July 7, 2014

This email came in around 10 a.m.: We live on Eighth Avenue Northeast at Northeast 104th Street and were out of town for the long weekend. Our neighbors spotted three African-American males with backpacks walking down the street, one of whom started walking down our driveway. He spotted the other two going down 105th. He

July 5, 2014

At 8:22 a.m. firefighters from Engine 16 were dispatched to a brush fire at Maple Leaf Reservoir Park. The fire was on the park’s southeast side, roughly at Northeast 82nd Street and 14th Avenue Northeast. The smoke could be seen from anywhere in the park. There was plenty of debris left from Friday night’s unofficial

July 4, 2014

Happy Fourth of July! From Maple Leaf Life (and the Dog Oasis). Also, earlier this week Bobbi sent us photos and this note: “Nature in Northgate: “Hi, I live at Northeast 95th Street and Fifth Avenue Northeast and was walking to the Northgate Transit Center along First Avenue (Wednesday) when I came across this entourage

July 1, 2014

Updated: Weather service says Sea-Tac has now hit 93 94 degrees. At Maple Leaf Life South we hit 93 at 4:04 p.m. Update 4 p.m.: 92 degrees here (and at Sea-Tac), which the National Weather Service says is a record high for this date. Today – July 1st – is the hot day of the

July 1, 2014

This year’s summer reading program at The Seattle Public Library has started and lasts 10 weeks, to Sunday, Aug. 31st. On this, the 95th year the library has offered free summer activities to mitigate the summer slide in academics, it has partnered with the Pacific Science Center for a special emphasis on science, technology, engineering,