a long track back and forth - north to south and back again - over the peninsula for a while this past hour, with a couple smaller circles in different spots, but the scanner's been absolutely quiet in the area, so, given that and the fact the focus wasn't on any one spot, we're fairly ...
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2 Emergency Reports
28 hours ago
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Aid response
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Media mention West Seattle
29 hours ago
CONGRATULATIONS! Duwamish Rowing Club youth compete in Oregon regatta
CONGRATULATIONS! Duwamish Rowing Club youth c...
CONGRATULATIONS! Duwamish Rowing Club youth compete in Oregon regatta
Thanks to Sarah Blum for the update and photos from a recent competition involving youth from our areas one-of-a-kind Duwamish Rowing Club: The youth of the Duwamish Rowing Club competed for the first time at the Covered Bridge Regatta on Dexter Lake, 15 miles southeast of Eugene, OR, and came home winners.
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Media mention West Seattle
29 hours ago
WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Yet another older Subaru Outback stolen; plus, red Nissan Pulsar taken
CONGRATULATIONS! Duwamish Rowing Club youth c...
WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Yet another older Subaru Outback stolen; plus, red Nissan Pulsar taken
FIRST REPORT, 5:42 PM: The two older Subaru Outbacks stolen since last night and reported here have both been found - but now there's word of ANOTHER being taken. We just talked with Alice, who says her white 1996 Outback was taken from her parking space behind an apartment building in the 4000 block of California SW this afternoon.
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Media mention West Seattle
34 hours ago
Families, Education, Preschool, Promise Levy: What the mayor is asking you to pay for
Families, Education, Preschool, Promise Levy:...
Families, Education, Preschool, Promise Levy: What the mayor is asking you to pay for
(WSB photo: November 2017, South Seattle College) When Mayor Jenny Durkan came to South Seattle College (WSB sponsor) on her second day in office last November, she signed an executive order to expand the free-college program that's brought hundreds of students to SSC in recent years, but it wasn't clear at the time where the money would come ...
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Media mention West Seattle
37 hours ago
POWER PROJECT: Seattle City Light to start South Arbor Heights/Arroyos work soon; informational ‘open house’ next week
POWER PROJECT: Seattle City Light to start So...
POWER PROJECT: Seattle City Light to start South Arbor Heights/Arroyos work soon; informational 'open house' next week
Seattle City Light says it's starting work soon on its project to replace underground cables for "enhanced electrical reliability and efficiency" in South Arbor Heights and The Arroyos, so if you have questions about the project, a drop-in open house has been announced for one week from today: 5:30-7 pm at Southwest Library (9010 35th SW).
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Media mention West Seattle
38 hours ago
West Seattle Wednesday: Dine out & help preschoolers; Morgan, Delridge, Roxhill community meetings; WordsWest; more!
WHAT YOU’LL SEE AT SEA: This year’...
West Seattle Wednesday: Dine out & help preschoolers; Morgan, Delridge, Roxhill community meetings; WordsWest; more!
(Another view of dunlin, from Mark Wangerin - see his photo of them in flight here) Big day/night ahead! From the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar: MOD PIZZA FUNDRAISER FOR ALKI CO-OP PRESCHOOL: Through 10 pm tonight, dine at MOD Pizza in The Whittaker (WSB sponsor) and part of the proceeds go to Alki Co-op Preschool, if you show the flyer ...
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Media mention West Seattle
38 hours ago
WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: 2 more stolen Subarus; plus, WSB reader finds ‘Oscar’
WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: 2 more stolen Subar...
WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: 2 more stolen Subarus; plus, WSB reader finds 'Oscar'
Three auto-theft-related reports in West Seattle Crime Watch this afternoon - starting with two more stolen vehicles to look for: STOLEN IN ALKI AREA: Someone took Paul's white 1999 Subaru Legacy Outback from the 2000 block of Alki Avenue SW between 11 pm last night and 8 am today. Plates: ATV0897.
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Media mention West Seattle
38 hours ago
WHAT YOU’LL SEE AT SEA: This year’s Seattle cruise season starts with arrival tomorrow
WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: 2 more stolen Subar...
WHAT YOU'LL SEE AT SEA: This year's Seattle cruise season starts with arrival tomorrow
From our "what you saw/will see at sea" file - tomorrow you'll see the first cruise ship of the season in Elliott Bay, on its way to (and from) Pier 66 on the downtown waterfront.
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Media mention West Seattle
40 hours ago
Explorer West Middle School students present water-saving proposals to Seattle Parks
Explorer West Middle School students present ...
