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Michael Harthorne
Jane and George Hancock, owners of Maritime Pacific Brewery, are congratulated by Mayor Mike McGinn while receiving their Ballard District Council Community Service Award March 10. CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.

Ballardites honored for service to the community

The Ballard District Council, with the help of Mayor Mike McGinn, honored six individuals from the neighborhood with the council's annual Community Service Awards at the March 10 council meeting. More ›

Signal upgrade at 28th and Market

The Seattle Department of Transportation will be upgrading the existing pedestrian signal at 28th Avenue Northwest and Northwest Market Street to a full traffic signal this month.

Three new crosswalks with signal poles are being added to existing crosswalk and signal poles.

The project will take approximately four weeks from the time the work begins to the time the signal is fully operational. More ›

Courtesy of Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles
Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles is the cosponsor of a bill that would give tax breaks to organizations like Small Faces and the Phinney Neighborhood Center.

Small Faces, Phinney Neighborhood Center could get tax break

Crown Hill's Small Faces Child Development Center and the Phinney Neighborhood Center could receive tax relief if a bill passed by the Washington State Senate March 10 becomes law.

Senate Bill 6855 provides a property tax exemption to neighborhood community centers that are housed in a building that was determined to be no longer needed by school districts and is now owned by nonprofit organizations and used to deliver coordinated services for community members, according to a Senate Democrats press release. More ›

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