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		<title>Police bust car prowler</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 4:15 p.m. March 10, 2010
Newcastle Police arrested a car prowler the morning of March 4 for possession of stolen property. Most of the stolen property in the man’s possession was linked to car prowls that had been committed several hours earlier in the Olympus and Highlands neighborhoods.
Also among the items police found in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newcastle-news.com/2010/03/10/police-bust-car-prowler</link>
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		<title>Eye surgeon charged in murder plot awaits trial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 6 a.m. March 8, 2010
Newcastle man Michael Mockovak — who pleaded not guilty to two counts of criminal solicitation to commit first-degree murder — appeared in court Feb. 18 for a case setting hearing. Another case setting hearing has been scheduled for May 27.
King County prosecutors said in charging papers that Mockovak, an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newcastle-news.com/2010/03/08/eye-surgeon-charged-in-murder-plot-awaits-trial</link>
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		<title>District names new Newcastle Elementary principal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW — 3:10 p.m. March 4, 2010
Apollo Elementary School Principal Marla Erath will be the next principal of Newcastle Elementary School.
Erath will start at Newcastle in July, and the news was announced in a letter sent to families March 3.
“This was a very difficult decision for me to make. I will miss everyone at Apollo [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newcastle-news.com/2010/03/04/district-names-new-newcastle-elementary-principal</link>
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		<title>Editorial: School tax change needs explanation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A proposal in the state Senate that would shift property taxes from local districts to the state in order to fund education has the seed of good public policy, but must be explored further.
The bill (SB 6858) generally proposes that local school districts have their levy lid decreased, meaning less local school taxes. In exchange, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newcastle-news.com/2010/03/04/editorial-school-tax-change-needs-explanation</link>
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		<title>KCLS details plans for Newcastle Library</title>
		<description><![CDATA[King County Library System officials released detailed plans for the Newcastle Library last month. The library will be 11,000 square feet with 44 parking stalls, and most of the stalls will be in an underground parking garage beneath the library.
The inside of the library will contain several distinguishing features, including a grand entryway and a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newcastle-news.com/2010/03/04/kcls-details-plans-for-newcastle-library</link>
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		<title>Levy voter turnout exceeds 40 percent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The election to determine the financial future of the Issaquah School District attracted more than 22,000 voters, final King County Elections results released last week show.
Turnout reached 40 percent — or 22,629 ballots cast — as voters approved three levies meant to supplement district coffers with more than $214 million by 2014. The levy package [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newcastle-news.com/2010/03/04/levy-voter-turnout-exceeds-40-percent</link>
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		<title>Revenue  11 percent less than predicted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[City officials recently released finance statistics from the fourth quarter of 2009. During the past year, the city collected a total of about $5.75 million, 11 percent less than the city had budgeted.The city cut $482,000 from its operating budget to reduce expenses, but it still used $239,627 of its ending fund balance — unused [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newcastle-news.com/2010/03/04/revenue-11-percent-less-than-predicted</link>
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		<title>Transit center functional, awaiting final installations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Newcastle Transit Center is now fully operational, with King County Metro Transit routes 240, 114, 219 and 925 making stops.
Routes 240 and 114 began stopping at the Newcastle Transit Center Feb. 6, but routes 219 and 925 had previously made stops at the location prior to the construction of the transit center.Interim Public Works [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newcastle-news.com/2010/03/04/transit-center-functional-awaiting-final-installations</link>
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		<title>Newcastle man sentenced for leading identity theft ring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gabriel Jang, 37, of Newcastle, was sentenced in U.S. District Court Feb. 5 to eight and a half years in prison, five years of supervised release and $466,622 in restitution for leading an identity theft ring run from a Newcastle post office box.
The identity theft ring brought in more than $3 million during a seven-year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newcastle-news.com/2010/03/04/newcastle-man-sentenced-for-leading-identity-theft-ring</link>
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		<title>Council passes developer stimulus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The City Council has unanimously passed a developer stimulus ordinance that will help certain development projects in the city withstand the economic recession, by deferring fee collection and allowing more time to obtain permits and city approvals.Specifically, the city will defer the collection of city impact fees for certain projects, offer two-year extensions to final [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newcastle-news.com/2010/03/04/council-passes-developer-stimulus</link>
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