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QA businesses face prospect of $15 minimum wage

The $15 minimum-wage movement has gained traction in Seattle as the cornerstone of Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s campaign and Mayor Ed Murray’s promise to raise city-government minimum wage.
NOTES FROM THE GARDEN | Spring sprang

Am I getting gaga, or is this one of the most beautiful spring seasons we have had recently? The soft green haze, interrupted by bursts of white and pink from our cherry and magnolia trees, seems to fill the air with hope.
Magnolia planters get upgrade

The 34 planters in Magnolia village just got an upgrade, funded by the merchants and residents of the neighborhood.
Shakespeare gets ‘60s treatment at Blaine

Catharine Blaine K-8 will present a new musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” set in 1961, with Duke Theseus as John F. Kennedy, Queen Hippolyta as Jackie Kennedy and beatniks and leprechaun fairies “making the scene.”

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NEWS

Mercer, Roy streets to open to two-way traffic this spring

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will open two major streets in the Mercer Corridor to two-way traffic this spring: Mercer Street between First and Ninth avenues North, and Roy Street between Queen Anne and Fifth avenues North.

ON THE TOWN

PNB’s new production is a ‘Dream’ of a show

SCHOOLS & YOUTHS

Shakespeare gets ‘60s treatment at Blaine

Catharine Blaine K-8 will present a new musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” set in 1961, with Duke Theseus as John F. Kennedy, Queen Hippolyta as Jackie Kennedy and beatniks and leprechaun fairies “making the scene.”

OPINION

EDITORIAL | Mixed Internet signals

For a city that has so many tech workers at local Amazon, Google, Adobe and startup offices, one would think that there would be a bigger outcry among the citizenry for better and cheaper Internet connectivity.

BUSINESS

Magnolia planters get upgrade

The 34 planters in Magnolia village just got an upgrade, funded by the merchants and residents of the neighborhood.

SENIORS & BOOMERS

HISTORY IN PERSPECTIVE | Queen Anne Park

Queen Anne Park is a relatively unknown neighborhood above Seattle Pacific University at the northwest end of Queen Anne Hill. While not a park in the usual sense of the word, it is park-like in its beauty and winding streets.