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October 5, 2014
Ann reports that her roommate’s car was stolen Saturday morning from the front of their house on Northeast 90th Street between Fifth and Latona avenues northeast. With help from neighbors, they’ve narrowed down the time of the crime to between 9 and 9:30 a.m. She asks that neighbors keep an eye out for the car, …
October 2, 2014
Let your mail theft fears rest easier. According to the Seattle Police Department Blotter, detectives have thwarted a prolific North Seattle crime ring that may have been behind many of our recent reports of mail theft, break-ins and other property crimes: A stolen car, a wanted woman, and her diary detailing “what I stole today” …
October 2, 2014
Jan emailed us yesterday to try to locate the owner of a neighborhood cat whose remains were found that morning: I’m sad to report that I just walked by a dead cat on the sidewalk on 15th avenue (west side between 88th and 85th). It’s a beautiful grey cat with white legs/paws. I don’t know …
September 28, 2014
Lynda on the 8900 block of 12th Avenue Northeast writes to us that she’s seen a pet rat in her yard the last couple of weeks with a brown head and back, and white sides and belly. Does anyone know whose beautiful fancy/pet rat may have escaped or was turned loose around here? Please post …
September 26, 2014
Little Free Libraries are popping up all over the city, including in Maple Leaf. The latest one we know of is just east of Roosevelt on Northeast 97th St.: It is fully stocked with books now and open for “business.” We hope that you will stop by to pick up (or drop off) a book …