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The City of Seattle News Release Web Archive
contains releases issued since 3/14/199

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Recent News Releases (last 60 days):

8/27/2008 30-block Area of Beacon Hill Hit by Water Outage
8/27/2008 New Statue Of Liberty Plaza To Be Unveiled At All-Day Celebration Saturday, September 6, 2008
8/27/2008 Free Beacon Water Distribution Center Open Until 8 p.m.; Reopens at 8 a.m.
8/26/2008 Mayor appoints Michael Mann as Interim Director of the Office of Sustainability and Environment
8/26/2008 Dutch Elm Disease Reemerges in Seattle
8/26/2008 Update: Nighttime work on First Avenue South
8/26/2008 Night work continues on Boren Avenue this week
8/26/2008 Free public art workshop to cover the ins and outs of fabrication, Sept. 9
8/22/2008 Traffic Advisory: Beacon Avenue South lanes closed in two locations this weekend, August 23 and 24
8/22/2008 Weekend Traffic Advisory
8/22/2008 Traffic Advisory: Car Free Days Come to Capitol Hill
8/21/2008 Seattle Animal Shelter sponsors “Habitat 4 Hounds”
8/21/2008 Parks Discovers Fatally Damaged Mature Trees On Burke-Gilman Trail
8/21/2008 Seattle Parks To Hold An Open House For The Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop Master Plan
8/21/2008 Traffic Advisory: North 34th Street, Wallingford to Burke, will be closed Wednesday Aug 27
8/21/2008 Traffic Advisory: Lane closed on Ballard Bridge tomorrow
8/20/2008 Seattle City Light to Double Conservation Savings
8/19/2008 With Rain in the Forecast, Seattleites Asked to Help Keep Storm Drains Clear
8/18/2008 Mayor Kicks off Major Roadway Renovations in South Park
8/18/2008 Council Passes Seattle Center Master Plan
8/17/2008 Power Restored in NE Seattle - Shoreline
8/15/2008 Record heat expected – protect your pets
8/15/2008 Traffic Advisory: Another Weekend of Festivals and Celebrations
8/15/2008 Enjoy eclectic line up of free, fall concerts at Seattle City Hall
8/15/2008 Downtown Customers Asked To Reduce Energy Use Friday-Urgent Repairs Underway at Downtown Substation
8/15/2008 Downtown Customer Asked to Reduce Energy Use Until 5:00 P.M. Friday
8/15/2008 Traffic Advisory: Boren Avenue night work, next weekend and following week
8/15/2008 Excessive Force Lawsuit Dismissed
8/15/2008 Power Restored in North Seattle
8/15/2008 Pups In The Pool: Dog Swim And People BBQ August 23 At Helene Madison Pool
8/15/2008 Children's Puppet Theater Comes To Alki Bathhouse On September 20
8/14/2008 Danskin Triathlon, Bicycle Sunday Could Overlap Slightly
8/14/2008 Arts-In-Nature Festival Coming Up August 23 At Camp Long
8/13/2008 City Audit: “Improve Pedestrian and Cyclist Mobility”
8/13/2008 Nominations Sought for Latino Heritage Award
8/13/2008 Madrona Beach Reopens: Substance Is Algae
8/12/2008 Madrona Beach Closed For Swimming
8/11/2008 Mayor Nickels commends Council for passing new taxi legislation
8/11/2008 City Council Passes Taxicab Reforms
8/11/2008 Queen Anne Boulevard Improvements Project Breaks Ground
8/9/2008 Seattle Police Department Statement
8/8/2008 Traffic Advisory: Weekend Events
8/8/2008 Mayor's Office Statement on School Construction Tree Removal
8/8/2008 Regulatory Compliance Officer Joins Seattle City Light
8/7/2008 Traffic Advisory: Lane closed on Ballard Bridge tomorrow
8/7/2008 Traffic Advisory: Construction on South Cloverdale Street this weekend
8/7/2008 Traffic Advisory: Construction on South Bangor Street this weekend
8/7/2008 Saturday, August 23 – Save The Date! “Healthy Parks, Healthy You” At Green Lake
8/7/2008 Van Asselt Community Fun Frolic, August 16th
8/6/2008 Pedestrian Countdown Signals Added at 27 Intersections
8/6/2008 Photography exhibition at City Hall highlights artists engaging school children
8/6/2008 Councilmember Bruce Harrell Calls for the Development of a Citizen Engagement Portal
8/6/2008 Cedar River Watershed Education Center Hosts Summer Waterfest Set for Aug. 9
8/5/2008 Fabulous Felines Available for Adoption
