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By Rob Smith  –  Dec 10, 2002 Updated Dec 10, 2002, 2:35pm PST The Port of Seattle is creating an Economic Development Division to speed up development of its extensive waterfront real estate holdings. The new division will be equal in status to the port’s existing aviation and seaport divisions. Port CEO Mic Dinsmore unveiled the plan at

The port’s jet set High-flying Port bigwigs spent $126,000 on travel last year. By Rick Anderson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am Port Commissioner Clare Nordquist (front) and executive director Mic Dinsmore spent nearly $90,000 on travel last year. THE BOYS AT Fishermen’s Terminal like to imagine what they could do with the $126,000 that

By SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFFSep 19, 2001 A $189.5 million bond issue in the Highline School District was leading with enough support to pass by an eyelash, according to incomplete results from Tuesday’s primary election. Unofficial results show the request with a fraction over the 60 percent support needed for passage under state requirements for school bond

By Lisa Pemberton-Butler Seattle Times staff reporter DES MOINES – School and government officials signed a $200 million deal today to reduce deafening jet noise heard in 15 schools located under the flight path of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The historic agreement — reached by the Highline School District, the Port of Seattle, the Federal

By Lisa Pemberton-Butler Seattle Times staff reporter DES MOINES – School and government officials signed a $200 million deal today to reduce deafening jet noise heard in 15 schools located under the flight path of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The historic agreement — reached by the Highline School District, the Port of Seattle, the Federal

By Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Chair, Aircraft Noise Abatement Group of New York and New Jersey (ANAG) | Hearing Rehabilitation Quarterly – Special Edition (2001) THE NEW MEANING OF F.A.A. The summer of 2000 was marked by an unusually high number of aircraft delays, especially at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. These delays continued

By George Erb Jul 23, 2000 Barbara Hinkle’s new job is the talk of five suburban cities in South King County. Hinkle was a senior environmental program manager at the Port of Seattle, where she spent 10 years overseeing environmental studies and permit applications for building a third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. But in early

BEST MAYOR Frank Hansen, SeaTac’s first mayor, is still considered our best. Hansen has won Best Mayor for as long as SeaTacians have been sending in Best of SeaTac ballots. Hansen, a retired airline pilot, compares early SeaTac politics to the Wild West. Anybody could get things done in that free-for-all environment, he says, given

By O. Casey corr May 31, 2000 Publication: Seattle Times, The (WA) Page: B6 Word Count: 733 NORMANDY PARK – Just west of Sea-Tac Airport, down a leafy valley patrolled by eagles, Miller Creek teems with ducks, trout, salmon and potential trouble for Gov. Gary Locke. The creek is a showcase for why Locke can’t

Research support was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute. Follow-ups: “Amplification,” June 19, 2000 and letters exchanges: “Lead–Balloons and Bouquets,” May 15, and “Lead-Letter Office,” July 3, 2000. JAMIE LINCOLN KITMAN The next time you pull the family barge in for a fill-up, check it out: The gas pumps read “Unleaded.” You might reasonably suppose this is because naturally