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An early design guidance meeting for a four-story structure at 3636 Stone Way N. will be held on Monday, December 5 at 8pm at University Heights Center (5031 University Way NE, Room 209). The existing building is home to Stoneway Roofing. The manager wasn't available for comment as to if and when Stoneway Roofing would be vacated. The new structure would have 110 apartment units and 8 live work units above 4,500 sq. ft. of retail space. Plans also call for underground…

Here's an interesting follow-up to an old issue: remember back in 2009 when there was a referendum on the ballot to add a tax on plastic grocery bags, with the intent of encouraging bag re-use? Despite our articulate and passionate support, the referendum was voted down. Well, it's back! City Councilmember Mike O'Brien is proposing a ordinance that would implement ban "the use of single-use plastic carryout (shopping) bags and 'biodegradable' carryout bags, and requiring retail establishments to make a pass-through charge of…

Tuesday night I walked out on my deck for some evening air just after 7pm.  From that deck, which faces south from Lower Wallingford, I spotted an odd yellow light in the sky.  Larger than a star, bigger than a planet. Then I saw other lights.  The lights, about eight of them, were in a rectangular shape.  They gave the appearance of "hovering" over West Seattle and the Sound, maybe Queen Anne Hill as well.  I called for my partner, Laura,…