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April 12, 2012
Although adults are always welcome at Northwest Puppet Center, for the next two weekends they’ll likely make up a lot more of the audience during the annual marionette opera extravaganza, which this year is “Il Girello: The Wheel of Fortune.” Photo of “Il Girello” courtesy Northwest Puppet Center. The show’s official dates are from April 13-22, but …
April 12, 2012
Voters will decide in August whether to tax themselves an extra $52 annually to bolster Seattle’s strained library system. Locally, approval of the property tax levy would mean the Northgate branch library could reopen seven days a week, and the Green Lake branch would reopen Sunday afternoons. Currently, both branches are open five days a …
April 11, 2012
It’s time again for the bi-annual Bumps & Babies Fair, which started in the parking lot of Maple Leaf’s own Roosevelt Ale House but has since moved into a bigger space at the Bitter Lake Community Center Annex, 13040 Greenwood Ave. N. Photo courtesy J. Shelton Photography The fair, which features children’s boutiques and consignment …
April 9, 2012
Two readers sent us information plus a photo from a car accident Sunday that sent a car careening into Thornton Creek from Fifth Avenue Northeast, near Northgate Mall. The above photo is from reader James Johnson, and Frank Backus provided this update not only of the accident, but also an update of Thornton Creek activities: A …
April 8, 2012
What started looking like a shoplifting ended with a handgun being flashed Saturday evening outside Northgate Mall, police report. It was the second such episode this month. Of this most recent robbery, police write: On April 7th, at approximately 8:40 p.m., an unknown male and female entered a store in the 400 Block of Northeast …