Betty's final sale"Everybody was surprised. Everybody found out about it at the same time, when we sent out the mailer," said Downtowner Karen Lightfeldt, about Betty's Apparel.
A plan to open a bar and restaurant in what used to be a grocery store and deli at 218 Florentia St. has drawn vehement opposition from numerous nearby residents.
Hey everybody, I'm Christine Bull, the guest writer for the Houghton neighborhood column. I have lived in Houghton with my family all my life, and. I attend the International Community School.
Driving around Juanita these days I am reminded of a trip to the Midwest where friends informed us there are really only two seasons: Winter and Construction. One has only to round the corner and there seems to be yet another flagger and a small (hopefully) backup keeping cars from moving on.
As you know, I like to introduce some of our area residents to Kirkland readers. So please meet South Rose Hill resident and local businessman, Cliff Chatel.
Remember block parties? What a great way to meet your neighbors and enjoy a beautiful summer evening. Joan Johnson reports that the second annual N.E. 95th Street Block Party was even better than the first.
Magnolia residents and business owners will have the chance to see nine possible Magnolia Bridge replacements during a Dec. 5 open house at Catharine Blaine School. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) incorporated early community feedback to create the designs.
I read an article six weeks ago in the Washington Post about opium harvesting rates going through the roof in Afghanistan since the Taliban fell. Two weeks ago, as an Army journalist, I had my chance to ask Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld at a Pentagon Town Hall meeting what we're doing about it.
Clean and green were the bywords at an Alternatively Fueled Vehicle Fair in Discovery Park earlier this month. Among other attractions, the event featured electric cars and scooters, a van run on compressed natural gas (CNG), a Segway scooter and a Toyota electric-gas hybrid Prius used by Seattle Parks and Recreation.
I listed all the radio stations to which I had set the buttons on the car radio, and was somewhat amused to realize that four of them turned out to be "oldies" stations. Can I help it if I'm forever stuck in my teenage years during the '60s?
Seattle Schools Superintendent Joseph Olchefske insists that he can work with the school district to solve its budget crisis and avoid ending up in the same dilemma again.
When choreographers Peggy Piacenza and Tonya Lockyer embarked on new works over a year ago, neither knowing they would eventually share a stage and a vision, they unwittingly began a journey more meaningful than either imagined.
I swooned yesterday. Have you ever tried swooning? If not, I'd highly recommend it as an attention-getter. Just be careful about your surroundings at the time.
City councilmembers, citizen groups and King County officials have given the go-ahead to a Kirkland Parks Department subcommittee to continue developing a feasibility study. It will explore the option of cultivating a portion of the Houghton landfill for use as an off-leash dog park for Kirkland's four-legged, canine residents
Concerned parents and Magnolia community members are asking themselves what approach they should try next to slow down the traffic at the corner of West Raye Street and 32nd Avenue West.
Downtown Kirkland - where condos sometimes sell for $1 million a pop - is about the last place most people would look for affordable housing on the Eastside. It's there, though.
Despite some of the benefits that might be gained from having light rail on Capitol Hill (potentially within walking distance of my home) I feel at this point it is not the best transportation option for our community. This is why:
There's good news and bad news about the city's budget for next year. The good news, according to city officials, is that the projected deficit has shrunk substantially from a $2.8 million shortfall this year to an estimated $1 million to $1.2 million for 2004.
