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Tonight: Delridge Council; Sealth playoff game; free class; more

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seattle, theater

Published Feb. 17, 2010 at 10:59 a.m.

DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOODS DISTRICT COUNCIL: Reps from community councils and organizations in eastern West Seattle gather monthly to talk about what’s new and what’s ahead, and you’re invited to join them. When they meet tonight at 7 in the theater at Youngstown Arts Center, the agenda also includes an update on Camp Long’s renovation project and [ ... ] ...

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Metro GM to address bus tunnel safety

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king county

Published Feb. 17, 2010 at 10:15 a.m.

Metro General Manager Kevin Desmond will meet with the King County Council today to discuss changes to security policy after the beating of a teenager in the bus tunnel ...

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Traffic alert: 2-car-rollover crash shuts southbound Viaduct/99

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downtown, seattle

Published Feb. 17, 2010 at 1:50 a.m.

ORIGINAL 10:50 PM REPORT: For anyone heading toward West Seattle soon from downtown or points north of there – the Alaskan Way Viaduct is shut down southbound because of a complicated crash that’s being sorted out – reportedly involving two cars, one of which is reported to be upside down on southbound 99 around Holgate, [ ... ] ...

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Fat Tuesday in West Seattle: Metropolitan Market’s paczki-palooza

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Published Feb. 16, 2010 at 11:41 p.m.

This is about as wild as it gets on Fat Tuesday in West Seattle – at least, before the sun goes down. For the second year in a row, Metropolitan Market (WSB sponsor) stores from around the area sent reps to the Admiral store for a celebration of paczki – filled-donut-type pastries that are Fat [ ... ] ...

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King Co. property tax bills to go up 1.18 percent

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Published Feb. 16, 2010 at 10:46 p.m.

People in King County will see a 1.18 percent increase in property taxes when they get their bills this month, Assessor Lloyd Hara said Tuesday ...

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Update on HB 2912 --- Bill passes but with no funds for Husky Stadium

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Published Feb. 16, 2010 at 8:37 p.m.

On a bus heading from one Olympic venue to another and I see that House Bill 2912 passed today but with the prohibition against using the money for Husky Stadium remaining ... This is the bill that would allow King County to divvy up some local tourism taxes as it sees fit and UW had hoped it could get in line to ask for money to help pay for a renovation of Husky Stadium ... Here's the AP report on the bill ... As the story notes, the bill now heads to the Senate, where it could be amended to

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Deion Branch posturing, Ruskell resurfacing?

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market, seattle, seattle seahawks

Published Feb. 16, 2010 at 7:46 p.m.

On the docket this morning, some posturing regarding the future of Deion Branch in Seattle and a potential landing spot for Tim Ruskell in Chicago. Those two facts are not related though Branch is one of the single most identifying personnel decisions Ruskell made in his five years as Seahawks general manager and president ... Branch's future is coming into question. He is signed for two more years in Seattle, and is scheduled to make $5.47 million next season according to the NFL Players

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Burger King to sell Seattle’s Best Coffee

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Published Feb. 16, 2010 at 4:04 p.m.

Seattle’s Best Coffee said it’s signed a deal with Burger King Corp. that will see its coffee on sale at 7,250 Burger King locations in the U.S. by September. (SBUX) ...

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Corps’ debris ship getting $500K worth of work

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puget sound

Published Feb. 16, 2010 at 2:21 p.m.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said that its ship that picks up debris in Puget Sound is getting $500,000 worth of repairs and refurbishing ...

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New West Seattle Junction business on the way: Knows Perfume

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business, seattle

Published Feb. 16, 2010 at 1:17 p.m.

Story and photos by Mary SheelyReporting for West Seattle BlogA guy walks into an empty storefront and gets asked about perfume.It sounds like a joke, but it’s actually what happens when Mike Ross stops to ask what new business is going in at 4536 California SW (map) in The Junction. “How do you feel about [ ... ] ...

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