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February 6, 2014
(Portions of this post courtesy of our sister site PhinneyWood.com) The AARP Foundation is providing free tax help and electronic filing at several locations, including at the Northgate Branch Library, 10548 Fifth Ave. N.E. You don’t have to be a member of AARP or a retiree to use the free service. AARP’s IRS tax-certified volunteer …
February 5, 2014
With an hour to go before the 12th Man parade downtown, traffic is largely stopped. Our news partner The Seattle Times reports “passengers are unable to board ferries, buses and light rail due to overcrowding.” Buses at the Northgate Transit Center were jammed, with long lines waiting for the next bus – or the one …
February 5, 2014
On a day when 12th Man traffic is already a mess, there is a white van on its side blocking a lane at Northeast 77th Street and Lake City Way Northeast.
...February 3, 2014
This afternoon around 2 p.m. we added a new species to the Maple Leaf Reservoir Park bird list. (Note: It’s black and white, not blue and green.) A pair of bald eagles were soaring over the water tower. And on the tower itself, a peregrine falcon that had been hanging around at least since 10:40 …
February 2, 2014
12th Man. 12 noon. Maple Leaf Reservoir Park By 12: 12 p.m. it was over. Dozens of Maple Leaf residents formed the numeral 12, and Donna Hartmann-Miller snapped the photo. (The ladder is on loan from Maple Leaf Ace Hardware, where the 12th Man special is still on until 3 p.m. – when they are …