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Letters to the Editor

George W. Bush' spelling skills, local property taxes, upper Golden Gardens Park, hybrid vehicles and a Fremont post office draw reader comment.

Wallingford Urban Villager

Local Wallingford news and upcoming events, courtesy of WEaving Wallingford.

Commercials in Schools: So What?

Local mother of three, former school board member, wants to keep commercial messages out of the school curriculum.

Kirby's Fremont

Kirby's Fremont

Fremont: A Great Place for the Empty Space

Kirby takes the occasion of their yearly Seattle Stories fundraiser to profile the Empty Space theater.

Monorail Backers Stunned but Delighted

In a dramatic reversal of its earlier foot-dragging, The Seattle City Council on Monday decided in a unanimous voice vote to place I-53, the Monorail enabling initiative, on the November ballot.

Laurelhurst

Neighborhood Critics Pan UW's 100-Foot-High Fence

The University of Washington plans to revamp its golf driving range, adding a two-story clubhouse and raising the fence height to 100 feet tall.

Fall Festival has Plenty for Kids to Do at Fishermen's Terminal September 23

The Fishermen's Fall Festival is coming this weekend!

My Two Cents

Don't Send Pioneer Square's Drinking Problems to Other Neighborhoods

Although I support the efforts of downtown neighborhoods to make their streetscapes pleasant to move through, I am truly dismayed at the action the City Council has taken to designate the greater Pioneer Square area an Alcohol Impact Zone.

Nader Picks up Some Labor Endorsements

Ralph Nader receives the endorsements of three Seattle labor unions.

New Civility Law for Dogs

A new ordinance passed by the Seattle City Council in July tightens rules for city animals.

Dad Mourns His Lost Fisherman Son

Mark Matuszewski, age 20, was one of more than thirty fishermen who were killed on the job in the past decade.

Phinney Ridge Community Council Seeks New Board Members

The Phinney Ridge Community Council is seeking nominees for all board positions.

Parmigiano-Reggiano

Parmigiano-Reggiano is one of the world's three or four incomparable cheeses, and never has an imitation equaled it.

Cleanscapes Brings Change to University District

A local company combines graffiti removal with a work program for street people.

School Board Member Don Nielsen:

Use Economics, not Race, as School Assignment Tie-Breaker

School Boardmember Don Nielsen wants to change the way kids are admitted to Seattle's high schools.

The F-Stops Here

Wright, who deems himself a "photographic researcher," is legally blind. A visit to his self-created website, www.wrightimages.org, shows no signs of such a limitation.

Purple Martins Hatch Two Broods

Seattle area Purple Martins are rebounding, thanks to volunteer bird lovers who maintain nest boxes.

Friends Of Discovery Park Annual Meeting

The Friends of Discovery Park will take up the issue of shoreline habitat restoration at their annual meeting, which will be held in the Park Visitor Center at 7 p.m. on October 4.

Racial Profiling in Seattle

Four African American men talk about their experience (or lack of it) with racial profiling in Seattle.

Power Wheelchairs Available to Those Who Qualify

Miracle on Wheels makes available power wheelchairs to non-ambulatory senior citizens, usually at no out-of-pocket expense if they qualify.

Roger's Home Journal

Roger's Home Journal

I Dream of Fixing Some Really Big Problem Like the Alaskan Way Viaduct

I'd like to solve the Alaskan Way Viaduct problem before pouring the milk on my breakfast cereal.

Good Food

3 Squares

Philadelphia Specialty Spreads to Seattle

An ode to the Philly cheese steak: for breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night snack.

Corrections

Names of artists mentioned on the front page of the last Seattle Press issue were misspelled.

Making Beer is a Big Time Joy

The brewers at the Big Time Brewery tell how it's done.

Hash

A Crown Hill school is vandalized between 5 p.m. on Saturday and noon on Sunday by unknown suspects who break a total of 42 window panes on the south and west sides of the building. No entry is made...