Explorer West Middle School students present water-saving proposals to Seattle Parks
As Earth Day approaches, the spotlight on environmental consciousness brightens, and today we have a report on how students at Explorer West Middle School (WSB sponsor) are working with Seattle Parks to make a difference by saving water - and money. The report and photo are from the school: The Seattle Parks and Recreation Department is making an ...
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Media mention West Seattle
43 hours ago
TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Wednesday watch
TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Wednesday watch...
TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Wednesday watch
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the 'low bridge' closed? LOOK HERE) 6:58 AM: Good morning! No traffic incidents reported in/from West Seattle so far this morning. One transit note: The 6:41 am Route 55 bus did not operate, according to Metro. That's the second day in a row that the 55 missed a run.
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Media mention West Seattle
2 days ago
WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Helicopter search for auto-theft suspects
WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Helicopter search f...
WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Helicopter search for auto-theft suspects
If you hear the Guardian One helicopter in southeast West Seattle, near Westcrest Park - it's being called in to help with what scanner traffic indicates is a search for two people described as auto-theft suspects. There's a ground search with K-9, too.
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2 Emergency Reports
2 days ago
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Aid response
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Ladder 11 dispatched
4600 37th Av Sw Comment
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Engine 32, and Medic Unit 1 dispatched
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Media mention West Seattle
2 days ago
Here’s your first look at 5 early ‘alternatives’ for West Seattle light rail, as unveiled at Stakeholder Advisory Group meeting
Here’s your first look at 5 early ̵...
Here's your first look at 5 early 'alternatives' for West Seattle light rail, as unveiled at Stakeholder Advisory Group meeting
By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor Here's where the rubber meets the road - or the trains meet the rail - as the accelerated process of getting to a "preferred alternative" for Sound Transit's West Seattle/Ballard light-rail extensions moves forward.
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Media mention West Seattle
2 days ago
You’re never too young to start volunteering! WestSide Baby recruiting for new Youth Board
West Seattle scene: Expanded Ready-to-Work pr...
You're never too young to start volunteering! WestSide Baby recruiting for new Youth Board
It's National Volunteer Week - and WestSide Baby has an announcement reinforcing that it's never too soon to start volunteering: WestSide Baby's mission is to provide essential items to local children in need by collecting and distributing essentials such as diapers, clothing, equipment and more. Current youth leadership is looking for founding ...
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Media mention West Seattle
2 days ago
West Seattle scene: Expanded Ready-to-Work program gets visit from city councilmember who championed it
Here’s your first look at 5 early ̵...
West Seattle scene: Expanded Ready-to-Work program gets visit from city councilmember who championed it
(WSB photos) The city-supported Ready-to-Work program has just expanded into West Seattle, and the city councilmember who pushed for it, District 1's Lisa Herbold, visited its local classrooms on Monday. RTW is a program overseen by the city's Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, which explains that it
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Media mention West Seattle
2 days ago
From the ‘in case you wondered too’ file: Newest estimate of when West Seattle Whole Foods Market will open
From the ‘in case you wondered too̵...
From the 'in case you wondered too' file: Newest estimate of when West Seattle Whole Foods Market will open
The WSB inbox has been full of update requests lately, regarding various projects (thank you!), and we're working on a bunch. First the most-asked question of the week: When is the West Seattle Whole Foods Market opening? First the backstory: You'll recall that a year ago, Whole Foods was shelving its plans for The Whittaker (WSB sponsor), ...
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Media mention West Seattle
2 days ago
Questions about Arbor Heights sidewalk project, including 35th SW closure? Community meeting next week
Questions about Arbor Heights sidewalk projec...
Questions about Arbor Heights sidewalk project, including 35th SW closure? Community meeting next week
The map is from SDOT's Ching Chan, who has been out going door to door and also e-mailed us to be sure everyone knows about a community meeting one week from tonight for the Arbor Heights sidewalk (and more) project along 35th SW between SW 100th and SW 106th.
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Media mention 3622 SW Snoqualmie St Seattle
2 days ago
West Seattle Democratic Women April Meeting
3622 SW Snoqualmie St Seattle, WA
West Seattle Democratic Women April Meeting
Please join us for a very special program at our April meeting! It's a real honor to host the 34th's own Senator (and Senate Majority Leader) Sharon Nelson as well as Representative Joe Fitzgibbon, who will be sharing their State of the State overview and end-of-session wrap up, and, of course, giving us a choice behind-the-scenes perspective of the goings-on down in Olympia!
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Media mention West Seattle
2 days ago
Highlights for your West Seattle Tuesday
West Seattle restaurants: Zaw Pizza says good...
