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    Tacoma native Marshall B. Skidmore, with his son Rob, in October of 1989, outside the Tacoma Daily Index's office on Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma.  Skidmore, who owned the city's legal newspaper for 37 years, passed away on July 23. (PHOTO COURTESY SKIDMORE FAMILY)
    Tacoma's Record Keeper
    By Todd Matthews • August 23, 2007 12:00 am

    In late-1960, a 36-year-old Tacoma advertising salesman named Marshall B. Skidmore took a career risk: he decided to go into…

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    Tacoma Convention & Visitor Bureau leader departs
    Tacoma Convention & Visitor Bureau leader departs
    August 20, 2007 12:00 am

    Ruthie Reinert, executive director of the Tacoma Regional Convention & Visitor Bureau (TRCVB), has resigned effective today to accept the…

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    Red Light Photo Enforcement Program starts next week
    Red Light Photo Enforcement Program starts next week
    August 2, 2007 12:00 am

    In an effort to reduce collisions and make City streets safer, Tacoma will begin its new red light photo enforcement…

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    (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    City faces potential WSDOT claim for Foss cleanup
    July 10, 2007 12:00 am

    The City of Tacoma has been notified by the Washington State Attorney General’s Office that the Washington State Department of…

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    (PHOTO ILLUSTRATION -- TACOMASTREETCAR.ORG)
    City Council committee postpones review of draft streetcar...
    By Todd Matthews • June 13, 2007 12:00 am

    Three weeks after findings of a feasibility study examining whether to restore a heritage streetcar system in Tacoma were released,…

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    Vince and Tom Mendenhall, son-and-father owners of Arlington, Wash.-based Historic Railway Restoration, outside a 1908 Turtleback streetcar that once operated on Tacoma streets. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Building History: A father-and-son team puts heritage trolleys...
    By Todd Matthews • June 1, 2007 12:00 am

    EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is second of a two-part series on Tom and Vince Mendenhall — the father-and-son team that…

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    Tom and Vince Mendenhall, father-and-son owners of Arlington, Wash.-based Historic Railway Restoration, inside a  Turtleback streetcar that once operated on Tacoma streets. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    End of the line, 130 miles north
    By Todd Matthews • May 31, 2007 12:00 am

    In the North Cascade foothills, just outside the town of Darrington, a stretch of Washington State Route 530 exists where…

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    (PHOTO ILLUSTRATION -- TACOMASTREETCAR.ORG)
    City Council committee onboard with streetcar feasibility results
    By Todd Matthews • May 24, 2007 12:00 am

    A Tacoma City Council committee yesterday voted to accept findings of a recent feasibility study that examines the idea of…

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    "I think Tacoma's best days are ahead of us," says Tacoma City Council candidate Marilyn Strickland. "That's one of my strongest motivators for doing this." (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    For this City Council candidate, Tacoma's future success...
    By Todd Matthews • May 11, 2007 12:00 am

    Marilyn Strickland’s connection to Tacoma Public Library spans almost 40 years. It begins as a child who spent countless hours…

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    The former Elks Temple in downtown Tacoma. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    New chapter for former Elks Lodge
    By Todd Matthews • April 26, 2007 12:00 am

    The City of Tacoma Landmarks Preservation Commission yesterday unanimously approved a request aimed to protect the 92-year-old former Elks Temple…

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    Windermere opens new Tacoma location
    Windermere opens new Tacoma location
    July 12, 2006 12:00 am

    Windermere Real Estate announced yesterday plans to open an office on Commerce Street in downtown Tacoma. The new office, called…

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    Darrell Ogden loads explosives into the base of a smokestack on the former Kaiser Aluminum site on the Port of Tacoma tideflats.  The 500-foot tower was demolished Sunday morning to make room for future growth at the port. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Hundreds gather to witness smokestack fall at port
    By Todd Matthews • July 3, 2006 12:00 am

    Several hundred people gathered at Blair Terminal on the Port of Tacoma tideflats yesterday morning to witness a piece of…

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    The Kaiser Aluminum smelter site. (PHOTO COURTESY PORT OF TACOMA)
    Port makes final preparations for Kaiser smokestack demolition
    By Todd Matthews • June 29, 2006 12:00 am

    Three. Two. One. BOOM! That will be the sequence of events Sunday morning at 8am as the Port of Tacoma…

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