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13 hrs ago | Ballard News-Tribune

Freemont-Ballard line not priority run

On Sept. 30, the Seattle City Council Transportation Committee gave two of the four streetcar lines proposed by the Seattle Department of Transportation last spring priority status.

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Related Topix: Fremont (Seattle, WA), University District (Seattle, WA), First Hill (Seattle, WA), Seattle, WA

Yesterday | Officer.com

Seattle Officer Injured in Cruiser Crash

A Seattle police officer was injured when his patrol car struck a utility pole in Ballard early Monday morning, police said.

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Sat Oct 04, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Archie McPhee knows where it's going

A couple weeks ago Seattle novelty shop Archie McPhee announced its lease was up and it was leaving Ballard.

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Related Topix: Seattle, WA, Fremont (Seattle, WA), Wallingford (Seattle, WA)

Thu Oct 02, 2008

Orlando Sentinel

Seattle soul on a shoestring

The Space Needle towers over the Experience Music Project, a museum on the grounds of the Seattle Center.

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Related Topix: Pioneer Square (Seattle, WA), International District (Seattle, WA), Belltown (Seattle, WA), Wallingford (Seattle, WA), Seattle Center(Seattle, WA), Travel

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Art to Go: Top of the list Seattle galleries

Higgins continues the ambiguity found in his previous series of work, but now hones in on the inherent mystery of certain NASA images, further pushing the nature of perceived truth as he meticulously ...

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Related Topix: Pioneer Square (Seattle, WA), Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA), Seattle, WA, Science / Technology, NASA, Space

Wed Oct 01, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Bullets shouldn't come with the territory in South Seattle

WHEN Rachel Risley found a house she and her husband could afford close to downtown Seattle, she felt blessed.

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Related Topix: Rainier Valley (Seattle, WA), West Seattle (Seattle, WA), Fremont (Seattle, WA), Seattle, WA

Tue Sep 30, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Sentenced to 1,030 years, rapist goes on trial here, too

At 38, Mark Wayne Rathbun is many things. A man with a bright future isn't one of them.

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Related Topix: Seattle, WA, Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA)

Mon Sep 29, 2008

Seattle's LiveJournal Community

What should we do?

ARRRRRGH! "PIKE Place" -- it's PIKE Place! Because it's at the end of PIKE, get it? If you've done all the touristy things, you should get on a ferry and explore what's outside Seattle.

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Related Topix: Seattle, WA, Downtown (Seattle, WA), West Seattle (Seattle, WA), Fremont (Seattle, WA), US Travel, Seattle Travel, Travel

Sat Sep 27, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Every Lady Needs a Good Handbag

Downtown Seattle's only handbag boutique, Clutch , is having a warehouse sale on Saturday, October 4th, from 10am to 6pm at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Ballard .

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Related Topix: Downtown (Seattle, WA), Seattle, WA

Thu Sep 25, 2008

Seattle's LiveJournal Community

What is the deal with all the Blink stickers in Seattle?

I've seen them all over downtown, Ballard, West Seattle, Magnolia, Seattle Center, Queen Anne, Capitol Hill... EDIT: This has nothing to do with America's collective Sarahcudaphobia and her stupid blinky eye ...

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Related Topix: Seattle, WA, West Seattle (Seattle, WA), Magnolia (Seattle, WA), Seattle Center(Seattle, WA), Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA)

Wed Sep 24, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Under the Needle: Food Network fame crowds regulars at Voula's

First off, Chris Berg wants it known that he does not begrudge anyone's financial success, their popularity, their quasicelebrity status.

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Related Topix: Seattle, WA, Fremont (Seattle, WA)

Mon Sep 22, 2008

West Seattle Herald

Matador sued over its decor

While Matador has become a staple of the modern West Seattle Junction, the restaurant is currently involved in a lawsuit that could prevent them from using the rustic decor and Tex-Mex recipes that have made it ...

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Related Topix: Seattle Metro, Seattle, WA, Fremont (Seattle, WA), West Seattle (Seattle, WA)

Sun Sep 21, 2008

NWCN.com

Transit upgrades for Seattle-area commuters

Commuters are welcoming the news that in many cities across Puget Sound area, they'll be standing around less and riding more.

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Related Topix: Seattle, WA, Madison Park (Seattle, WA), Belltown (Seattle, WA), Wallingford (Seattle, WA), First Hill (Seattle, WA)

Sat Sep 20, 2008

MSNBC

The Nooz: Calling all cars, duck on the loose

' It's all ducks to the rescue - ' the Great Mid-Columbia Duck is on the loose. The inflatable fowl was stolen from the Joe's Sporting Goods store in Kennewick last week.

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Related Topix: Kennewick, WA, Richland Metro, Seattle, WA, Queen Anne (Seattle, WA)

Thu Sep 18, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

At large in Ballard: Yes - Park(ing) on Friday

Editor's note: This is a P-I Reader Blog. P-I Reader Blogs are not written or edited by the P-I. They are written by readers, for readers.

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Related Topix: Blog News, Drink, Coffee, Seattle, WA, Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA), Roosevelt (Seattle, WA)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Jamieson: Mexican restaurants spar over 'trade dress'

IT IS shaping up to be a bare-knuckled bar brawl between two of Seattle's most popular Tex-Mex restaurants.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Mexican Cuisine, Seattle, WA, West Seattle (Seattle, WA), Queen Anne (Seattle, WA), Dining

Wed Sep 17, 2008

Slog

Meanwhile, In South Seattle...

Two items of interest : Brian McGuigan at the Rainier Valley Post points out something I might have noticed about King County Metro's bus expansion proposal, had I not been so bent on finding something nice to ...

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Related Topix: Seattle, WA, International District (Seattle, WA), First Hill (Seattle, WA), University District (Seattle, WA)

The Seattle Times

Seattle district tries to make better deal on sale of schools

Determined not to repeat what some view as a major misstep with Queen Anne High School decades ago, Seattle School Board members are trying to ensure that if someone makes big bucks redeveloping a former ...

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Tue Sep 16, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

At large in Ballard: Ballard's Own Publishers

Two weeks ago a friend emailed me a link to a book launch party e-vite. "Column idea?" she put in the subject line.

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Related Topix: Seattle, WA

Mon Sep 15, 2008

KING5 News

Metro to add more buses, routes

Facing record ridership, King County Metro Transit has announced plans to add more buses and more routes.

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Related Topix: King County, WA, Seattle, WA, Queen Anne (Seattle, WA), First Hill (Seattle, WA), Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA), Travel

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