August 20, 2013

Update Aug. 21: KOMO-TV did a story today on this disquieting issue. —————————————— We’ve an answer back from Andy Ryan of Seattle Public Utilities (he was out of the office late last week) about “exploding toilets” here Thursday as maintenance was being done by the utility. Thanks to the folks who provided 15 illuminating comments

August 16, 2013

Just now we received the second report of what, for lack of a better headline term, we’ll call exploding toilets. We live just off Roosevelt Way Northeast on Northeast 94th Street and noticed when we returned from going out to dinner last night that both toilets (one upstairs and one downstairs) had, for lack of

August 16, 2013

Just now we received the second report of what, for lack of a better headline term, we’ll call exploding toilets. We live just off Roosevelt Way Northeast on Northeast 94th Street and noticed when we returned from going out to dinner last night that both toilets (one upstairs and one downstairs) had, for lack of

August 14, 2013

At the Maple Leaf Summer Ice Cream Social, we attracted plenty of attention with our Best Maple Leaf Garden contest, although we started out with just one entry from Gayle Holm at 8241 15th Ave. N.E., which won hands-down by you, our voters: However, the Fairy Garden on Northeast 97th Street came in at a

August 12, 2013

A man with a handgun threatened people at the Green Lake Community Center basketball courts this weekend, police report. And, somebody torched a photo booth at Northgate Mall, police add. Both events occurred on Sunday, Aug. 11. At approximately 9:15 a.m. police were dispatched to the community center, 7201 E. Green Lake Drive N. Twelve