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June 12, 2012
This post courtesy of our sister site Fremont Universe. The Seattle Public Library’s 2012 Summer Reading Program for children kicked off Friday and continues through August 26th. This year’s program celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair with the theme “Read Your Way Into the Future.” Kids can sign up online or …
June 12, 2012
Has anybody seen “Safety Not Guaranteed,” a scene of which was shot at Maple Leaf’s own Wild Root Salon a year ago? So, do tell! Did Wild Root or any other part of Maple Leaf make the cut? If you want to find out for yourself, the indie film starring Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass and …
June 11, 2012
We hear a lot about the “war” between cars and cycles. It even crops up, benignly, in the comments on our Northgate Station post earlier this month. On Friday we got a different kind of story from Sarah, who wanted to reach out to a cyclist she and her husband almost hit in one of …
June 9, 2012
A Maple Leaf non-profit that serves deaf woman and their children is currently featured on the Times Square billboard in New York. Kay Amos, operations manager for the organization, emails: “I wanted to let you know that ADWAS (Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services – we are located in the Maple Leaf area on Northeast 88th …
June 5, 2012
A woman was trapped inside a Nissan Scion in Maple Leaf this afternoon after a two-car collision at the intersection of Northeast 79th Street and Eighth Avenue Northeast. “Neighbors were on the scene within seconds; police within a couple of minutes, followed by fire trucks and aid vehicles,” emails Linda, who sent the photo above. …