8/5/2008 Final Residential Parking Zone design announced for the North Green Lake Neighborhood
8/5/2008 Councilmembers Receive Final Bias Crimes Audit
8/5/2008 'Water Matters' opens at Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery
8/5/2008 Japanese Garden To Feature Calligraphy Demonstration
8/5/2008 Traffic Advisory: Wed. Battery St Tunnel Work canceled
8/4/2008 Seattle Animal Shelter presents “Cool City Pets”
8/4/2008 Please Keep Local Salmon in Mind When You Wash Your Car
8/4/2008 Seattle seeks artworks by emerging Northwest artists
8/4/2008 Snow White Journeys From Seattle To Africa
8/4/2008 Bruce King To Host Seniors For Juniors Annual Fund Raising Golf Tournament
8/1/2008 City Proposes Changes to Residential Parking Zone Program
8/1/2008 Seattle Animal Shelter Foster Dog Orientation Set for Aug. 9, 2008
8/1/2008 Increases Sought in Solid Waste and Water Rates
8/1/2008 Seattle Opens Up Park Roads To Walking And Biking
8/1/2008 Parks And Recreation Opens Delridge Wading Pool On Sundays Through August 31
8/1/2008 Traffic Advisory: Lane Closures Next Week in Battery Street Tunnel
7/31/2008 CityDog Magazine’s 2nd Annual ‘Muttmazing Race’
7/31/2008 Nighttime Closure of Ramps to Southbound 15th Ave W and Elliott Ave W
7/31/2008 Traffic Advisory: Another Event-filled Weekend on Tap
7/31/2008 Traffic Advisory: Lane Closures--First Avenue, Union Street to University Street
7/30/2008 Seattle opens up streets for people as part of 'Give Your Car the Summer Off'
7/29/2008 Committee Passes Help for Scooter Riders
7/29/2008 Traffic Advisory: One block of East Denny Way is closed for repairs
7/28/2008 Seattle's leading female hip-hop artists to take the mike at City Hall, Aug. 14
7/28/2008 Seattle Passes Landmark Measure to Eliminate Waste
7/28/2008 Mayor Nickels Applauds Councils Passage of Green Fee on Shopping Bags, Ban on Foam
7/28/2008 Corpse Flower Is Blooming At The Volunteer Park Conservatory!
7/27/2008 Power Outage in Northgate Area - Power restoration estimated by 4 p.m.
7/27/2008 Update: Power Outage in Northgate Area - Power restoration beginning
7/27/2008 Final Update: Power Fully Restored in Northgate Area
7/25/2008 Improve Your Neighborhood Waterway with an Aquatic Habitat Matching Grant
7/25/2008 Traffic Advisory: First Avenue South Paving
7/25/2008 Coming Weekend Packs in Parades, Festivals and Races
7/25/2008 Meeting Held For Key Magnuson Park Stakeholders
7/25/2008 Mayor awards $175,000 for community technology projects
7/25/2008 Parks And Recreation To Hire Professional Divers
7/25/2008 Evans Pool At Green Lake To Close At 5:30 P.M. On August 1 To Accommodate Film Crew
7/25/2008 Traffic Advisory: Night work on Boren Avenue
7/24/2008 City invests in 31 Youth Arts projects
7/24/2008 Seattle Park Board To Hold Regular Meeting On August 14
7/24/2008 Volunteers Clean Up Green Lake Bottom Near Docks
7/23/2008 Council Advocates for Increasing High School Math
7/23/2008 Mayor aims to make Seattle 'Green Building Capital'
7/23/2008 Traffic Advisory: University Bridge bike lane closure
7/23/2008 Traffic Advisory: Lane Closure Thursday on Spokane Street, East Waterway Bridge
7/23/2008 Traffic Advisory: Battery Street Tunnel Lane Closures on Sunday
7/22/2008 Seattle Public Utilities Responding to Broken Sewer Pipe at Edgewater Hotel
7/22/2008 New City Software Turns Off Computers and Saves Energy
7/22/2008 Delridge Playfield Skatepark Public Meeting
7/22/2008 Alki Community Center Presents Music In The Park July 24, August 7
7/21/2008 New Members Sought for Landmarks Preservation Board
7/21/2008 Statement from Mayor Greg Nickels on Recent Anti-Transit Radio Ads
7/21/2008 Traffic Advisory: Construction on South Bangor Street this weekend
7/21/2008 Planning Commission Announces New Analyst
7/21/2008 Civilian Oversight of Police Strengthened
7/21/2008 Council Sends Parks Levy to Ballot
7/20/2008 UPDATE - Lake City Power Outage Restored
7/20/2008 North Seattle power restored; small Viewridge outage continues
