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August 1, 2013
These photos courtesy of Dane Doerflinger, a Maple Leaf resident and professional photographer. As we wrote Wednesday night after the social wrapped up, it was successful despite the change of venue, thunder and a little rain, AND the automatic sprinklers going off in the Olympic View Elementary School playground. Pretty much everybody got wet feet, …
July 30, 2013
Update: 9 p.m.Wednesday, July 31 The transplanted Summer Social was a smash success, despite the temporary location at Olympic View Elementary School, the thunder and raindrops right up to opening hour, and the automatic sprinkler system that came on just after opening. See photo of sprinkler head(s) covered with chairs, and, later, pickle buckets from …
July 30, 2013
Just before 5 p.m. today a motorcyclist flipped his bike at Northeast 105th Street. The responding emergency vehicles temporarily closed the street. At about 5:15 p.m. Holly emailed: Roosevelt Way Northeast is currently blocked off right now due to a recent accident in front of my house. A single motorcyclist apparently flipped his red motorcycle. …
July 29, 2013
Dionnie emails this morning to say the Shih Tzu Maltese she’s dog-sitting for her sister went missing Sunday afternoon. Shiro was lost around 3 p.m. from Northeast 75th Street and 14th Avenue Northeast. The dog has a tag with an address on Northeast 128th Street, but those owners are out of town. Please call 206-335-3569 …
July 27, 2013
Summerfest, the new free celebration at Thornton Place, returns this afternoon, July 27, with “Paris on the Plaza,” from 3-6 p.m. Thornton Place kicked off the summer festival in June with the Latin-inspired “Side of Salsa,” and is following it up this week with a jazz trio complemented by dance lessons from Century Ballroom, which …