April 29, 2014

79 degrees and getting hotter later this week. Shorts and sun dresses are in at the park.

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April 28, 2014

Two- no, three -crime  things that today have come across what would once have been our transom. * August emails this afternoon: A common theme in Maple Leaf, but I mistakenly left my garage door open last night and in the morning, I noticed my car door and hood ajar in my garage. Someone stole

April 28, 2014

Update: There is now a Sound Transit press release about this event here. Brenda, the Tunnel Boring Machine that already bored a segment of the light rail tunnel from downtown to the University of Washington, is being given a send off this afternoon at the Maple Leaf Portal. With speakers, ceremony and a smashed cider

April 24, 2014

Olympic View Elementary School’s highly popular plant sale has been combined with its annual used book sale this year, and both are this Friday and Saturday. Together, they’ve been rebranded Books & Blooms, and as usual will take place at the school, 504 N.E. 95th St. Hours are: Friday Blooms 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

April 23, 2014

Late afternoon update April 24: Metro has released new estimates of what routes will be lost or changed. The original figure of 600,000 service hours lost (17 percent of service) has been reduced to 550,000 hours (16 percent). The revised recommendation will do the following: Delete 72 routes (formerly 74) Change 84 routes (formerly 107)