March 29, 2012

Mike emailed us a copy of a police report from Wednesday afternoon. About all that can be learned from it is that a “theft-oth” was “completed” at 2:26 p.m. in the 8100 block of Latona Avenue Northeast. It happened here: “STREET/HIGHWAY/ROAD/ALLEY/SIDEWALK.” “Do you have any other details of the occurrence?” Mike asks. No, we don’t.

March 29, 2012

Starting this week, you’re invited to participate in a a citywide scavenger hunt to find “Corey – the Compostable Apple Cores,” which sounds suspiciously like it has at least one stop right in Maple Leaf. Called “The Big Dig,” the event is organized by Cedar Grove Composting and Seattle Public Utilities to thank Seattle residents for composting more than 125,000 tons of food

March 28, 2012

With snow falling in Maple Leaf just two weeks ago, it certainly feels like spring snuck up on us since the weekend. Which means, one of the biggest events in the neighborhood is also nearing: the annual Olympic View Plant Sale, which is scheduled for May 4-6 this year. Although a lot of of the

March 27, 2012

That next meeting about construction of Northgate Station can’t come soon enough. According to an alert sent today by Sound Transit, geo-tech drilling started yesterday and will continue for a few weeks near the future North Link light rail line, along Interstate 5 from about Northeast 84th Street north to where the light rail tunnel will

March 25, 2012

Eight years before the planned opening of Northgate Station, it can be difficult to visualize the enormity of the construction project and how it will look in the end. But the following illustrated video from Sound Transit does a pretty good job of showing us what we’re in for. Perhaps even more informative is the slideshow presented at