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September 24, 2014
For those of you who have been wondering where the police are when allegedly stolen safes show up or when other nonviolent crimes take place in Maple Leaf, a memo leaked to KOMONews.com explains what could be to blame. According to the confidential memo, the detectives at the North Precinct are simply too short-staffed to …
September 22, 2014
Update : Rocky is home, having spent the night at the animal shelter. “Thanks to whoever picked him up and got him somewhere safe and thank you very much for posting that he was missing it meant a lot to us.” ——————————————– A tale of two lost pets. Clayton emails: “My highly social dog Rocky …
September 21, 2014
This weekend two emails arrived from Pickle Ball players at Maple Leaf Reservoir Park. Both are polite, and similar. They deal with a subject we figured would come up. Jeff writes: PLEASE, users of the wonderful Maple Leaf Park, if you see people using the pickle ball nets for something other than hitting small plastic …
September 21, 2014
This weekend two emails arrived from Pickle Ball players at Maple Leaf Reservoir Park. Both are polite, and similar. They deal with a subject we figured would come up. Jeff writes: PLEASE, users of the wonderful Maple Leaf Park, if you see people using the pickle ball nets for something other than hitting small plastic …
September 19, 2014
We get a lot of comments speculating on whether crime is increasing in Maple Leaf. Generally speaking, the answer is “probably not,” but it’s tough to compare. One way is to use statistics the Seattle Police Department compiles by patrol beat. A problem is that Maple Leaf takes up chunks, but not all, of three …