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Local news for Beacon Hill (Seattle, WA) continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Yesterday | Metroblogging Seattle

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

Monday, September 8th, the Planning, Land Use, & Neighborhoods Committee of the city council will hold a public hearing about updating the neighborhood plans.

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Related Topix: Seattle, WA, Downtown (Seattle, WA), Pioneer Square (Seattle, WA), Roosevelt (Seattle, WA)

Fri Sep 05, 2008

FoS.blog

Tonight Go to an Event About Neighborhood Blogs

This looks like a winner. From the Seattle Works weekly email: Thurs 9/4 Registration 5:30pm, Program: 6pm, Expert-led blogging time: 7:30-8pm From Ballard to Burien, from West Seattle to South Lake Union, and ...

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Related Topix: Blog News, Seattle, WA, West Seattle (Seattle, WA), Ballard (Seattle, WA), Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA)

Wed Sep 03, 2008

Seattle Weekly

Stay Together, Carry a Gun, Protect the Hill

But in another way, it wasn't so typical, at least for Seattle: Some of those assembled were packing heat, part of an armed patrol recently born of the neighborhood's listserv .

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Related Topix: Seattle, WA, Guns

Mon Sep 01, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

'Reverse 911' call helped Sunday car-free event

No tickets were issued and no vehicles were towed during the second week of Mayor Greg Nickels' car-free Sunday program, a city Department of Transportation spokesman said.

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

Fri Aug 29, 2008

Voracious

Galaxie Espresso to Become V3

Victrola Coffee Roasters is expanding its Seattle empire, gobbling up Beacon Hill's Galaxie .

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Related Topix: Drink, Coffee

Wed Aug 27, 2008

The Seattle Times

Water service restored to Beacon Hill residents

Water service was restored to a 30-block area on Beacon Hill late this morning. Water service was shut down earlier in the day after a two-inch pipe broke.

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Related Topix: Seattle, WA

Fri Aug 22, 2008

The Paper Noose

Georgetown Liquor Company up for sale?

Just came across this advert , a perfect description of the only vegetarian outfit in Georgetown that also serves up the microbrews: Ever considered owning a bar and restaurant? Do you know someone who might? ...

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Related Topix: Seattle, WA

Wed Aug 20, 2008

Orphan Road Blog

Upzoning on MLK

Or, at least, " revising neighborhood plans " to accommodateTOD: With Sound Transit's light rail line from downtown to the airport scheduled to open next year, the city is feeling pressure to increase ...

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Related Topix: Seattle Metro, Seattle, WA

Mon Aug 18, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

'Unified change' needed to subdue gang violence

As the family of Pierre Lapoint prepared to bury the 16-year-old killed last week in a Rainier Valley gang shooting, another youth with admitted gang ties was being booked Friday on suspicion of shooting a ...

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

Sat Aug 16, 2008

Capitol Hill Blog

Hill light rail construction: There will be delays

If you're wondering what it's like to live in an area being tunneled through for light rail -- and you should since it's going to happen here soon -- you don't have to imagine what it will be like.

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

Wed Aug 13, 2008

Beacon Hill News and South District J...

Parking tightens for QA residents

The Seattle Department of Transportation is proposing to improve customer service for users of Residential Parking Zones , but some customers in areas such as Lower Queen Anne, Capitol Hill and the Pike-Pine ...

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Related Topix: Seattle, WA, Madison Valley (Seattle, WA), Wallingford (Seattle, WA), Magnolia (Seattle, WA), Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA)

Wed Aug 06, 2008

Seattle Times

Neighbors all over gather for National Night Out events

Trong-Huy Pham, 10, has his height measured as part of a series of child-safety procedures at the Crossroads mall block party in Bellevue.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Seattle Metro, Seattle, WA, Greenwood (Seattle, WA), International District (Seattle, WA)

Fri Aug 01, 2008

Mid Beacon Hill Blog

North Beacon HIllers to Be Limited to Two Parking Passes?

The North Beacon Hill parking zone is not mentioned in this excerpt from today's P-I , but it is on the proposed list of the two-passes-per-household neighborhoods.

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Related Topix: Seattle, WA, Ravenna (Seattle, WA), Queen Anne (Seattle, WA), Wallingford (Seattle, WA), First Hill (Seattle, WA)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Parking zone changes coming

Seattle transportation officials held a media briefing to talk about changes being contemplated for the city's residential parking zone program this afternoon.

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Related Topix: Seattle, WA, Fremont (Seattle, WA), Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA), Queen Anne (Seattle, WA)

Wed Jul 30, 2008

Mass Transit

Sound Transit Light Rail Officials Running Tests to Keep People on the Safe Side

A lone skateboarder cruised alongside new light rail tracks in Rainier Valley on a recent hot summer night, enjoying a free ride, unconcerned about oncoming trains.

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

Mon Jul 28, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

This Violent Summer

A group of homeless men and women who've banded together for mutual support and protection, resting on a Saturday afternoon in Dr.

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Related Topix: Seattle Metro, Sodo (Seattle, WA)

Sat Jul 26, 2008

Crosscut.com

Fixing our big flat tire

Sound Transit showdown The votes for a 2008 submission of a $15 billion package now are almost there, thanks to some last-minute concessions to Snohomish County.

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

Mon Jul 21, 2008

Crosscut.com

Fixing our big flat tire

Sound Transit showdown The votes for a 2008 submission of a $15 billion package now are almost there, thanks to some last-minute concessions to Snohomish County.

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

Sat Jul 19, 2008

The Seattle Times

Beacon Hill tries on a new nickname: "BeHi"

Eric Spivack runs a business out of his home on Beacon Hill where he has lived for 12 years, and is a campaigner for BeHi as a name for Beacon Hill.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, Sodo (Seattle, WA)

Fri Jul 18, 2008

UPI

Study: San Francisco most walkable city

San Francisco is the most walkable of the 40 largest U.S. cities, based on an analysis of 2,508 neighborhoods, officials of a civic software firm said.

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Related Topix: UC San Francisco, University of California System, Chicago, IL, Back Bay (Boston, MA)

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