1 hr ago | Seattle
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Seattle's central waterfront is getting a huge, decade-long face-lift: a new tunnel for State Route 99, a new ferry dock, a new seawall, pedestrian promenades, maybe even a mist machine to remind summer visitors that they're in Seattle.
3 hrs ago | Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph
Gay Rights and Gun Rights Linked in Seattle Posters, Causing Control Freaks' Heads To Explode
Across Seattle, reports alt-weekly The Stranger , posters are appearing linking gay rights and gun rights in ways that are just freaking out the usual control-freaky suspects.
4 hrs ago | Crosscut.com
When it comes to mayors, Seattle loves newcomers
Of the 52 mayors who've run our fair city in the last 144 years, how many do you think were Seattle natives? Precisely one.
5 hrs ago | West Seattle Blog
Parking changes, widened bike lane for part of Admiral Way hill
The Admiral Way hill north of the West Seattle Bridge is in for more changes, according to an announcement just in from SDOT .
5 hrs ago | Seattle Weekly
Free Burgers at Li'l Woody's, Bite Fremont Continues
Don't worry if yours isn't one of the lucky 150 mouths to bite into a free slider at Skillet tomorrow.
9 hrs ago | The Stranger
As usual, SIFF's opening-night gala was way too heavy on preshow speechifying, leaving hundreds of excited Joss Whedon fans bored and dejected for a full hour before their movie god took the stage.
13 hrs ago | Grub Street
Seattle Butcher Claims Pigs Fed With Marijuana Make the Very Best Prosciutto
A butcher operating out of Pike Place Market in Seattle has been feeding pigs all of those "useless" stems, root bulbs, and "over sized" marijuana leaves produced as by-product at the local medical dispensary.
14 hrs ago | West Seattle Blog
Alki Point Lighthouse celebrating centennial as tours resume June...
Every year, you get just a few chances for a close-up look at one of West Seattle's true gems - the Alki Point Lighthouse .
18 hrs ago | West Seattle Blog
West Seattle Crime Watch: Then, now, and tomorrow
First - before two reader reports - here's something that likely would have topped West Seattle Crime Watch 52 years ago: Anne Higuera from longtime WSB sponsor Ventana Construction was working on a project in Ballard when that West Seattle story from a 1961 edition of the Seattle P-I, stuffed in the walls, caught her eye.
Welcome new Advertiser Suite Arrangements to Downtown Burien
The B-Town Blog is pleased to welcome a new business to downtown Burien and a new Advertiser to our site - Suite Arrangements is a well-known consignor of fine furnishings in West Seattle.
Alki Masons honor West Seattle's talented juniors
In a tradition reaching back 35 years, the Alki Masonic Lodge held their Annual School Awards on May 20 to honor the hard work, both in the classroom and the community, of eight juniors each from Chief Sealth and West Seattle High School.
DUI driver arrested after colliding with SPD vehicle in Phinney Ridge
In the early hours of Sunday morning a hit and run driver collided with an SPD officer's vehicle on patrol on 3rd Ave NW in Phinney Ridge.
Capitol Hill's Simply Measured named Seattle's top start-up
Capitol Hill is home to Seattle's start-up of the year. Belmont Ave's Simply Measured took home the title last week at the 2013 GeekWire Awards .
Four Seasons' ART reflects shift in Seattle's restaurant scene
Kerry Sear is executive chef and director of food and beverage at ART in Four Seasons Hotel Seattle, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year.
West Seattle Elementary Family Health and Fitness event is May 21
A FREE Family Health & Fitness Night hosted by The Hope Heart Institute and Molina Healthcare is happening at West Seattle Elementary School on May 21 from 5:30pm-8:00pm. The school is located at 6760 34th Ave SW.
Annual Meeting of Queen Anne Historical Society focuses on Kinnear Park conservation
This Thursday, May 23rd, the Queen Anne Historical Society will be hosting its annual meeting at the Seattle Church of Christ at 7pm.
Followup: Where West Seattle's low-flow hydrants are
Following up on the Seattle Public Utilities announcement published here last night regarding work starting today to place reflective red rings on the city's 70 remaining low-flow hydrants, so firefighters can make fast decisions when arriving at fire scenes - we now have the map and list of locations from SPU.
Two Seattle School Board Seats Up For Grabs In Primary
In Director District 5, which includes Capitol Hill, the Central Area, Beacon Hill and downtown, Kay Smith-Blum is stepping down from her board seat after one term.
Chuck Star Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez Set to Lead First Date on Broadway; Opens August 8
Tony Award-winning producer Junkyard Dog Productions has just announced that leading man Zachary Levi, star of TV's "Chuck," Disney's feature film Tangled and the upcoming Thor: The Dark World, will make his Broadway debut starring opposite Broadway and television ingnue Krysta Rodriguez in First Date , Broadway's new romantic musical comedy.
Alkaline Trio set out behind "My Shame Is True"
Punk-rockers Alkaline Trio have begun an extensive spring and summer outing in support of their just-released eighth studio effort, "My Shame Is True." Thetrio continues the in-progress run Tuesday in New York City, and treks across the nation for three weeks.