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    Month: August 2008
    Sluggish economy touches City Hall budget
    Sluggish economy touches City Hall budget
    By Todd Matthews • August 8, 2008 12:00 am

    A significant decline in real estate excise taxes collected by the City of Tacoma could put a number of municipal…

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    Registration open for State economic development conference
    Registration open for State economic development conference
    August 8, 2008 12:00 am

    The largest statewide conference on economic and workforce development will take place Sept. 3-4, with more than 500 key leaders…

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    Washington State residents may qualify for emergency unemployment benefits
    Washington State residents may qualify for emergency unemployment...
    August 8, 2008 12:00 am

    More than 100,000 Washingtonians may qualify for emergency unemployment benefits The state Employment Security Department has mailed applications to more…

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    Tacoma resident may join Pierce County's landmarks commission
    Tacoma resident may join Pierce County's landmarks commission
    By Todd Matthews • August 7, 2008 12:00 am

    The Pierce County Council is expected to consider the appointment of a Tacoma historian and preservationist to the county’s landmarks…

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    California company will purchase LeMay
    California company will purchase LeMay
    August 7, 2008 12:00 am

    Folson, Calif.-based Waste Connections, Inc. Tuesday announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Tacoma-based Harold LeMay Enterprises,…

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Art, music in store for Showcase Tacoma downtown
    August 7, 2008 12:00 am

    For two days beginning Friday, Tollefson Plaza, located near Pacific Avenue and South 17th Street, will be alive with art…

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    (IMAGE COURTESY METRO PARKS)
    $1.6 million McKinley Park renovation underway
    August 7, 2008 12:00 am

    Metro Park Tacoma announced this week that staging for improvement work that will soon get underway in McKinley Park has…

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    (IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)
    $3 million funding resolution for Pacific Plaza could...
    By Todd Matthews • August 6, 2008 12:00 am

    Tacoma City Council is expected to hear the first reading of a resolution Aug. 12 that would appropriate $3 million…

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    (IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF PUYALLUP)
    Puyallup will dedicate new City Hall Friday
    August 6, 2008 12:00 am

    The City of Puyallup will dedicate its new City Hall on Fri., Aug. 8, during a ceremony to take place…

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    (IMAGE COURTESY HISTORIC TACOMA)
    Puyallup 'House of Tomorrow' open to visitors Aug....
    August 5, 2008 12:00 am

    A 67-year-old Puyallup house once billed as the “Home of Tomorrow” will be open to the public this weekend. Visitors…

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    (PHOTO COURTESY PIERCE COUNTY)
    County Council honors ferry-system crew
    August 5, 2008 12:00 am

    Rescue training and quick thinking helped Pierce County ferry system crew members diffuse two potentially life-threatening incidents in a five-day…

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    (PHOTO COURTESY PIERCE COUNTY)
    Memorial Thursday for Fire Chief Dan Packer
    August 5, 2008 12:00 am

    A memorial service for Fire Chief Dan Packer will be held Thursday, Aug. 7 at 2 p.m. at the Christian…

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    City, Chamber partner for Tollefson Plaza events
    City, Chamber partner for Tollefson Plaza events
    August 5, 2008 12:00 am

    The City of Tacoma and the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber have signed a contract for the management of Tollefson Plaza that…

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