Just a reminder that the library reopens today after a systemwide shutdown. About 700 employees didn’t get paid during the week-long furlough which helped the library meet the nearly $1 million budget reduction this year. Other cuts include layoffs, extending the staff computer replacement schedule and reducing the training budget. (Photo by Kirby Lindsay.)
September 7, 2009
After spending three months inside the northeast tower of the Fremont Bridge, artist Kristen Ramirez is nearly ready to unveil the work resulting from her summer residency. The piece is called “Bridge Talks Back” and she describes it as “using a piece of the city’s infrastructure to celebrate art and history.” Kristen says she knew from her
September 5, 2009
More than 400 people gathered at Fremont Studios this morning for a chance to win singer Katy Perry’s car. The drawing brought an end to a summer-long contest put on by KISS-FM that began in June. 184 hopefuls from across Western Washington waited for more than an hour for the chance to pick the key that would let them drive away with a brand-new
September 2, 2009
A Chilean flamingo chick hatched at the Woodland Park Zoo last Tuesday. The little fluff ball is the first of its kind to hatch there in the history of the zoo. The first flock of Chilean flamingos arrived at the zoo in 1983 but were moved to make way for construction of the Rain Forest Food Pavilion.
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