Highlights for your West Seattle Tuesday
(High Point Pond Park, photographed by Flickr member alextutu1821) Tuesday highlights from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar: ROTARY CLUB OF WEST SEATTLE: Guests always welcome at the noon lunch meeting at the Masonic Center - check here for speaker/presentation info. (4736 40th SW) LIGHT RAIL STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP: 5-8 pm, it's ...
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Media mention West Seattle
2 days ago
West Seattle restaurants: Zaw Pizza says goodbye
West Seattle restaurants: Zaw Pizza says good...
West Seattle restaurants: Zaw Pizza says goodbye
Thanks to Andrea for the tip about a sign on the door at Zaw Pizza announcing its closure - we went over to check, and that indeed is what we found, as you can see above. The take-and-bake pizza shop opened its West Seattle location in the 35th/Fauntleroy strip mall in October 2013.
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Media mention West Seattle
2 days ago
Nine days until registration deadline for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2018
Nine days until registration deadline for Wes...
Nine days until registration deadline for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2018
Another of our quick reminders: We're now in the second half of the registration period for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2018, and the clock's ticking. The deadline is April 26th, one week from Thursday, so if you're planning a sale and haven't signed up yet, go here now to get it done.
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Media mention West Seattle
2 days ago
TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Tuesday watch
TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Tuesday watch...
TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Tuesday watch
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the 'low bridge' closed? LOOK HERE) 6:58 AM: Good morning! So far - no incidents in/from West Seattle; no transit alerts. 7:47 AM: After-the-fact alert from Metro: "Route 55 to downtown Seattle due to leave SW Atlantic St & 44 Av SW at 7:40 AM did not operate this morning."
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Crime report 4400 block of Fauntleroy Wy. S.W.
3 days ago
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Theft: Car prowl
4400 block of Fauntleroy Wy. S.W. Comment
2 Emergency Reports
3 days ago
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Aid response
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Engine 32 dispatched
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Engine 32, and Medic Unit 32 dispatched
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Media mention West Seattle
3 days ago
SPORTS: West Seattle High School athletes’ success at nation’s biggest single-day track meet
‘In West Seattle, most of the comments ...
SPORTS: West Seattle High School athletes' success at nation's biggest single-day track meet
Thanks to West Seattle High School track and field head coach Will Harrison for the report: For West Seattle track athletes, it was another successful trip to Edgar Brown Memorial Stadium in Pasco for the nation's largest single-day high-school track meet: the Pasco Invitational. Over 1,500 athletes from over 100 schools were represented this ...
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Media mention West Seattle
3 days ago
35th/Holden crash, after police pullover attempt
‘In West Seattle, most of the comments ...
35th/Holden crash, after police pullover attempt
Thanks to Bruce for the tip about that crash at 35th SW/SW Holden. Police tell us they were trying to pull over the driver of the white car, but the driver wouldn't stop - until hitting the parked car.
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Media mention West Seattle
3 days ago
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES: Fauntleroy Community Association recaps Food Fest, previews festival fundraiser, more
‘In West Seattle, most of the comments ...
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES: Fauntleroy Community Association recaps Food Fest, previews festival fundraiser, more
Toplines from this past week's monthly meeting of the Fauntleroy Community Association board: (WSB photo from March 20th Fauntleroy Food Fest - Washington State Ferries table) FOOD FEST WENT WELL: The annual membership meeting on March 20th at The Hall at Fauntleroy, the Food Fest, was a big success - big turnout and many membership renewals ...
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Media mention West Seattle
3 days ago
‘In West Seattle, most of the comments suggested a tunnel …’ Sound Transit releases ‘early scoping’ report for light rail
‘In West Seattle, most of the comments ...
'In West Seattle, most of the comments suggested a tunnel ...' Sound Transit releases 'early scoping' report for light rail
Three Sound Transit light-rail-planning updates this afternoon: FULL 'EARLY SCOPING' REPORT RELEASED: Want to see Sound Transit 's full summary of comments from the "early scoping" period for the West Seattle and Ballard extensions? There is it above, and here (PDF), all 226 pages of it.
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Media mention West Seattle
3 days ago
FOLLOWUP: SDOT says Beach Drive repaving will resume
FOLLOWUP: SDOT says Beach Drive repaving will...
FOLLOWUP: SDOT says Beach Drive repaving will resume
We have finally heard back from SDOT about the incomplete repaving project on Beach Drive. A little over two weeks ago, we reported on the notices promising that work April 2nd-6th would include not just the repair of the bumpiest patch at Beach/Carroll, but also resurfacing between Andover and Douglas.
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