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April 28, 2016
Update: The Seattle Times has an editorial column on the gold-plated Seattle City Council. Mentions The Pronto vote, too, in the fourth graph. ———————————– Eight of the nine Seattle City Council members voted this week to add an additional staffer per council member – potentially bringing their individual staffs to four each. Only budget chair …
April 27, 2016
Cafe Piccolo, which closed in February, is being replaced next week by a second location of Capitol Hill’s Americana. Cucina Americana’s Facebook page (and menu) is here. It features tapas, pasta and entrees. On its web site, it states: During his search for a new Americana location in Seattle, executive chef Jeffrey “Cheffrey” Wilson discovered …
April 26, 2016
Here come the spring plant sales! * This Friday and Saturday Olympic View Elementary School holds its 15th annual plant sale at the school, Fifth Avenue Northeast and Northeast 95th Street. Hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on April 29th and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m on April 30th. Nathan Hale High School’s spring …
April 25, 2016
The car-pedestrian accident that’s taken up most of the afternoon. From Seattle Police: Detectives are investigating after a 33-year-old man was struck by a truck along Lake City Way Northeast today. Officers were dispatched to Lake City Way NE and 18th Avenue Northeast after a caller reported a large commercial truck hit a man along …
April 24, 2016
After two shootings on Saturday, Seattle Police this weekend announced they are stepping up patrols using overtime and reassigned officers. But not here. The announcement, originally posted to Nextdoor, (where it had a mixed response), states: Chief Kathleen O’Toole has directed the Seattle Police Operations and Investigations Bureaus to accelerate summer staffing deployment levels in …