7/20/2008 Update - North Seattle outage restored; residual effects
7/19/2008 Outages cut power to more than 5000
7/18/2008 Traffic Advisory: Roxbury sidewalk work on Sat
7/18/2008 Traffic Advisory: Delridge Way SW Pavement Repair on Saturday
7/17/2008 Chip Seal Work Improving Seattle’s Streets
7/17/2008 Traffic Advisory July 18-20 Events
7/17/2008 Mayor Recommends $1.1 million for 14 Seattle Neighborhood Projects
7/17/2008 Traffic Advisory: Construction on SW Holden Street this weekend
7/17/2008 Jackson Park Golf Course Interruption
7/17/2008 Seattle Channel Calls For Emails For City Inside Out: Council Edition
7/16/2008 Mayor Meets Big Green Ogre and Princess – in the Flesh
7/16/2008 Councilmembers Host Opera Enthusiasts
7/16/2008 Clean-up Continues On Diablo Lake
7/16/2008 Diablo Fact Sheet 7-16-08
7/16/2008 Licata Sponsors Forum on Safe Walks
7/16/2008 Ian McFeron Band added to summer concert lineup at City Hall plaza
7/16/2008 Suspect in Traffic Circle Homicide Surrenders
7/15/2008 City’s Automatic Public Toilets to be Auctioned on eBay, Starting Tomorrow
7/15/2008 Helene Madison Pool To Close At 6 P.M. On August 8 To Accommodate Film Crew
7/15/2008 Seattle Police now taking applications for Community Police Academy
7/15/2008 South Park’s 14th Ave S Open House
7/15/2008 Seattle Park Board To Hold Regular Meeting On July 24
7/14/2008 High-tech hunt for public art in Seattle beckons art lovers, gadget geeks
7/14/2008 Council Sends Pike Place Market Levy to November Ballot
7/11/2008 Mayor Nickels Proclaims Sub Pop’s Utterly Lost Weekend
7/11/2008 Counterbalance Park: An Urban Oasis
7/11/2008 Traffic Advisory: Southbound Ballard Bridge lane closure tonight
7/11/2008 Traffic Advisory: Construction work on 8th Avenue Northwest this weekend
7/10/2008 Traffic Advisory: Summer Events in Full Swing This Weekend
7/9/2008 Seattle Hits Energy Milestone: One Million Bulbs Distributed
7/9/2008 Council Committee Nominates New OPA Review Board Members
7/9/2008 Paving of Downtown Fifth Avenue Begins July 9
7/9/2008 Traffic Advisory: Night paving on Madison Street
7/9/2008 Artwork installed at Magnuson Park Gatehouse
7/8/2008 Cedar River Watershed Discovery Tours — Summer 2008
7/8/2008 Mayor Seeks Candidates for Bicycle Advisory Board
7/8/2008 Seattle Animal Shelter presents “Cool City Pets”
7/8/2008 City Light Schedules Community Conversation on Energy Future
7/8/2008 Mayor Nickels Announces New Townhome Regulations
7/7/2008 Seattle Animal Shelter Foster Dog Orientation Set for July 12, 2008
7/7/2008 Statement from Councilmember Godden on Taxi Cab Legislation
7/7/2008 Camp Long Offers Exciting Family Programs This Summer
7/3/2008 Traffic Advisory: Traffic Signals Out on East Madison Street
7/3/2008 SDOT to Begin Chip Sealing Streets July 8
7/2/2008 Mayor Announces First Retiming of all Downtown Signals in 21 Years
7/2/2008 New Ercolini Park Ribbon Cutting Celebration Coming Up On Saturday, July 12
7/2/2008 Corpse Flower Ready To Bloom At Volunteer Park Conservatory!
7/2/2008 Statement by Mayor Nickels on the settlement of the City's lawsuit with the Seattle Sonics
7/2/2008 Reminder: Closure of Nickerson/Emerson on-ramps
7/2/2008 July 3 - 6 Events Traffic Advisory
7/1/2008 New Combo Tour -Peaks and Pods
7/1/2008 Seattle Animal Shelter reminds pet owners to protect pets around the Fourth of July holiday
6/30/2008 Fabulous Felines Available for Adoption
6/30/2008 Seattle Planning Commission Launches New Demography Program
6/30/2008 Drago Announces Streetcar Forums
6/30/2008 Photography exhibition at City Hall documents face of homelessness in Seattle
6/30/2008 Mayor's Homes Within Reach Legislation Passes Council
6/30/2008 Police Contract Includes Pay Raises, Accountability
6/30/2008 July 4th 2008 Public Safety Message
6/30/2008 Seattle Parks, Audubon, Fish & Wildlife To Host "Living With Wildlife" Workshop On Coyotes
6/30/2008 Summer Discount For Room Rentals At Seattle Parks And Recreation Facilities

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