The Perma-Fix complex in Richland handles radioactive waste, including waste from Hanford, on a 35-acre site. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
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OUT IT GOES: The city dump near the University of Washington was a busy place over the weekend as Seattle residents threw away rubbish resulting from yard work and fall-cleaning chores. Entry to the dump now is made by a new roadway off Union Bay Place Northeast, about two blocks east of the old entrance off Montlake Boulevard Northeast. City officials are wrestling with the problem of how to dispose of refuse after the dump ground is filled up, as it will be in the not-too-distant future.
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Andre Lucero (acute accent over “e” of Andre) of Western Neon guides the top half of the Elephant Car Wash neon sign to a trailer. This half weighs about 2,000-pounds of the total 5,000-pounds, Lucero is president of Western Neon. The sign will be taken to the company’s shop and eventually to MOHAI. ref to more photos online The landmark pink elephant neon car wash sign removed from it location on Denny Way near Aurora. Tuesday Nov. 24, 2020 LO Linesonly LO Linesonly 215743

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FILE – In this Nov. 24, 2020, file photo President-elect Joe Biden puts on his face mask after introducing nominees and appointees to key national security and foreign policy posts at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. Congress is bracing for Biden to move beyond the Trump administration’s state-by-state approach to the COVID-19 crisis and build out a national strategy to fight the pandemic and distribute the eventual vaccine.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) WX101 WX101

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Waterfront Park’s Pier 62 is now open, and the one-acre area is getting a steady flow of socially-distanced visitors, and not just for the fishing, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020 in Seattle. A series of lanterns changing colors show archival images that serve to symbolically honor and celebrate Seattle communities and families. The sprawling piece was made by the art collective Psych-Pop, two former Garfield High School classmates: Devon Midori Hale and Chi Moscou-Jackson. The duo was invited to create here by Friends of Waterfront Seattle’s Artist-in-Residence Takiyah Ward, who asked local artists “How do we honor our elders, determine our self, and protect our youth?” according to a sign at the pier. The 2020 lantern piece is called “Artifacts From Utopia.” The pier is open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. For more information about Pier 62 go to waterfrontparkseattle.org . 215738
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Addie Morton, front, Joey Joseph, Sonja Nelson and Lindsey Holley, right, drop off donated care package ingredients for Bridge Ministries in Bellevue Friday November 20, 2020. Each year, the students of Northwest’s Child/Aaron’s Place focus on a few projects for their annual “Fall into Kindness” project, and one of their focuses this year was benefitting other nonprofits who had been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Holley is an assistant director of Northwest’s Child/Aaron’s Place. 215713
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Seth Rodwell secures the top of a tower tree in Westlake Park. With no annual carousel coming to the park, the Downtown Seattle Association is bringing Holiday Lights & Delights from Nov. 27 through Jan. 9. Following the Westlake Center tree lighting, the switch will be flipped on more than 80,000 lights, all LED’s, on arches, tower-trees, orbs and more. (DSA says presented by Amazon) Ref to more photos online Saturday Nov. 21, 2020 LO Linesonly 215721
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